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Best long range 6.5mm/.264 caliber for hunting deer sized animals
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<blockquote data-quote="John 264" data-source="post: 1676260" data-attributes="member: 110440"><p>I have been shooting 264 win mag for 38 years as a gunsmith with 20 years experience I get to shoot a lot of different 6.5s the people who think that the 264 win mag is a barrel burner not with the new powders I shoot retumbo with 140 Berger's and have just over 2500 rounds through my 264 and still getting sub 1/2" groups I am running just over 3200 feet per second I have shot big Kansas whitetail out to 600 yards and they drop in there tracks</p><p>Now the 6.5×300 weatherby and 26 nosler and the 6.5 stw are barrel burners I have a 26 nosler in my shop right now with 72 rounds through it and the throat is almost gone I built a 6.5 stw 20 years ago and shot out (2) barrels in just under 600 rds total the 6.5 × 300 weatherby I had 1 in the shop with 250 rounds through it and the throat iwa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John 264, post: 1676260, member: 110440"] I have been shooting 264 win mag for 38 years as a gunsmith with 20 years experience I get to shoot a lot of different 6.5s the people who think that the 264 win mag is a barrel burner not with the new powders I shoot retumbo with 140 Berger's and have just over 2500 rounds through my 264 and still getting sub 1/2" groups I am running just over 3200 feet per second I have shot big Kansas whitetail out to 600 yards and they drop in there tracks Now the 6.5×300 weatherby and 26 nosler and the 6.5 stw are barrel burners I have a 26 nosler in my shop right now with 72 rounds through it and the throat is almost gone I built a 6.5 stw 20 years ago and shot out (2) barrels in just under 600 rds total the 6.5 × 300 weatherby I had 1 in the shop with 250 rounds through it and the throat iwa [/QUOTE]
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