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Best long range 6.5mm/.264 caliber for hunting deer sized animals
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<blockquote data-quote="436" data-source="post: 1676336" data-attributes="member: 16609"><p>6.5 Wby Mag, and the simpler ones, I would agree they can burn barrels but I think it's not so much the round count as it is to how the round count came about, if they are benching the big 6.5's and shooting them like they are Sage Rat/Parier Dog guns, yes'..., that's going to burn them up pretty darn fast, however a shooter using his head, shot to shot as a hunting rifle can extend the life of a quailty barrel by quite a bit, in the 6.5 Wby Mag case perhaps even more than Weatherby's remark of 500-600 In fact, five to six hundard rounds in a true hunting rifle only'..., is about a lifetime for most hunters, figuring 25 rounds on the high side a year divided by 600 would be 24 years, after a good macanichal zero many guys (not all) won't fire more than five rounds before the hunt, if the zero is good then it's perhaps 5 for confermation then 1 or 2 more rounds on game, yeah I understand there are exceptions to everything perhaps that's why you have those 6.5's in the shop. </p><p></p><p>When it comes to burning barrels aka throats out, well, I had a .17 Remington in a Remington Model 700 Classic, everyone said; "it would be burned out the barrel in 150 plus rounds," nope! I shot a metric ton of Yotes with that rifle, I used it around livestock in the winter, and I spent a lot of time and rounds off the bench developing a load to ballistically matching Remington loaded box ammo using their original Remington 25gr bullet, well... I finally sold that rifle to a friend and he still has the original barrel in it and it shoots great. Yes, I kept the maintenance up on the rifle and barrel as he as done as well. Round count, you ask; ok it's an estimate, but I'd say well over 800 rounds, and yes, a lot of those were misses. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I spoke to Roy Weatherby many years ago in the late '70s about a 6.5mm based on the .257 Wby Mag case, the .257 Wby Mag which I've owned 5 MkV's models in over the years, as like Roy, I did love to shoot that cartridge. But I digress, he said he had no interest in the caliber due to the somewhat low/poor sales of the .264 Win and bad press it received, which he used as a standard in sales of the 6.5mm caliber. Believe me, I was surprised to see them come out with the 6.5 Wby Mag based on the .300 Wby Mag case, not because of the performance; I just didn't think they would, however, the 6.5mm market is hot and I'm sure they don't want to miss the sales today. </p><p></p><p>If you look at Bill Crawfords IBS 10-shot world record group is 3.472", set by Bill Crawford in 1998 So, you can see the accuracy potential of the 6.5 Wby Mag and believe me, it has what it takes to deliver the round where it's needed at long range. One might read up on Crawford and see how many barrels he went through a year getting to that record. </p><p></p><p>Just my 0.02</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="436, post: 1676336, member: 16609"] 6.5 Wby Mag, and the simpler ones, I would agree they can burn barrels but I think it's not so much the round count as it is to how the round count came about, if they are benching the big 6.5's and shooting them like they are Sage Rat/Parier Dog guns, yes'..., that's going to burn them up pretty darn fast, however a shooter using his head, shot to shot as a hunting rifle can extend the life of a quailty barrel by quite a bit, in the 6.5 Wby Mag case perhaps even more than Weatherby's remark of 500-600 In fact, five to six hundard rounds in a true hunting rifle only'..., is about a lifetime for most hunters, figuring 25 rounds on the high side a year divided by 600 would be 24 years, after a good macanichal zero many guys (not all) won't fire more than five rounds before the hunt, if the zero is good then it's perhaps 5 for confermation then 1 or 2 more rounds on game, yeah I understand there are exceptions to everything perhaps that's why you have those 6.5's in the shop. When it comes to burning barrels aka throats out, well, I had a .17 Remington in a Remington Model 700 Classic, everyone said; "it would be burned out the barrel in 150 plus rounds," nope! I shot a metric ton of Yotes with that rifle, I used it around livestock in the winter, and I spent a lot of time and rounds off the bench developing a load to ballistically matching Remington loaded box ammo using their original Remington 25gr bullet, well... I finally sold that rifle to a friend and he still has the original barrel in it and it shoots great. Yes, I kept the maintenance up on the rifle and barrel as he as done as well. Round count, you ask; ok it's an estimate, but I'd say well over 800 rounds, and yes, a lot of those were misses. :-) I spoke to Roy Weatherby many years ago in the late '70s about a 6.5mm based on the .257 Wby Mag case, the .257 Wby Mag which I've owned 5 MkV's models in over the years, as like Roy, I did love to shoot that cartridge. But I digress, he said he had no interest in the caliber due to the somewhat low/poor sales of the .264 Win and bad press it received, which he used as a standard in sales of the 6.5mm caliber. Believe me, I was surprised to see them come out with the 6.5 Wby Mag based on the .300 Wby Mag case, not because of the performance; I just didn't think they would, however, the 6.5mm market is hot and I'm sure they don't want to miss the sales today. If you look at Bill Crawfords IBS 10-shot world record group is 3.472", set by Bill Crawford in 1998 So, you can see the accuracy potential of the 6.5 Wby Mag and believe me, it has what it takes to deliver the round where it's needed at long range. One might read up on Crawford and see how many barrels he went through a year getting to that record. Just my 0.02 [/QUOTE]
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