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Caliber choice not sure what to do.
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<blockquote data-quote="Scot E" data-source="post: 610652" data-attributes="member: 10832"><p>If those are the 3 choices I would look at the 6.5x55. </p><p></p><p>It is offered on a long action which is very nice for the long bullets in the 130-140 grain class.</p><p></p><p>Great brass is offered including Winchester and Lapua, and most others as well.</p><p></p><p>The 6.5x55 is a very underrated and misunderstood cartridge IMO. Because this is such an old cartridge most recipes you find for it on the net and in many manuals are lower powered recipes to ensure that owners don't get over pressure in the older, weaker actions. But if you load to pressures that any modern actions will accept it will give sufficient added performance to make it a step above the others you mentioned. In my mind it is about the best 6.5 cartridge out there if you are looking for the perfect combination of performance, barrel life, and limited recoil. </p><p></p><p>Scot E.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scot E, post: 610652, member: 10832"] If those are the 3 choices I would look at the 6.5x55. It is offered on a long action which is very nice for the long bullets in the 130-140 grain class. Great brass is offered including Winchester and Lapua, and most others as well. The 6.5x55 is a very underrated and misunderstood cartridge IMO. Because this is such an old cartridge most recipes you find for it on the net and in many manuals are lower powered recipes to ensure that owners don't get over pressure in the older, weaker actions. But if you load to pressures that any modern actions will accept it will give sufficient added performance to make it a step above the others you mentioned. In my mind it is about the best 6.5 cartridge out there if you are looking for the perfect combination of performance, barrel life, and limited recoil. Scot E. [/QUOTE]
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