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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1699531" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>A standard .260 is a great option if you don't want to be on the creedmoor bandwagon, fantastic brass availability with Peterson SRP brass, I use it in a .260 AI and can't seem to kill it.</p><p></p><p>A 6.5 SLR wouldn't be a bad option, you would likely want to use .243 brass to prevent a donut but I believe peterson also makes .243 SRP brass that would work. You just run it through the 6.5 SLR die and your ready to go, no fireforming I believe. It essentially lengthens the neck of the standard .260 instead of lengthening the body like an AI version does, and gives it a nice 30° shoulder vs. the original 20° or the AI version of 40°, so it should maintain good smooth feeding for PRS, but also reduce the amount of trimming you do on your brass. The extended neck will also allow for the 140 grain bullets to be seated proper in the neck and still be around 2.950" OAL so as to fit in an ARC AICS magazine (internal length of 2.970" or so) which is also good for PRS, and the biggest gripe with the standard .260 rem. Performance seems to be around 2850-2900 fps in a 24"+ barrel with the 140's, that is with H4350. Run Reloader 26 and you should be able to bump that up some. Not my pic BTW.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146791[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Nothing wrong with the 6.5x47 either though, 140's around 2700-2750 and usually stupid easy to tune and get very consistent results, though a 6.5 SLR would be a little more "out of the norm" than both the 6.5x47 or the creedmoor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1699531, member: 87243"] A standard .260 is a great option if you don't want to be on the creedmoor bandwagon, fantastic brass availability with Peterson SRP brass, I use it in a .260 AI and can't seem to kill it. A 6.5 SLR wouldn't be a bad option, you would likely want to use .243 brass to prevent a donut but I believe peterson also makes .243 SRP brass that would work. You just run it through the 6.5 SLR die and your ready to go, no fireforming I believe. It essentially lengthens the neck of the standard .260 instead of lengthening the body like an AI version does, and gives it a nice 30° shoulder vs. the original 20° or the AI version of 40°, so it should maintain good smooth feeding for PRS, but also reduce the amount of trimming you do on your brass. The extended neck will also allow for the 140 grain bullets to be seated proper in the neck and still be around 2.950" OAL so as to fit in an ARC AICS magazine (internal length of 2.970" or so) which is also good for PRS, and the biggest gripe with the standard .260 rem. Performance seems to be around 2850-2900 fps in a 24"+ barrel with the 140's, that is with H4350. Run Reloader 26 and you should be able to bump that up some. Not my pic BTW. [ATTACH=full]146791[/ATTACH] Nothing wrong with the 6.5x47 either though, 140's around 2700-2750 and usually stupid easy to tune and get very consistent results, though a 6.5 SLR would be a little more "out of the norm" than both the 6.5x47 or the creedmoor. [/QUOTE]
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