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Custom Rifle - 500 yards max - what cartridge
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<blockquote data-quote="north of 53" data-source="post: 627893" data-attributes="member: 8510"><p>Just something to think about if you g0 with a 6.5. Most 6.5 bullets tend to run very well at around 2600-2750 and then again from 2900 - 3000 fps. If you want to run faster you have to get up close to 3400 fps and that is not easy nor economical. This is not a hard and fast rule but if you talk to the f class people shooting 6.5s. </p><p>6.5-284, 260 rem, 6.5 x 47 ,6.5 x55 or 6.5 x 55 improved you find most of them shoot 140 gr bullets in those ranges. I even found that if I go to a lighter 120 gr bullet in my 6.5x55 improved that when the speed went much above 3000 fps the groups went all to hell.</p><p> That 8000 round shot count from a 260 rem well probably be in the lower velocity range but even at that it is more than enough to take deer out to 600 yards.</p><p>I have a couple of 6.5x55 improved so I tend to be a little bias but I do find 6.5x55 ammunition getting much easier to find and more selection. Having said that I have to admit you would not go far wrong with a 260 Rem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="north of 53, post: 627893, member: 8510"] Just something to think about if you g0 with a 6.5. Most 6.5 bullets tend to run very well at around 2600-2750 and then again from 2900 - 3000 fps. If you want to run faster you have to get up close to 3400 fps and that is not easy nor economical. This is not a hard and fast rule but if you talk to the f class people shooting 6.5s. 6.5-284, 260 rem, 6.5 x 47 ,6.5 x55 or 6.5 x 55 improved you find most of them shoot 140 gr bullets in those ranges. I even found that if I go to a lighter 120 gr bullet in my 6.5x55 improved that when the speed went much above 3000 fps the groups went all to hell. That 8000 round shot count from a 260 rem well probably be in the lower velocity range but even at that it is more than enough to take deer out to 600 yards. I have a couple of 6.5x55 improved so I tend to be a little bias but I do find 6.5x55 ammunition getting much easier to find and more selection. Having said that I have to admit you would not go far wrong with a 260 Rem. [/QUOTE]
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