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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 934654" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>Forty five or fifty years ago if you had ridden the back roads thru the canyon area</p><p>of pa you would have found small groups of long range hunters. If you had taken this poll then you would have found the most popular cartridge was the 6.5x300 weatherby.</p><p>Reason for that was that norma sold a very good 139 gr match bullet for the 6.5.</p><p>There were almost no other good long range bullets available.</p><p> Im guessing late 60s when hornady introduced the 162 gr match hpbt bullet. Within a few years most of those hunters had rebarreled to 7x300 weatherby. </p><p>Today if you would take that same ride you would find even more long range hunters there and other areas thruout that region. </p><p>If i were to give you five dollars for each 6.5 of any configuration you found along the way i doubt you could buy yourself dinner even at mickey ds.</p><p>Some of those you will encounter will also be williamsport shooters. They will be very familiar with the 6mms and 6.5s and no doubt some will own and use them for 1000 yd target shooting.</p><p>These type questions are best answered by the people who specialize in building the guns and who themselves are experienced long range hunters. </p><p>There is no shortage of them on this and other forums like it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 934654, member: 12443"] Forty five or fifty years ago if you had ridden the back roads thru the canyon area of pa you would have found small groups of long range hunters. If you had taken this poll then you would have found the most popular cartridge was the 6.5x300 weatherby. Reason for that was that norma sold a very good 139 gr match bullet for the 6.5. There were almost no other good long range bullets available. Im guessing late 60s when hornady introduced the 162 gr match hpbt bullet. Within a few years most of those hunters had rebarreled to 7x300 weatherby. Today if you would take that same ride you would find even more long range hunters there and other areas thruout that region. If i were to give you five dollars for each 6.5 of any configuration you found along the way i doubt you could buy yourself dinner even at mickey ds. Some of those you will encounter will also be williamsport shooters. They will be very familiar with the 6mms and 6.5s and no doubt some will own and use them for 1000 yd target shooting. These type questions are best answered by the people who specialize in building the guns and who themselves are experienced long range hunters. There is no shortage of them on this and other forums like it. [/QUOTE]
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