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Help me choose 6.5 lrh or 6.5 predator
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<blockquote data-quote="Nimrodmar10" data-source="post: 895635" data-attributes="member: 36369"><p>I may be able to help a little. </p><p></p><p>I went through the same decision about a year ago looking for an antelope rifle. My first decision was to go with a 6.5/260 caliber because of the long range accuracy. I looked at what was available and decided on the 6.5-284 Norma because of the extra velocity. This was a hunting gun, not a target gun. I didn't just need to punch a hole in my target, I needed to kill it. Since I was new to the caliber, I didn't want to spend the money on a custom rifle, yet. The only factory rifle that fit my needs was the Savage 111 LRH. I'd never owned a center fire Savage but people I trust bragged on them. The LRH had a 26 inch barrel, including the 2" muzzle brake, which can be opened or closed, by the way. The 111 LRH was also a long action, which let me seat the Berger 140 gr. VLDs I intended to shoot, very long. This gave me extra case capacity, which allowed me to load extra powder without getting high pressure. It also let me seat the VLDs out to the lands, where they like to be and still fit the magazine. </p><p></p><p>I liked the adjustable cheek piece. It let me have a solid cheek weld with the tall 56mm Nightforce NXS. I didn't really like the thin barrel, but with my reloads it turned out to be an honest .5 MOA gun out to 1000 yards. It also turned out to be a minute of antelope gun too. I used it on a Wyoming antelope hunt in October to kill two antelope, both over 600 yards. It was hard to get a shot much farther than that in the hilly terrain we were hunting in. Ninety five percent of the shots available were less than 200 yards or over 1500. No in betweens. </p><p></p><p>So, I'm guessing you're going through the same choices I did. It seems our requirements are about the same except the deer/antelope difference. I'm guessing the Coue's deer takes about the same amount of killing as an antelope does.</p><p></p><p>Oh, one other thing. The only advantage I kept hearing about for the other 6.5s were that they had better barrel life. I guess. But I wasn't looking for a target rifle, I was wanting a hunting gun. And if it only got the 1000 rounds or so that people said I'd get out of this barrel burner, so be it. I'll just screw another one on it. I think they're like $150 from Savage. Hope this helps.</p><p>Nimrodmar10</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nimrodmar10, post: 895635, member: 36369"] I may be able to help a little. I went through the same decision about a year ago looking for an antelope rifle. My first decision was to go with a 6.5/260 caliber because of the long range accuracy. I looked at what was available and decided on the 6.5-284 Norma because of the extra velocity. This was a hunting gun, not a target gun. I didn't just need to punch a hole in my target, I needed to kill it. Since I was new to the caliber, I didn't want to spend the money on a custom rifle, yet. The only factory rifle that fit my needs was the Savage 111 LRH. I'd never owned a center fire Savage but people I trust bragged on them. The LRH had a 26 inch barrel, including the 2" muzzle brake, which can be opened or closed, by the way. The 111 LRH was also a long action, which let me seat the Berger 140 gr. VLDs I intended to shoot, very long. This gave me extra case capacity, which allowed me to load extra powder without getting high pressure. It also let me seat the VLDs out to the lands, where they like to be and still fit the magazine. I liked the adjustable cheek piece. It let me have a solid cheek weld with the tall 56mm Nightforce NXS. I didn't really like the thin barrel, but with my reloads it turned out to be an honest .5 MOA gun out to 1000 yards. It also turned out to be a minute of antelope gun too. I used it on a Wyoming antelope hunt in October to kill two antelope, both over 600 yards. It was hard to get a shot much farther than that in the hilly terrain we were hunting in. Ninety five percent of the shots available were less than 200 yards or over 1500. No in betweens. So, I'm guessing you're going through the same choices I did. It seems our requirements are about the same except the deer/antelope difference. I'm guessing the Coue's deer takes about the same amount of killing as an antelope does. Oh, one other thing. The only advantage I kept hearing about for the other 6.5s were that they had better barrel life. I guess. But I wasn't looking for a target rifle, I was wanting a hunting gun. And if it only got the 1000 rounds or so that people said I'd get out of this barrel burner, so be it. I'll just screw another one on it. I think they're like $150 from Savage. Hope this helps. Nimrodmar10 [/QUOTE]
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