Max Heat
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The 6RM is for short action then? Maybe I will consider it. I don't have a SA rifle yet.
Is pre-formed 6RM brass available? What about dies?
Is pre-formed 6RM brass available? What about dies?
The 6RM is for short action then? Maybe I will consider it. I don't have a SA rifle yet.
Is pre-formed 6RM brass available? What about dies?
If you want good available brass in a short-action caliber, go with the .260 Remington. Or .260 Rem AI.
A .284 case will not hold that much powder, even with it spilling out of the case mouth...
Maximum H2O capacity for a 6.5-284 case is 68.33 grains. So, that guy was full of crap as a Christmas turkey...Or he didn't know his *** from a hole in the ground. I'm leaning towards the latter. There's alot of idiots out there with reloading equipment, playing with primers and powder...Scary thought, huh?
But now your talking 6.5mm (or is .260 considered 6.8mm?). At this point I'm pretty much settled on 6mm/.243cal.
6.8 is .277" and 6.5 is .264".......Rich
Max Heat,
You are going to have to educate yourself instead of asking us endless questions. The internet is a great source of information as are the manufacturer's loading books.
I think the thread you generated with fired brass from an old barrel not sizing to fit a new chamber is appropriate.
Your questions in this thread shouldn't be asked without doing some research on your own.
I thought the 6.5 is supposed to be .257". I recall someone correcting me on that a year or 2 ago, when I (mistakenly, or was it?) mentioned that .264" was 6.5mm, just as you did.
Using window's calculator, .277 (aka the 270) converts to OVER 7mm. But since the "official" 7mm designation (.284") is actually 7.21mm, if you take away approximately .2mm from that, it DOES actually come out to 6.8mm for .277cal, even though THAT conversion is likewise, not a "true" one.
Could it be that the entire range from .257" through .264" is considered 6.5mm, and the person who originally "corrected" me didn't know that, and hence "wrongly" corrected me?
Objective evidence?
Yes, I know where the PPC cartridges are used. However, are there studies showing the superiority of the design?
I've never seen objective evidence for the .308 based cartridges. In my experience the most inaccurate rifle I ever owned was one of these (7mm-08).
I know I'm not going to convince anyone about the urban legends regarding "inherent accuracy." But, no one will convince me it exists without proof.