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My .260 died - need to pick a new 6.5 for Africa!
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<blockquote data-quote="WindTrax" data-source="post: 195152" data-attributes="member: 2606"><p>Good point on the time Steve, and thanks. The suprisingly good news is that the gun smith I'm working with has an ace up his sleeve - he has a source that can turn around a wild cat set of reamers and dies in 2 weeks - wow was I suprised - pleasantly. The gun smith has top notch recommendations from several friends and I trust his judgement on subs. I came up with some wild cat specs last night I think might work... I'll put them in a new thread for general feedback from folks. I agree, in the long run it points to the bullet... I was just leery of all 7mm bullets as being a bit less than optimal out of a 308 case as it left me wondering if the bullet manufacturers might be primarily designing jacket thicknesses to withstand 7mm Rem Mag velocities due to the largest number of commonly used rifles out there for hunting probably being in that caliber - but it was just a guess, and it gave me an excuse to try a new round <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The 6.5 ballistic numbers truly are pretty inspiring - thus the large number of folks switching to it and winning with them in the 1000m competitions... but the benefit is largely beyond ranges I will likely shoot any time soon personally. Still the new cartridge wild cat I'm proposing will hopefully fill a small gap in the current lineup of cartridges that appeal to the 1k crowd and hopefully the AR folks as well if it will feed correctly. Time will tell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WindTrax, post: 195152, member: 2606"] Good point on the time Steve, and thanks. The suprisingly good news is that the gun smith I'm working with has an ace up his sleeve - he has a source that can turn around a wild cat set of reamers and dies in 2 weeks - wow was I suprised - pleasantly. The gun smith has top notch recommendations from several friends and I trust his judgement on subs. I came up with some wild cat specs last night I think might work... I'll put them in a new thread for general feedback from folks. I agree, in the long run it points to the bullet... I was just leery of all 7mm bullets as being a bit less than optimal out of a 308 case as it left me wondering if the bullet manufacturers might be primarily designing jacket thicknesses to withstand 7mm Rem Mag velocities due to the largest number of commonly used rifles out there for hunting probably being in that caliber - but it was just a guess, and it gave me an excuse to try a new round :) The 6.5 ballistic numbers truly are pretty inspiring - thus the large number of folks switching to it and winning with them in the 1000m competitions... but the benefit is largely beyond ranges I will likely shoot any time soon personally. Still the new cartridge wild cat I'm proposing will hopefully fill a small gap in the current lineup of cartridges that appeal to the 1k crowd and hopefully the AR folks as well if it will feed correctly. Time will tell. [/QUOTE]
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