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Need advice on light a light recoiling hunting rifle!
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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2322798" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>Hello Alan, I fully understand what surgery can do to a person's ability to shoot. I have had friends with similar problems. OK fist of all the 6.5 cm is hailed for having light recoil. I personally have not shot one simply because the people around here kind of hold that cartridge in contemp. They have found that all the accolades that were published in order to get people to buy rifles in this new caliber were way overblown. 2020 was the year of the 6.5 cm with millions of new rifles from all manufacturers being sold. 2021 so far appears to be another record for the 6.5 cm as an large number of them being traded in on more conventional calibers. From what I understand from others and keep in mind that this is second hand information is that the 6.5 cm <strong>does </strong>live up to recoil claims it does not live up to it's claims as a <strong>long range hunting round.</strong> At 500 yards it seems to fizzle out and loses velocity and energy while old standards like the .270...shall we say...kicks it's butt all across the board with the exception of recoil. I wont even mention others that kick the panties off of the 6.5 cm at reasonable hunting ranges. </p><p></p><p>Now looking at what you already own I see a 6.5 creedmoor is in your gun safe. As mentioned earlier that rifle has been extolled for having a light recoil. For shooting medium game such as antelope, white tail deer and mule deer it is entirely adequate out to about 300 yard, maybe 400 depending upon the load, but with your physical issues probably light loads would be advisable. Lighter loads will reduce recoil tremendously. I would probably limit the bullet weight between 100 to 120gr Nosler Accubond or Partition. There are a variety of loads for those bullets that even at the minimum will still leave the barrel between 2700 and 3000 fps. Light bullet and light load equal less recoil with still acceptable ballistics for medium game at reasonable ranges. </p><p></p><p>Lets move on to the rifle. You did not mention what kind of 6.5cm you have. Most 6.5 cm's sold did not have much if any measure of recoil reduction installed. To reduce the already light recoil of the lighter loads your rifle will need a good recoil pad such as a Limbsaver, which greatly reduces felt recoil. They claim up to 70% but that might be a bit of an exaggeration. The next item is a good muzzle brake. I don't know how much reduction you will get out of a 6.5cm but I do know that with the recoil pad/muzzle brake combination on my 300WM has reduced the recoil to less than that of a .243. Theoretically take your 6.5CM shooting light but effective loads with a good recoil pad and muzzle brake and you should be somewhere in the vicinity of a .223/5.56 or less. </p><p></p><p>You are going to hear many thoughts on how to reduce recoil to where you are comfortable to shoot again. Many will recommend any and all different solutions. Many will also not like my solution here. So be it. It's up to you to determine how you want to handle this and only you. Depending which gunsmith you take your existing rifle to it should cost no more than $300 to get your 6.5CM comfortable for you to shoot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2322798, member: 118816"] Hello Alan, I fully understand what surgery can do to a person's ability to shoot. I have had friends with similar problems. OK fist of all the 6.5 cm is hailed for having light recoil. I personally have not shot one simply because the people around here kind of hold that cartridge in contemp. They have found that all the accolades that were published in order to get people to buy rifles in this new caliber were way overblown. 2020 was the year of the 6.5 cm with millions of new rifles from all manufacturers being sold. 2021 so far appears to be another record for the 6.5 cm as an large number of them being traded in on more conventional calibers. From what I understand from others and keep in mind that this is second hand information is that the 6.5 cm [B]does [/B]live up to recoil claims it does not live up to it's claims as a [B]long range hunting round.[/B] At 500 yards it seems to fizzle out and loses velocity and energy while old standards like the .270...shall we say...kicks it's butt all across the board with the exception of recoil. I wont even mention others that kick the panties off of the 6.5 cm at reasonable hunting ranges. Now looking at what you already own I see a 6.5 creedmoor is in your gun safe. As mentioned earlier that rifle has been extolled for having a light recoil. For shooting medium game such as antelope, white tail deer and mule deer it is entirely adequate out to about 300 yard, maybe 400 depending upon the load, but with your physical issues probably light loads would be advisable. Lighter loads will reduce recoil tremendously. I would probably limit the bullet weight between 100 to 120gr Nosler Accubond or Partition. There are a variety of loads for those bullets that even at the minimum will still leave the barrel between 2700 and 3000 fps. Light bullet and light load equal less recoil with still acceptable ballistics for medium game at reasonable ranges. Lets move on to the rifle. You did not mention what kind of 6.5cm you have. Most 6.5 cm's sold did not have much if any measure of recoil reduction installed. To reduce the already light recoil of the lighter loads your rifle will need a good recoil pad such as a Limbsaver, which greatly reduces felt recoil. They claim up to 70% but that might be a bit of an exaggeration. The next item is a good muzzle brake. I don't know how much reduction you will get out of a 6.5cm but I do know that with the recoil pad/muzzle brake combination on my 300WM has reduced the recoil to less than that of a .243. Theoretically take your 6.5CM shooting light but effective loads with a good recoil pad and muzzle brake and you should be somewhere in the vicinity of a .223/5.56 or less. You are going to hear many thoughts on how to reduce recoil to where you are comfortable to shoot again. Many will recommend any and all different solutions. Many will also not like my solution here. So be it. It's up to you to determine how you want to handle this and only you. Depending which gunsmith you take your existing rifle to it should cost no more than $300 to get your 6.5CM comfortable for you to shoot. [/QUOTE]
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