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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Stuck on caliber decision - input appreciated
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1278288" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>The 6.5-05, 6.5x55, or 6.5x57 would all give you what you seek and barrel life on all of them is good as long as you aren't abusing them.</p><p></p><p>Anything you shoot hot and keep shooting is going to have issues with barrel life so if you intend on shooting in a venue where you have to repeatedly run long strings through hot barrels you're going to run into issues with barrel life just due to the heat and pressure and the wear/tear it puts on the throat.</p><p></p><p>The New 6.5 that Hornady is coming out with is interesting too as is the 6.5-284.</p><p></p><p>Personally I've never been a big fan of the .270 for a lot of reasons but the biggest reason today is the relative lack of great choices of bullets as compared to the 6.5's and 7mm's for which there is a near endless list of high quality, high BC bullets on the market for both target and hunting applications. The more opportunities exist the higher the likelihood of finding that perfect match between case, bullet, powder, primer and your rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1278288, member: 30902"] The 6.5-05, 6.5x55, or 6.5x57 would all give you what you seek and barrel life on all of them is good as long as you aren't abusing them. Anything you shoot hot and keep shooting is going to have issues with barrel life so if you intend on shooting in a venue where you have to repeatedly run long strings through hot barrels you're going to run into issues with barrel life just due to the heat and pressure and the wear/tear it puts on the throat. The New 6.5 that Hornady is coming out with is interesting too as is the 6.5-284. Personally I've never been a big fan of the .270 for a lot of reasons but the biggest reason today is the relative lack of great choices of bullets as compared to the 6.5's and 7mm's for which there is a near endless list of high quality, high BC bullets on the market for both target and hunting applications. The more opportunities exist the higher the likelihood of finding that perfect match between case, bullet, powder, primer and your rifle. [/QUOTE]
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