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Suggestions for lightweight 6.5 hunting rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 661722" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>I have not shot the Sherman but I can verify the cartridge will shoot very near the 264 winchester velocity wise by owning and testing other similar cartridges. My 264 Gibbs and 6.5-06 AI will shoot right with the 6.5-300 wsm. I started to recomend one of those but your lightweight criteria pushed me to the short action wsm. The past three days I have been shooting quite a bit and developing new loads for my 7mm JRS which is all you can get out of a 280 remington case. It will shoot right with a 7mm remington magnum. They will do everything hunting wise the '06 magnum length cartridges will do with less powder and a shorter, lighter barrel which are both important when considering a lightweight rifle. That is why these blown out 270 and 280 cases got so popular in the 60's and 70's. With the new components on the market now they are only better. They are more powerful cartridges than the ones off the smaller 284 case and would be better to support your elk criteria.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 661722, member: 505"] I have not shot the Sherman but I can verify the cartridge will shoot very near the 264 winchester velocity wise by owning and testing other similar cartridges. My 264 Gibbs and 6.5-06 AI will shoot right with the 6.5-300 wsm. I started to recomend one of those but your lightweight criteria pushed me to the short action wsm. The past three days I have been shooting quite a bit and developing new loads for my 7mm JRS which is all you can get out of a 280 remington case. It will shoot right with a 7mm remington magnum. They will do everything hunting wise the '06 magnum length cartridges will do with less powder and a shorter, lighter barrel which are both important when considering a lightweight rifle. That is why these blown out 270 and 280 cases got so popular in the 60's and 70's. With the new components on the market now they are only better. They are more powerful cartridges than the ones off the smaller 284 case and would be better to support your elk criteria. [/QUOTE]
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