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<blockquote data-quote="lancetkenyon" data-source="post: 1548868" data-attributes="member: 68875"><p>Please reiterate what you want. Flat shooting? Or low recoil and cheap?</p><p>If you want flat, sell your two SA rifles and get a LA. Here are a few of my suggestions for chamberings for "flat" and have enough energy and speed to kill to 650 with some authority, but still have off the shelf ammo available for the non-handloader.</p><p>.25-06 Rem</p><p>.257 Weatherby</p><p>.264 WM</p><p>.280 Rem (or even the .280AI)</p><p>7RM</p><p>7 SAUM</p><p>7 WSM</p><p></p><p>If "flat" is not as needed as you say, and it seems like it is not....</p><p>.243 Win</p><p>6CM</p><p>6mm Rem</p><p>.250 Savage</p><p>.257 Robert's</p><p>.260 Rem</p><p>6.5CM</p><p>6.5x55 Swede</p><p>7-08 Win</p><p>7x57</p><p>.308Win</p><p>Any of these can be built off your R700SA with a bolt swap. Add a new barrel and some action work, and they should all be extremely accurate. Just not as "Flat" as other options out there. But deer killers to 650 for sure.</p><p></p><p>And to say VLDs do not work on deer is asinine. We have used them from 18 to over 1000 on deer. And from 60 to 882 on elk. And WAY out on coyotes.</p><p></p><p>And to say a 6.5CM has more recoil than a .260 Rem is even moreso if you are comparing similar bullets and rifle weights. I guess if you use a 6lb 6.5CM pushing a 147 ELD-M with a max load @ 2800fps vs a 15lb .260 Rem pushing a 120 SMK reduced recoil target load @ 2600fps....then yeah, sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lancetkenyon, post: 1548868, member: 68875"] Please reiterate what you want. Flat shooting? Or low recoil and cheap? If you want flat, sell your two SA rifles and get a LA. Here are a few of my suggestions for chamberings for "flat" and have enough energy and speed to kill to 650 with some authority, but still have off the shelf ammo available for the non-handloader. .25-06 Rem .257 Weatherby .264 WM .280 Rem (or even the .280AI) 7RM 7 SAUM 7 WSM If "flat" is not as needed as you say, and it seems like it is not.... .243 Win 6CM 6mm Rem .250 Savage .257 Robert's .260 Rem 6.5CM 6.5x55 Swede 7-08 Win 7x57 .308Win Any of these can be built off your R700SA with a bolt swap. Add a new barrel and some action work, and they should all be extremely accurate. Just not as "Flat" as other options out there. But deer killers to 650 for sure. And to say VLDs do not work on deer is asinine. We have used them from 18 to over 1000 on deer. And from 60 to 882 on elk. And WAY out on coyotes. And to say a 6.5CM has more recoil than a .260 Rem is even moreso if you are comparing similar bullets and rifle weights. I guess if you use a 6lb 6.5CM pushing a 147 ELD-M with a max load @ 2800fps vs a 15lb .260 Rem pushing a 120 SMK reduced recoil target load @ 2600fps....then yeah, sure. [/QUOTE]
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