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Tuff time making a final decision
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<blockquote data-quote="3006savage" data-source="post: 241414" data-attributes="member: 12069"><p>I am currently planning to build a 6.5-06 AI. I chose it for deer hunting and actually found the 130 grain Berger to outperform the 140 in both trajectory and wind drift out past 800 yards "my max". 3150 should be quite do able in the 28" shilen I plan on building. The Scirrocco 2 is also a great long range hunting bullet but unlike the Bergers it penetrates and retains 80+ percent weight. I narrowed my choice to the 6.5-06AI, 280 AI, and 6.5-284 and decided that the 6.5-06 would feed flawlessly in my savage 30-06 action. Being a ballistic twin to the 6.5-284 I chose the 06 over the 284 to avoid feeding issues. I determined the 6.5-06 would deliver adaquate energy to 800 yards and 280 AI simply could not deliver the same accurcy due to lower initial velocity and the external ballistics were just better on the 6.5.</p><p> </p><p>PS: You can fireform Norma 25-06 brass to get 6.5-06AI brass with little problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3006savage, post: 241414, member: 12069"] I am currently planning to build a 6.5-06 AI. I chose it for deer hunting and actually found the 130 grain Berger to outperform the 140 in both trajectory and wind drift out past 800 yards "my max". 3150 should be quite do able in the 28" shilen I plan on building. The Scirrocco 2 is also a great long range hunting bullet but unlike the Bergers it penetrates and retains 80+ percent weight. I narrowed my choice to the 6.5-06AI, 280 AI, and 6.5-284 and decided that the 6.5-06 would feed flawlessly in my savage 30-06 action. Being a ballistic twin to the 6.5-284 I chose the 06 over the 284 to avoid feeding issues. I determined the 6.5-06 would deliver adaquate energy to 800 yards and 280 AI simply could not deliver the same accurcy due to lower initial velocity and the external ballistics were just better on the 6.5. PS: You can fireform Norma 25-06 brass to get 6.5-06AI brass with little problems. [/QUOTE]
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