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Why no love for the 6.5 Rem Mag?
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<blockquote data-quote="sable tireur" data-source="post: 1253877" data-attributes="member: 27307"><p>atl5029,</p><p></p><p>Like the 6.5x284 cartridge or it's brother cartridge the .350 Rem. Mag., the length of the cases is 2.170". When combined with hunting length/weight bullets a reasonable cartridge can be contained by the short action, internal magazines. But try to use the longer for caliber, high BC bullets for target shooting with that same mag length restriction and you loose a substantial amount of powder capacity.</p><p></p><p>These short action, short barrel rifles were introduced for woods hunting where a lightweight shorter rifle was considered to be handier. The design was for this purpose and as such defeated the desire for something that would perform at longer ranges and higher velocities. Death was imminent. The exception was the .350 Rem. Mag. which went on to be one of the most prized and highly sought after rifles for hunting bigger critters with teeth and claws in the Great White North.</p><p></p><p>These cartridges are technically 'intermediate' length cartridges when you step outside of their original design parameters. They need to have the ability to be loaded to longer lengths. That's why you usually see the 6.5x284 in a long action. Those 2.825" internal magazines killed off the ability of the cartridges. Nowadays though you actually have the choice of buying an intermediate length action just for cartridges such as this. </p><p></p><p>Brass for the 6.5 Rem. Mag. has been unobtainable for the last several years. Remington successfully ignored thousands of shooter requests for the brass but instead decided to force us to buy loaded ammunition to improve their profitability. Now though brass is for sale through Bruno's Shooters Supply in Phoenix for $85.25/100. Not awful considering I've paid as much as a $1.00/each for new/old stock from individuals.</p><p></p><p>For decades starting with the .300 H&H, we shot long range Matches with belted mag. cartridges and no one ever gave it another thought. These were the cartridges to shoot. Even today several of the top shooters are using belted mag. cases for their forms of competitions.</p><p></p><p>Aside from Matches though, the .300 Win. Mag. and 7mm Rem. Mag. are probably two of the most popular hunting cartridges chambered today.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sable tireur, post: 1253877, member: 27307"] atl5029, Like the 6.5x284 cartridge or it's brother cartridge the .350 Rem. Mag., the length of the cases is 2.170". When combined with hunting length/weight bullets a reasonable cartridge can be contained by the short action, internal magazines. But try to use the longer for caliber, high BC bullets for target shooting with that same mag length restriction and you loose a substantial amount of powder capacity. These short action, short barrel rifles were introduced for woods hunting where a lightweight shorter rifle was considered to be handier. The design was for this purpose and as such defeated the desire for something that would perform at longer ranges and higher velocities. Death was imminent. The exception was the .350 Rem. Mag. which went on to be one of the most prized and highly sought after rifles for hunting bigger critters with teeth and claws in the Great White North. These cartridges are technically 'intermediate' length cartridges when you step outside of their original design parameters. They need to have the ability to be loaded to longer lengths. That's why you usually see the 6.5x284 in a long action. Those 2.825" internal magazines killed off the ability of the cartridges. Nowadays though you actually have the choice of buying an intermediate length action just for cartridges such as this. Brass for the 6.5 Rem. Mag. has been unobtainable for the last several years. Remington successfully ignored thousands of shooter requests for the brass but instead decided to force us to buy loaded ammunition to improve their profitability. Now though brass is for sale through Bruno's Shooters Supply in Phoenix for $85.25/100. Not awful considering I've paid as much as a $1.00/each for new/old stock from individuals. For decades starting with the .300 H&H, we shot long range Matches with belted mag. cartridges and no one ever gave it another thought. These were the cartridges to shoot. Even today several of the top shooters are using belted mag. cases for their forms of competitions. Aside from Matches though, the .300 Win. Mag. and 7mm Rem. Mag. are probably two of the most popular hunting cartridges chambered today. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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