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Why the 6.5 caliber?
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<blockquote data-quote="Uncle D" data-source="post: 1780341" data-attributes="member: 112353"><p>FEENIX is correct... the 6.5's have been the standard military issue and Europe's go to hunting caliber since the 1800's. The reason they didn't take off in the US was initially due to the success of the 30-06 which the post WW 1 & 2 soldiers carried. It worked remarkably as an all around hunting caliber. Later the 270 became very popular due to Jack O'Conner. Then the 308 became the NATO cartridge that took us from the 1960's to a decade ago. It certainly didn't help in the 1960's when Remington botched the marketing and barreling of the 264 Win Mag then later in the 1990's with the 260 Remington. Had they done it right Remington could have started a 6.5 frenzy. </p><p></p><p>If you look at a ballistics chart, the BC of a 6.5 bullet is higher than every other caliber bullet across all calibers except for the heaviest 30 and 338 caliber bullets that btw typically have 25+% greater recoil. There is 25% to 50% less drop and wind drift at 1000 yards and beyond, using less powder and less recoil therefore its natural for target shooters to get very interested, very quickly. The 6.5 CM & 6.5 PRC was created by Hornady to be a very accurate long range competition cartridge. When inherent accuracy is the platform both target guys and hunters get interested very quickly.</p><p></p><p>and because Hornady is the creator of those two rounds, the ammunition is top quality and very accurate out of the box and brass will be available for decades. The average Joe buying one of those two offerings will not have to roll their own later on to get the hunting or target loads they need like I do now for my 260 Remington. Lastly, because of Hornady supporting it, all the major gun makers have started chambering for it so hunters and target guys can easily arm themselves. Uncle Digger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uncle D, post: 1780341, member: 112353"] FEENIX is correct... the 6.5's have been the standard military issue and Europe's go to hunting caliber since the 1800's. The reason they didn't take off in the US was initially due to the success of the 30-06 which the post WW 1 & 2 soldiers carried. It worked remarkably as an all around hunting caliber. Later the 270 became very popular due to Jack O'Conner. Then the 308 became the NATO cartridge that took us from the 1960's to a decade ago. It certainly didn't help in the 1960's when Remington botched the marketing and barreling of the 264 Win Mag then later in the 1990's with the 260 Remington. Had they done it right Remington could have started a 6.5 frenzy. If you look at a ballistics chart, the BC of a 6.5 bullet is higher than every other caliber bullet across all calibers except for the heaviest 30 and 338 caliber bullets that btw typically have 25+% greater recoil. There is 25% to 50% less drop and wind drift at 1000 yards and beyond, using less powder and less recoil therefore its natural for target shooters to get very interested, very quickly. The 6.5 CM & 6.5 PRC was created by Hornady to be a very accurate long range competition cartridge. When inherent accuracy is the platform both target guys and hunters get interested very quickly. and because Hornady is the creator of those two rounds, the ammunition is top quality and very accurate out of the box and brass will be available for decades. The average Joe buying one of those two offerings will not have to roll their own later on to get the hunting or target loads they need like I do now for my 260 Remington. Lastly, because of Hornady supporting it, all the major gun makers have started chambering for it so hunters and target guys can easily arm themselves. Uncle Digger. [/QUOTE]
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