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Thread: Have y'all decided which is the best 6.5mm yet ?

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    Have y'all decided which is the best 6.5mm yet ?


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    Have y'all decided which is the best 6.5mm yet ?

    Know that JCalhoun is still promoting the 6.5 x 284 as the one and only.

    Wonder if there are any dissenting opinions.

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    Uncle Jack
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    Re: Have y'all decided which is the best 6.5mm yet ?

    I bought my first 264 Win Mag (a Savage 110LH with a 26" Apex barrel) in 1967 and killed 5 mule deer with it that year. I have used nothing since to make me want to change.

    uj

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    TOO Builder
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    Re: Have y'all decided which is the best 6.5mm yet ?

    Hammer,

    How many different 6.5's do you own? Care to share which one you think is best?

    I have only shot one, a 6.5x55AI but see no reason to have any other 6.5. I am a bit prejudice however since it saved my son and I from several bull prairie dog attacks.

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    Re: Have y'all decided which is the best 6.5mm yet ?

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    Don't really have that many 6.5 s.

    Think there is a

    6.5mm BR
    260 Rem
    6.5 x 55 Swede
    6.5 x 06
    6.5mm Rem Mag
    264 Win Mag
    6.5 x 300 Wby

    Have several barrels of each with different contours and lengths.

    The 6.5 x 55 Swede is the classic of them all.

    Guess the 260 Rem may be the best target rifle.

    The 264 Win Mag with 140 Nosler Partitions from a 30-inch barrel does alright on bull prairie dogs at short range.

    Like faster, tighter twist than most of y'all. Something like 7-inch.

    Like the heavier bullets.

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    Re: Have y'all decided which is the best 6.5mm yet ?

    All I have is the 6.5x284, it works for me out to 1,000 yards but I haven't done any long range shooting with it yet.
    Frank


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    JCalhoun
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    Re: Have y'all decided which is the best 6.5mm yet ?

    .260AI is the righteous way to go. The 6.5-284 led me astray for a while but I found the light again.

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    Eric in NC
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    Re: Have y'all decided which is the best 6.5mm yet ?

    I like the 6.5x55 and 6.5-06AI. Agree on the heavier bullets too.

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