I considered a .243ai, 6 creedmoor and 6x47 lapua but the barrel life on alot of those wildcats diminishes considerably vs a standard 6br or even the 6brx, dasher, ect.... I don't shoot competitions nor do I plan to any time soon.
I was also boner'd out on getting a 6.5, but being the cheap arse I am there is little to no savings over a .308 and again you have half the barrel life of a .308.
another thing I didn't mention was I like my handy short barrels. my .308 is 18.5" and I love it, i've hunted with it, and shoot it long range for fun. the above cartridges suffer greatly starting at 24" and below. I personally want no more than a 20" barrel as I do have suppressor stamps inbound and I don't want a mile long rig with the suppressor attached.
the above cartridges also have 1 thing in common. They love H4350 and I haven't seen h4350 in years out here (sold a .260 barrel because of that 3 years ago) the 6br and it's wildcats love powers like varget and 8208xbr which I keep on hand and can readily replace it when needed.
No doubt the warner flat lines come at a premium, not going to deny that one bit. but I have no intentions on shooting them regularly if I ever go down that path. they would be strictly used past 1400yds and I'm a long ways away from shooting that far. I think you'd be suprised if you run the #'s of my 208 a-max at 2525 vs a 6.5 creedmoor with 140's. i'm giving up nothing to the 6.5's other than recoil which I will admit is pretty fierce. and thats with a 5.5" shorter barrel which with my suppressor will be roughly the same length as a 24" barrel.
That's why i'm having such a hard time with this. I want to try something new but the startup costs of a new setup could = alot of shooting with what I have.
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