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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    I understand your position, but it is near opposite of mine, and so is my direction as a shooter and hunter from too many now. In a modern rifle the Swede and Creed can be ballistic equals for a reloader, BFD. With it's long action it will handle heavier longer bullets much better,,also BFD...
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    35 Whelen and The Wild Boar Wars

    great article on the 35 Whelen https://35whelen.blogspot.com/
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    35 Whelen and The Wild Boar Wars

    The day after I brought my custom Mauser 35 Whelen home from the gunsmith, I drove out to a 3,000 acre grain ranch to sight it in. It was a late summer morning, already getting hot. I could see heat waves through my fixed 2.5X Weaver scope. There were at least a couple hundred Wild boar hitting...
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    Unit 53 New Mexico solo. Bad idea?

    A reasonably close friend is my horse packer. He advises me it could take him one to three days to arrive after I contact him with my "In Reach", figure that time in. I am 78 years old and stopped hunting bull elk in favor of cow elk 25-30 years ago. Better meat, cost less, MUCH greater chance...
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    Unit 53 New Mexico solo. Bad idea?

    I turned 78 this week. It did not happen over a year or two, but more so over a decade or two. Obsession lessened as a factor in all my decision making, most especially in the area of big game hunting.
  6. M

    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    all you say is true, and i will add this; the long action not only allows for more powder but also allows for more less seating depth which can be so critical for finding needed for maximum accuracy, especially so for copper bullets, which can have a very narrow range for optimum accuracy...
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    Savage 22/20 ga. for Ruffed Grouse, Fenwick Fly-rod for Brook Trout

    BSA motorcycle...
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    Savage 22/20 ga. for Ruffed Grouse, Fenwick Fly-rod for Brook Trout

    0n December 1, 1969, the first military draft lottery was held in America since 1942. Based on my poor draw results, I decided to start spending my savings. During college, I pinched every penny I earned working summers for an industrial construction company that repaired and replaced...
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    On this boar where the bullet glanced off the shoulder plate, I was using a 130 grain Hornady Spire point. I had taken one or two before with a 280 and 154 grain RN. I see lots of hunters in Texas shooting little ones with 223 but big ones are a different world. My minimum became 280 or 7x57...
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    Great 130's would be perfect. Going into big black Russian Boar however is a different world, more so hitting that one inch thick cartilaginous pie plate sized shoulder plate.
  11. M

    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    Ohh and that was one of my very first big boar, after that always favored heavy slower bullets
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    You hit it dead right. Was a 130 .270 that hit the shoulder plate on a big male boar at angle coming in. The boar went down, laid there, did not move. Keep my crosshair on him if he twitched wrong. Still...then when I got up he jumped up and ran away. The next day another hunter shot a boar...
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    For the better with Barnes, My baseline for judging the field effectiveness of killing power for different bullets has been as a licensed guide specializing in hunting wild boar, real big black ones with the toughest skin and that notorious cartilaginous shoulder plate. Going from lead core...
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    Thank you, Without any specific Arctic explorers being mentioned, a google search just made credits the 6.5x55 as being used by early Scandinavian explorers of the Arctic. Who knows. Again, thank you
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    All well said and understandable though my draw to the Nor-Swede remains steadfast, especially since it is in a long action. Before going all Copper and lead free, I used to shoot the 154 grain Lapua mega and the 160 grain Hornady Round nosed interlock bullets in my newer Model 70 CRF. Used on...
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    It is confusing. A friend of mine had a later Savage 99 with the thumb safety, aluminum not brass magazine spool, and it was stamped 250 Savage and had the 1/10 twist. Much better. The Ruger is sweet, enjoy it
  17. M

    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    You simply cannot go wrong with a Sako in that caliber. Enjoy
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    250-3000 not the newer 250 Savage with the twist for heavier bullets
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    Ruger firearms began in my home state of Connecticut. Such rock-solid integrity in all ways. I have had three or four of their handguns and still have one of their fine Black Hawk revolvers. Have you heard the story about why their logo became black and was previously red? By the time Ruger...
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    So which caliber, in what rifle ? The 6.5 Creed, the 6.5x55 Swede, or the .257 Roberts

    As in real heavy bullet twist ?

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