Mthuntinfool
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I'm toying with the idea of building a rifle in a 6.5-06, and was wondering if anyone has any practical experience with that round? Good, Bad, Ugly?
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Be ready to change out barrels frequently as it spits out the little pills hot!!! Awesome ballistics though
Its not that hard on barrels
From .257 to .264 is splitting hairs but we do it coz it's cool and coz we can. It's one of the benefits and curses of being a reloading wonk.
....guilty.
The bullets (shape, weight, etc) make those hairs easy to split and largely favor the .264...From .257 to .264 is splitting hairs but we do it coz it's cool and coz we can. It's one of the benefits and curses of being a reloading wonk.
....guilty.
The bullets (shape, weight, etc) make those hairs easy to split and largely favor the .264...
From .257 to .264 is splitting hairs but we do it coz it's cool and coz we can. It's one of the benefits and curses of being a reloading wonk.
....guilty.
All things being the same, a 6.5-06 will push the same weight bullets a bit slower than a 270 Win. Maybe 100fps. The difference is the number of sleek, VLD type bullets available in 6.5.My favorite 6.5 has always been the 260 REM.
The 6.5-06 should push 120-140 gr. bullets at a little faster speed. But, I have zero experience with this cartridge.
Would love to hear any hard data about case capacity and chrony readings.
Doubt it could match the .264 win. mag. but it should be similar in speed to the 25-06 with better bullet selections.