WHICH 6.5 DO YOU HAVE

[okie2]

If you want to know where your 6.5 stands look at this.
I have the 6.5 rem mag improved 26 inch barrel.
the best of this group

these are all max loads case cap
6.5x284 139 gr 3108fps energy 2982 65.5
6.5 rem mag 140 gr 3240fps energy 3264 69.3
6.5 rem mag imp 140gr 3302fps energy 3366 72.7--------the best of all them
6.5-300wsm 140gr 3195fps energy 3174 78.1
6.5-270wsm 140gr 3195fps energy 3174 78.1
264 mag 140gr 3163fps energy 3111 80.7
6.5-06 140gr 2965fps energy 2734 65.7
260AI 140gr 2950fps energy 2706 56.5

[savageboy]

Where's the 260AI stand? I choose it not just for velocity, but for efficiency- Velocity per grains of powder/ a bit less overbore/ barrel burner.

[okie2]

hey sorry I forgot this one

260AI 140 gr 2950fps 2706 energy
H-4831sc 47.5 grains max load

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they have more info than I have ever found in one place

Forget the barrel burner bit I shot a 25-06AI at 3920fps 87 grainers for 25 years before it went away.

[Baja_Traveler]

I've got a 6.5 x 47 (not on the list), and then my blast-from-the-past 6.5 x 54 Mannlicher I inherited from my dad...

[BobT]

I have the 6.5-.284, the .264 Winchester is likely the next 6.5 I'll own.

Bob

[sinman]

my 6.5 is going to be a 6.5x55, but if you want max speed look at a 6.5stw

[Blue Avenger]

rem mag

[kleeber]

I love the 6.5RM, but I wouldn't expect to push it that fast. Of the twenty-three 6.5RM 140 loads on that site, that's the only one over 3100. All the fastest loads there use Bergers, and I'll bet that they are seated out so far that they wouldn't fit in a short-action magazine.

Evidently, Lane Simpson himself doesn't feel comfortable telling us that the 6.5 STW is good for much over 3300 with a 140 partition, and that's a much larger cartridge:

http://www.rifleshootermag.com/ammunition/7mmstw_071207/index2.html#cont

That 264WM load is straight out of the 1992 Hodgdon #26 manual, with a 26" barrel (primer and bullet make aren't specified). In that same manual, again from a 26" barrel, the 6.5RM loads top out at 2943.

[Armed in Utah]

Currently my 6.5s include two field weight SS Tikka T3's in 6.5x55....this is an easy rifle/cartridge to like along with being easy to handload for.....very good selection of dies along with quality components...the Swede was developed in Europe in 1891 as a military cartidge...yes it is still going strong...but many overlook it...bullets from 95 gr V max up to 160 gr Hornady RN...and lots in between...
My other 6.5 is the 260 Ackley Improved that I assembled myself using a large shank s/shot Savage 12 action...has a 27" x 1.120" no taper Pac Nor tube on it....

The Tikka weighs less than 8# w/glass & extras....the Savage 260 AI weighs just under 18# & they both love to shoot...

If I were to build another long range 6.5 barrel....the 6.5x55 would be an easy choice.....for me I'd make an exact copy of my 260 AI bbl...except in the Swede....

Pic is my T3 Tikka 6.5 in coyote hunt mode.....glass is Nikon 3-12 w/towers and calibrated to 600 yds.. ;D
pic two is the 260 AI......w/4200 Tactical...w/towers calbrated to 1K yds..

http://http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/499/tikka65x55001.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/i/tikka65x55001.jpg/)http://http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9496/2260ai002.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/2260ai002.jpg/)

[okie2]

Here is my Remington stainless 264 mag
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu340/OKIE2-photos/my%20guns/7REMINGTON264MAG.jpg
here is my Savage 110 6.5 rem mag with Shaw 26 inch heavy barrel
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu340/OKIE2-photos/my%20guns/15SAVAGE65MAG.jpg

[czgunner]

Mines not too fancy, but I've got a .260 Rem (Shilen barrel).
I love it.

[Armed in Utah]

Gotta love the 6.5's..........

[CJ in WY]

If you want to know where my 6.5s stand look at this ;D

Last years mulie shot with the 6.5-284 @ 620 yards.

http://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/wygoatanddeerhunting/websize/10-12-08%20056.jpg

Used the little 6.5x55 Engineers carbine to ancore these two @ 200 and 250yards

http://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/antelope/websize/Paulsonhunt07%20084.jpg

Even though I didnt use a 6.5 rem mag imp if you look real close you will see that they are indead deadhttp://www.huntingnut.com/images/smiles/hn_rofl.gifhttp://www.huntingnut.com/images/smiles/hn_rofl.gif
Yep like Armed said "Gotta love the 6.5's"

[TOO Builder]

Another with the Swede but in AI version.

[okie2]

Great shooting CJ the 6.5 sweed has been one of of my favorites infact it was the first 6.5 I had mauser 96 still shooting the 29" barrel 120's shoot the best in mine