CWLONGSHOT
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Anyone here have one?
I built this none to replace my 6.5/55. I wanted a '98 Mauser over the CoC 96.
I built this none to replace my 6.5/55. I wanted a '98 Mauser over the CoC 96.
The 6.5/06
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I had its ballistic twin- the 6.5 Remington Magnum.
I bought a threaded and chambered 26” barrel from ER Shaw and installed it on a Siamese Mauser- my first barrel install.
It worked on deer and varmint very well and I got 3000 fps with 140 gr Remington psp bullets according to my buddies Oehler chronograph.
The 6.5-06 makes more sense but the Siamese action already came with a magnum bolt face.
I bought a threaded and chambered 26” barrel from ER Shaw and installed it on a Siamese Mauser- my first barrel install.
It worked on deer and varmint very well and I got 3000 fps with 140 gr Remington psp bullets according to my buddies Oehler chronograph.
The 6.5-06 makes more sense but the Siamese action already came with a magnum bolt face.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I can't say I'd choose a 98 over a 96, unless I really wanted a 6.5-06. With enough barrel you can create a 6.5 magnum per se. The problem is, at least for me, I don't need a magnum when the 6.5x55 exists. If I hunted antelope or something out west, I can see it, but not in the east. My 6.5-06 is on an FN Mauser action. I should probably sell the action to someone who wants to build a 400 Whelen or something.
RBHarter
West Central AR
264WM lotta wasted case space but 12 gr of Unique under a pp 260-120 is pleasant and a start load value for H1000 with W857 surplus is a great load with 140 gr Win power point. It leaves about 4" exit hole on a 150# hog .
It fits the same long action as the 06' , the example here is in an FN 98 "Musketoon" .
It fits the same long action as the 06' , the example here is in an FN 98 "Musketoon" .
Missionary
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Why on earth would you go to all that work to just have another 6.5 when you could have a .375-06... or two !
I will agree with many though.... most any caliber dropped into an 06 case will get the job done.
Although I do think the smaller calibers get served much better with 7.62x51 brass.
And a .400-06 sure makes me think about another barrel.
I will agree with many though.... most any caliber dropped into an 06 case will get the job done.
Although I do think the smaller calibers get served much better with 7.62x51 brass.
And a .400-06 sure makes me think about another barrel.
CWLONGSHOT
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I built a 35 Whelen first.
Was set to build a 375 or 400 Whelen couple years ago. A very good friend said NO! (He knows me well) He said he has both and suggested I not because someone might be leaving me one...
CW
todd
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a 400 Whelen-Petrov is on my bucket list.
Fixed that for ya . . . .
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Springfield actions are very light and strong, I have one in 275 Rigby and one in 7 Mauser.
richhodg66
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I suppose bullet selection might be better, but what do you get with the 6.5-06 that the .270 doesn't offer? Honestly, I really don't see any of the "improvements" on the .30-06 as being improvements, the one which seems to make most sense is the .25-06.
There's some magic behind the 6.5 caliber and I'm not talking about the marketing BS.
It's really an optimum diameter, which allows us to achieve great sectional density without resorting to really heavy bullets in larger calibers which would hurt us when we shoot them. This also allows us to shoot bullets of better sectional density at lower velocities and still to good effect, which also hurts less.
Now, a faster-twist 'Roberts would do the same thing with even lighter bullets, but the standard twist rate is not tight enough to squeeze that benefit from it. So, people believe in magic.
I was a fan of the 7x57 and 257 for many years and could never decide which was better - because neither WAS "better." I discovered the 6.5x55 in the mid-eighties and found the ideal optimum. If I had to choose between the three, I'd take the 6.5 diameter on the same/similar case for more all-'round use. Not that we HAVE to apply actual logic to justify what we want though - I fell in love with the 6.5s mostly because I loved the look of the 160 grain RN "fence posts" it was typically loaded with early on.
The first center-fire rifle cartridge I ever shot was s 6.5 Carcano in a surplus carbine at ten or twelve, I don't remember exactly, but I DO remember holding that cartridge in my hand - I felt like Goldilocks.
It's really an optimum diameter, which allows us to achieve great sectional density without resorting to really heavy bullets in larger calibers which would hurt us when we shoot them. This also allows us to shoot bullets of better sectional density at lower velocities and still to good effect, which also hurts less.
Now, a faster-twist 'Roberts would do the same thing with even lighter bullets, but the standard twist rate is not tight enough to squeeze that benefit from it. So, people believe in magic.
I was a fan of the 7x57 and 257 for many years and could never decide which was better - because neither WAS "better." I discovered the 6.5x55 in the mid-eighties and found the ideal optimum. If I had to choose between the three, I'd take the 6.5 diameter on the same/similar case for more all-'round use. Not that we HAVE to apply actual logic to justify what we want though - I fell in love with the 6.5s mostly because I loved the look of the 160 grain RN "fence posts" it was typically loaded with early on.
The first center-fire rifle cartridge I ever shot was s 6.5 Carcano in a surplus carbine at ten or twelve, I don't remember exactly, but I DO remember holding that cartridge in my hand - I felt like Goldilocks.
richhodg66
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Well, it seems most of us "old and set in our ways" types hate on it, but I have grown to like the 6.5 Creedmoor. I cannot think of a single thing to fault it for, with jacketed bullets anyway. Seems to be about the perfect white tail cartridge.
I like the 6.5 Creedmore because it finally woke the general population (of shooters) up to the value of the 6.5 caliber and makes at least one 6.5 case readily available.
I resent the 6.5 Creedmore because that base was already covered quite well with two existing cartridges it displaced in production schedules.
RBHarter
West Central AR
Just blow the 06' straight and stick a 451 bullet in it with 45-70 Ruger/Mauser data . You do have to load it .500 longer than data . Don't chicken out .400 .
My only bug with the 6.5 is the same "failure" of 7mm , the obsession with threadlike twist rates which would be great if there were a bunch 175-190 gr VLD type bullets but you can't hardly find 175 anything jacketed and cast isn't much better in 7mm .
My only bug with the 6.5 is the same "failure" of 7mm , the obsession with threadlike twist rates which would be great if there were a bunch 175-190 gr VLD type bullets but you can't hardly find 175 anything jacketed and cast isn't much better in 7mm .