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OT BIG bore 6.5 questions
Fella's,
My Jr. is looking to put a 6.5 something together off a 721 action that was chambered in 06. The 6.5X284 seems to be all the rage these days but I am a bit concerned with the rebated head and shorter case there may be feeding issues. I myself would lean towards the 6.5-06. Looking for some votes and experiences one way or the other to swing our stalemate. Aaron
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Since you already have the long action, and you will be using the magazine instead of single shot why not go 6.5-06. Brass will be cheaper and readily available.
I made this decision only with 6mm a few years ago. I was very happy with the long case since I had a long action. |
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What does he want to do with it?
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Combo rifle- long range varmints and thin skinned big game.
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I almost did the 6.5 Mannlicher-Schoenauer. May be worth a look, definitely has personality. Here's a blurb from an article I found a while back.
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A 6.5mm is a great bullet, but not one I would launch down the tube for varmints on a regular basis. 6mm bullets offer a much wider range of choices and will do what you are looking for with less recoil.
I own a 6-06 and love it, my buddy has a 6-284 which performs just about as well. Mine cycles rounds like butter, his is not as smooth but has yet to jam. A LA will let you seat the longer VLD's of a 6.5 in the mag well if you go with the .284. The .260rem is a hard round to over look also IMO. A 243 AI or 6mm AI would also be great choices for prolonged barrel life. Lots of choices all within a few FPS of each other unless you go with a super 6mm (6-06, 6-06AI, 6-284, 6mm Catbird) or something like a 6.5 WSM I did a bunch of research before I decided on my 6-06. 70grs for varmints and 85-95gr for deer and antelope. Has yet to let me down. Jon Last edited by StrombeckJ; 01-25-2012 at 04:09 AM. |
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I have had both cartridges, I still have the 6.5-06, there is hardly any difference in ballistics, the 284 case is harder to get to feed, and the 284 cases are harder to come buy than 06. Both are excellent long range big game cartridges, and also great long range target cartridges. Getting my 6.5-284 to feed in a Mauser style action was kind of pain that was the biggest reason I kept the 06.
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I did this very same project 20 some odd years ago and loved it. I also used 721 Rem and considered both cals you are thinking about. I went with the 6.5 - 06 and glad I did. Had no chambering issues and I think the mag will hold one more round than if I went with the 284 version. Don't chance it go with the 06 version. I used a Brown Precision hunting stock and sporter wt. Douglas 23in barrel. I sent them a seated bullet to set the freebore but this is not necessary. It was topped off with a Leopold 2-7 scope along with the sling and fully loaded this setup was very light and a joy to carry. Started out using the Sierra 140 SpBt but was not happy with the way it shot then went to the 120gr solid base Nosler bullets and this was an improvement in accuracy over the 140's. I then went to the 129gr Sp interlock bullets from Hornady and never looked back. This was magic on our north eastern whitetail and accurate as well but I would never consider using this cal. for varmint. Good luck and let us know how you are doing with the project.
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How about the 6.5 Creedmoor? Not as fast as the 6.5-284. It has kind of intrested me. I may buy a Savage chamber for the Creedmoor.
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Thanks for all the great input guys, I had Jr. read all your responses and he is leaning towards the 6.5-06 now. He still isn't for sure positive yet. Now for barrel, stock etc, etc, etc. I think I will break out all my old stock making tools and let him finish out a semi inlet. With a little supervision----------
Aaron
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