Stephen curry Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 Thinking of having a 6.5 put together but don't know which one.no experience with the caliber. Creedmoor looks the favourite but what about the others.will de used for roe stalking and shooting steel mainly .bit of foxing. Varminting.what do you chaps think.answers much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch-22 Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 Agree with the above, though you’ll need a medium/long action for the 6.5x55 Swede as it’s a fair bit longer than a 6.5x47, 6.5 Creed, .260 etc. Though I have owned several 6.5x47 and it’s a lovely round. Very easy to reload and find a very accurate load for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashed Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 I have a 260 rem built on a short action sako 75 and it’s very accurate but velocities are lower than expected, probably because it can’t optimise the long 6.5 bullets due to the short magazine length (everything is seated quite deep). I had a custom built last year and went long action with 6.5x284, partly because I wanted the extra velocity for lead free bullets. I can honestly say that I’ve never noticed the difference between short and long actions and love the calibre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwade545 Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 I have a sako 75 6.5x47, throated for 140 grain bullets and friend has a sako 75 6.5 creedmoor with similar throat. Shooting our to 1000y, he has 2 moa less elevation but otherwise nothing in it, wind calls make more of a difference. I am having a 6.5 creedmoor built so can use factory ammo if need be, just something else to think about. Sometimes I just don’t get time to reload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hancock Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 I have a Bergara B14HMR in 6.5cm which smoooooooooothly shoots Hornady 143 ELD-X into 0.4MOA. My Mike Norris datum load with 142smk's puts the pills through the same hole. £1045 rifle. Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch_egg Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Currently the best mouse trap is the 6.5 Creedmoor. You will get the 6.5 Creedmoor in factory rifles and there is plenty of factory ammunition on the shelves. It handles the longer higher BC bullets in a short action magazine without imposing on the powder space. The other cartridge options that have been discussed are all viable alternatives. They just aren’t quite as good. Although I do like the 6.5X47. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephentri Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Nothing wrong with the 6.5×55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 As others have said 47 creedmoor on short action Limited to 130 in the 47 but could go to 150 with the creedmoor and faster twist barrel (7) Long action, you can have 260(though many are made on short action it’s best served in long action ) 6.5/55 swede and 6.5/284 or even 6.5/06 with these you can run 130-150 grain at high velocity to optimise BC and gain every ounce of performance The trade off with the latter two is barrel life Ive run 47 and 284 variants for years (multiple barrels on both guns) and not had any issue with performance on tissue or paper with either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony1954 Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 + for 6.5/06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
264wm Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Been a great fan of the 264wm for long time, but decided to trade down to a 6.5-06AI because of the abundance of brass. The reality was it was not a trade down but a trade off in the consumption of powder, velocity is right up there with the winnie and accuracy is stunning. I can launch a 123gn sst @ 3350fps and it is sub 1/2 moa @ 500yds. enough for anything I may encounter. Unfortunately have to convert to copper,will have to see what limitations that brings, got some 120 gmx's will be trying them out this weekend.. Looking forward to an outing with a good friend of mine who has just had a rifle built by Ronin in 6.5-06,my custom 6.5-06 head stamped brass arrived this morning so will handing a few over to him for testing.. I do not think it will be long before this caliber becomes standardized.. regards N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Gate Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 4 hours ago, 264wm said: Been a great fan of the 264wm for long time, but decided to trade down to a 6.5-06AI because of the abundance of brass. The reality was it was not a trade down but a trade off in the consumption of powder, velocity is right up there with the winnie and accuracy is stunning. I can launch a 123gn sst @ 3350fps and it is sub 1/2 moa @ 500yds. enough for anything I may encounter. Unfortunately have to convert to copper,will have to see what limitations that brings, got some 120 gmx's will be trying them out this weekend.. Looking forward to an outing with a good friend of mine who has just had a rifle built by Ronin in 6.5-06,my custom 6.5-06 head stamped brass arrived this morning so will handing a few over to him for testing.. I do not think it will be long before this caliber becomes standardized.. regards N Where did you get your 6.5-06 brass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
264wm Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 Made it from either 25-06 or necked down and trim 270 brass, but have just acquired 100 new brass cases from the US headstamped 6.5-06 from quality brass, flash holes are bit rough, just necked turn them this morning and they are quite concentric. The mainstay of brass for me was RWS/Norma 270 brass, good quality and reasonably concentric on the neck..I did however resort to neck turning and it improved the grouping and consistency greatly,also the ES, came down from an avg of 25fps to 7fps. Regards N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
264wm Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 Made it from either 25-06 or necked down and trim 270 brass, but have just acquired 100 new brass cases from the US headstamped 6.5-06 from quality brass, flash holes are bit rough, just necked turn them this morning and they are quite concentric. The mainstay of brass for me was RWS/Norma 270 brass, good quality and reasonably concentric on the neck..I did however resort to neck turning and it improved the grouping and consistency greatly,also the ES, came down from an avg of 25fps to 7fps. Regards N Left to Right 264wm, 270, 6.5-06, 6.5-06 ackley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryh Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 that Ackley looks the business 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
264wm Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 hi Terry, it is absolutely mustard, really pleased with the performance,the 123sst is deadly @ 3350 fps out of a 25" barrel. N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 Similar to 3500 from the 6.5/284 and 95 g GS Custom LTS hold sub half Moa and are effective on Disney’s favourite quadruped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Welch Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 Limited to 130 in the 47 Ronin, Why do you say limited to 130 in the 47? My 1 in 8 twist happily shoots 142 SMKs and also 147 ELD-Ms Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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