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Nobody seems to stay home here at all. Beach below our house completely jammed up, ad hoc parking and traffic jams. Never seen it that bad in the best summers. First day without rain here in almost half a year... Hope the weathers stays good so I can do more checks on the 300. No Problem getting out to a farm here. edi

Frid, what I noticed was that with the 6.5 I had less blood trail and longer runs. Also reaction to the shot is less. With the 308 the deer would drop or wobble away with mostly only 10-50m run. With the 6.5 often around 100m or more into the thick stuff. Of course from the 25 deer I shot with 6.5CM last season a few dropped because of spinal shots but those that were not spinal shot... ran. Discussing this on another forum I was advised to try the Hilar shot placement. I looked it up on the net and tried it on my last deer of the season a small calf at 260m. It dropped on the spot. So I will work on that in the future... or just use a 308. A 308 makes a great bush gun and the 6.5 is more surgical tool. Best is to have both. A 308 can/might help marginally if your shot placement is off but you can't bet on it. edi

We have a good customer base in Germany and have quite a bit of feedback on roe-boar shooting. The 6.5CM as well as the Swede have been a fashionable item. At first all were raving about the very good performance on Roe as well as good accuracy of the 6.5's however when it came to boar they sobered up quickly. After a little while they asked themselves why not go back to the 308 which did it all. One just dose not need think about the cartridge with a 308, it is proven. If things go wrong it is down to shot placement or bullet selection. A good friend of mine in Ireland even questioned his move from 308 to 7-08 and said it can't do anything better. (he shoots deer mostly under 300yds.) I have two 6.5CM at the moment and like to test them in the field well. The CM would suit my shooting because I have a lot of longer range smaller Sika hinds/calves after the stag season. Moslty I shoot stags at shorter or close range. …. and at the moment I have a very good dog as well as working on shot placement. As a long range back up I have just finished a 300wm just in case... So my verdict, if you don't shoot over 300m there is no reason to go from 308 to 6.5's. edi

I hunted Sika 15 years or so with a 308 and last season except a few deer with the 6.5CM, my verdict is … the 6.5CM is not a 308. I found deer run further with same shot placement and we used the dog more than ever. Deer were all dead. Big advantage are the longer shots even with a bit of wind, the 6.5CM seems to hit much more reliable. Recon out to 300m their is no difference. My take is, if you tend to shoot animals larger than Roe and stay under 400m there is not reason to change to 6.5CM. edi

Hi Gyr, hope you are all well. You seem to be doing very well with your 300wm. Can you get out shooting at the moment or is it all shut down? edi

Yes I was warned by some after I had ordered. In my case no issue, no mag or bottom metal modification needed. I know many love the three bolt lug configuration and the small bolt throw is nice (if one notices it) however all other two lug actions I had also shot well. What I liked was that the action seemed very well finished out the box, smoother than most other custom actions I had through our workshop. Think the worst I had come across were 2 BAT actions that needed a good bit of running in or lapping. edi

Thanks, no just push feed. Initially I heard that there might be issues mag feeding these due to the three lugs. Maybe they referred to the older version. No issues here, feeds very nice. edi Thanks also D Johnson.

Just came back, tried a 4 shot group again off the hood of the landy. Force 5-6 and shaking car did not help and only managed 20mm, first two were close. Wind blew the chrono off too, but managed to get speed. What is astonishing is the low recoil or better said how nice she is to shoot. Just a big boom. Love this rifle. Proper gun. Early days in the accuracy department. edi

Just finished my new Ultimatum Deadline rifle. Joint Canadian/UK/Ireland build. Canadian Deadline action, Canadian IBI barrel, Canadian Triggertech trigger, barrel work by Brock & Norris with invisible thread cap. Machining looks beautiful, very happy with it. Stock by PSE and I fitted, bedded, sprayed the rifle/stock. Never had a brown rifle before.... Scope 3-27x56 PMII with 262 upward (cm) clicks available after zero which should be enough. Only zeroed with 180 Sako Hammerhead so far, only 7 rounds through including chrono. Accuracy will be checked later. edi

I asked that or similar question Brian Lutz a year or two ago. I was asking if there would be any aerodynamic advantage to use polygon barrels because of the smoother bullet surface after leaving the barrel. He answered "very little". edi

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Just guessing, Titancarbonitrid? edi

I was so sick of the CZ 22's that I didn't shoot them anymore, horrible stocks and ergonomics. I still have two left. The T1X that can be fitted in any of my T3 stocks is fantastic. Shoot it almost every day. Proper trainer rifle. edi

My guess is that not all ELDM's will behave the same as well as A-Max didn't all behave the same. In the 6,5CM I prefer 143 ELDX over 140ELDM. The X is closer to the behaviour of 168 A-Max in 308. Had very few exits on Sika with the M. 143 ELDX, 350m Sika Stag edi

Phil, saw that thanks. We've been very happy with Grovtec products in the past 12 years. edi

We mostly have some in stock, heavy duty and lighter hunting version. Halder in Germany came out with QD type sling attachments however they don't fit reliably into Grovtec flush cups. edi

Sako TRG 136gr 2730fps from a new Hardy 20" carbon barrel. Same ammo from a Hawk Hill 24" barrel had 2740fps. From a 24" CTR stainless barrel also around 2740-50. edi

Thanks Ronin that would be a start. edi

and if one would analyse exactly one would possibly come to the conclusion that the T3 action is stiffest of the lot. Just put all Sako and older Tikka actions next to each other VS the T3 T3X. Has a slicker bolt than the lot too. T3 Clone actions soon to be had. I was shown prototypes 3/4 year ago. edi

Ronin, that would be better than nothing. Did you ever get an E-Tac4 RSA from us? I was wondering if it would fit. The Atlasworx might be a clone of it. Or is it far off Atlasworx Rem SA AICS. edi

Anyone have an original Badger Ordnance M5 DBM that they could part with? edi

Isn't Skan Data same as CIP, 3800 bar? vs 4350 bar for the 6.5 Creedmoor possibly making the CM better for short barrels? Does not some of the legacy come in form of much cheaper 6.5x55 factory ammo in the northern countries, at least that was I was told by some of our customers. edi

Just you wouldn't need any of that with a Spuhr mount. My guess. Green spirit level shows the rifle is plumb, scope presumably not tight in the mounts yet. Scope crosshair straightened to the window frame in the background then front spirit level tightened plumb or checked with the edge on window frame. After that front spirit level should stay plumb when the scope get's tightened down in the mounts.? edi

John, what process do you use on the barrels? edi

Get Spuhr one piece mounts, less strain on the scope and one knows it's not the mount if zero is off. edi