Toots Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 If, for instance, a man had a perfectly good remmy 700 short action in .243 and he fancied "dipping his toes in the custom rifle pond" then what other calibres use a short action? Having done a bit of reading I am really really fancying 6.5x47 (which I believe is superb) but information on other "short action calibres" eludes me! Guidance much appreciated. Thanks in advance lads. Rik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 You are running a .308 size bolt face there buddy, so there is a fair old list. .20br .22br 6mmbr 6mmdasher 6xc .243 .243 ai 22/250 22/250ai 6.5x47 6-6.5x47 6mm swiss match 6.5 grendell [i think] .308 etc etc, and probarbly quite a few more.I love the 6.5x47 personally. Ask Tikka how his shoots, as i believe he shot a pretty outstanding group with it recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northernchris Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Tikkas group was pretty good considering he is from the wrong side of the hills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northernchris Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Said Yorkie bar and new stick in action You just need to get your wallet open and get a shorter pod now!!! Toots also have a wee look at .260 or .260AI another good cal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Yep, if you want to shoot a 139 grain 6.5 bullet, the .260rem is a better choice than the 6.5x47, which is really better suited to the 108-123 weght bullets. Yes the yanks shoot the 139,s outa them, but it defeats the object of the excercise...ie 3000 fps. A friend has a .260ai on a surgeon, and its awesome. Bit of a bugger to make feed , but it was sorted.Also, redding do their custom dies, off the shelf for this calibre now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest varmartin Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Said Yorkie bar and new stick in action You just need to get your wallet open and get a shorter pod now!!! Toots also have a wee look at .260 or .260AI another good cal. Andy H. has a bit more sense than others made out...if he opted for a shorter bi-pod he would be shooting lumps out that fence post ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northernchris Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Fence post was way out of shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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