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Was with a buddy that hunted speed goats last weekend. He was shooting a 6.5x300 weatherby. That is a lethal load.
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308 all the way, 6.5 Creedmoor is the sales pitch now to sell new rifles
Bought a new 6.5 creedmoor Tikka T3x Lite Roughtech. Topped her with a 6-24x50 vortex. Since the first round, it's been a dream to shoot. Call it what you want, I enjoy shooting the gun.
I own one and shot a few deers with it. Felt like it took my man card away so switched to a 30-378 Weatherby.
I do like the 6.5. The 6.5 x 300 or 6.5x284 would probably be the route I would go of i bought one today.
I'll never get rid of my .308. It shoots everything from 110gr to 200gr bullets, and once I find the magic recipe, it shoot so well it's almost boring. I bought daughter #1 a Fencepost 6.5 manbun, and have been amazed at how well it has shot everything, out of the box. Haven't started re-loading for it yet, but I have shot Hornady branded ammo, and Federal using 130gr Barnes & Berger....and everything has been way sub-moa....she loves it.
I have also been intrigued by the 6mm manbun, and probably a candidate for daughter #2.
My 6.5 Grendel for my AR has been a different story....by far the most frustrating thing to shoot, ever, for me. With the exception of some Berger (hybrid target), I'm looking at 4-5" groups at 100 yards....i've seen better groups out of a Mosin shooting steel case at a 100 yards than this Grendel.
Feed it some 143 gr ELDX hornady’s and have a good time. I initially went into Scheels to buy a Ruger American. Couldn’t walk past the tikka rack without trying them out. I like the rough tech since it had a threaded barrel already.DirtyMike my wife doesn't know you from Jack, but after this post she will defiantly hate your guts as I will be buying one!! :;:rockit
The Creedmoor family of cartridges has been and will continue to be the most effective launch of a new chambering to date. First and foremost, they started with a cartridge that doesn't rattle your fillings on every shot. Then they got the magazine OAL capacity and chamber dimensions in harmony while also looking @ where projectile R&D was going in order to get the twist correct not only for current offerings, but, also projectiles they assumed would come in the future. Now, the popularity has soared because it's easy to shoot well. As such, the price to shoot it will continue to fall as the volume of ammo loaded for it rises. The relatively low cost to shoot the rifle means more shooting, more practice, which makes people better shooters, some of which they'll attribute to the chambering.
That was a damn fine post SD. Do you agree Rem also was tone deaf about their .17 when the HMR craze began?
One hairpin in the manbun verses 2.
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I've always been a Springfield Armory fan. I'm rather curious about these:
https://www.springfield-armory.com/model-2020-series-rifles/
I'd love to shoot one.
I'm not building something if I can't source several hundred pieces of brass to form with up front.