I think the 6.5-284 in the new Savage long range rifles is going to be my next rifle. Here is some data from 6mmbenchrest that really moved me to look at that cartridge. You may have seen these before.
I am thinking of haveing one of these built. Can't make up my mind on if I want 6.5 or 6mmBR. I love the idea of .62 BC bullet. Can alway use >.5BC bullets with barnes or accubonds.
I shoot the 140 berger in my 6.5 Gibbs, the only way to get my chart to match my trajectory is to run a .7 BC in my ballistic program. I'll give the credit, the scenars shoot very, very well but I shot one deer with them.......never will I do it again.
Performace isn't near as good as an SMK on game, and they aren't good till you get to .338 diameter.
RR
I shoot the 140 berger in my 6.5 Gibbs, the only way to get my chart to match my trajectory is to run a .7 BC in my ballistic program. I'll give the credit, the scenars shoot very, very well but I shot one deer with them.......never will I do it again.
Performace isn't near as good as an SMK on game, and they aren't good till you get to .338 diameter.
RR
My main interest in the 6.5-284 is hunting whitetails. I am really curious about the 130 grain Scirrocco 2 with a claimed .575BC. If that BC is for real I would think 3200 would be doable with the right powder like RL17 or 4831.
Those numbers looked really good downrange I just dont know anywhere it has been verified.
OK, so after talking with bigboy about this, what kind of ranges are you guys testing and using this gun at? We are both considering getting inot building a rifle that is capable of shooting accuratly at the 600+ yard range (for deer hunting). I currently have a 300 Win mag set up with bull barrel etc that i was going to use, however the BC of the 6.5 and even the .284 both beat out the .308. I am just wondering if the money spent on building the 6.5-284 could be used for dressing up a current gun i have to attain the same results and put a good glass on top, for the same money.
OK, so after talking with bigboy about this, what kind of ranges are you guys testing and using this gun at? We are both considering getting inot building a rifle that is capable of shooting accuratly at the 600+ yard range (for deer hunting). I currently have a 300 Win mag set up with bull barrel etc that i was going to use, however the BC of the 6.5 and even the .284 both beat out the .308. I am just wondering if the money spent on building the 6.5-284 could be used for dressing up a current gun i have to attain the same results and put a good glass on top, for the same money.
I haven't had time to give you a call back.
But I seen a savage makes a 30" barreled that is quite affordable.
OK, so after talking with bigboy about this, what kind of ranges are you guys testing and using this gun at? We are both considering getting inot building a rifle that is capable of shooting accuratly at the 600+ yard range (for deer hunting). I currently have a 300 Win mag set up with bull barrel etc that i was going to use, however the BC of the 6.5 and even the .284 both beat out the .308. I am just wondering if the money spent on building the 6.5-284 could be used for dressing up a current gun i have to attain the same results and put a good glass on top, for the same money.
That 300 win mag could be loaded with 210 gr bergers for a BC of .631. You need 11 twist. I suspect you have 10 twist and so you'd be OK.
I am trying too. Got to start somewhere. Since you know all about it, do you have some honest chrono numbers one can expect with a >.6BC bullet? A few options I see. 6mmBR is the other.
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