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RE: Zrex best deer round .243
ZX. I don't know what reading to much would have to do with being a supporter of the 6.5 Swede. There is seldom anything written about this 130 year old cartridge. Anything the 243 will do the 6.5x55 will do better. Its hardly a bullet lobber in modern rifles it will shoot the 120 grain Barnes X bullet at 3100 fps and the 100 grain at close to 3200 fps.Even in the military rifles like mine it will shoot the 140 grain bullet @ 2750 fps. I don't know how many of them you have but I have three now and have had two others including one in a 700 Remington. I think maybe you are the one who gets most of his info from a book or webb site. I have taken all the NA game with the 6.5x55 so I don't have to read about it. I think perhaps you knock a lot ofcalibers that you have no expierence with. Very childish indeed.
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RE: Zrex best deer round .243
James, I think you and I were shooting .243 and 6.5mm before
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RE: Zrex best deer round .243
I think so too. I shot my first deer with a 6.5x55 in 1956. I don't think there were many 243's in the stores yet then.:D. Anyway for critters bigger than small deer, with bullets up to 160 grains, it will certainly handle bigger game. It will still also shoot a 100 grain bullet as fast as the 6MM's except for the 240 Weatherby. I am not knocking the 243 as I have one of those too. However the 6.5 caliber is just plenty more versitile when it comes to big game. This is very obvious to most.
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RE: Zrex best deer round .243
Given the size of elk and moose, I am a little baffled as to why there aren't some rabid 35 Whelen and 338 fans on the board. Perhaps their is a bias towards velocity. I understand the popularity of the 243. But it would not be my first choice to tote up north where things stand on you and eat your pack. Or vice versa.:D
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RE: Zrex best deer round .243
Biscuit, I have a BLR .358 and A-bolt .338, I use to use in Colorado.
I have'nt beenback in11yrs. I posted some pictures of elk and mulies I shot in 94 with a .270. I alsoposted a picture of the black bear I shot in Alberta in 95 with a Win 30-30 carbine. I have been hunting over 55yrs and I have mellowed down to smaller calibers like the 6.5mm Swede and .243. |
RE: Zrex best deer round .243
Me too. I use the 243 for long range varmits. I sold the last of my Magnums a couple years ago. The 45-70 is my only Magnum left:D. If the 45-70 won't kill it then I don't need it dead.;). I still have my Pump 30-06 which I have also used all over the world. I had the Browning 358 Winchester too. Also the Model 71 in 348 Win.
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RE: Zrex best deer round .243
Good picture rebel where did you get my school pic. Seem to me all of you have mellow a lot the last thread on the .243 you guys ripped me and zrex for our choice of the .243 sound to me a lot of you use this gun just wont admit it. ? if you had to pick one would it be a 6mm rem. or a .243 peace guys
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RE: Zrex best deer round .243
I wish I could find an M700 in 6.5x55...thats a buy on sight and do a dance gun. Im sure they are out there but I havent ever run across one yet.
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RE: Zrex best deer round .243
Doe Dumper. The 700 Remington that I had was the 700 Classic. I don't remember what year they made that one as their special run. They may have chambered it many years ago but if so, I never saw one. A gun show would be the best bet. I wish I would have kept mine. My brother wanted to buy it and I sold it to him. He then traded it off later without letting me know.[:@]I still have one sporterized Military and another pertly sporterizedone. (still has military stock). Also one completely stock Model with the 29 inch barrel.
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RE: Zrex best deer round .243
ORIGINAL: James B ZX. I don't know what reading to much would have to do with being a supporter of the 6.5 Swede. There is seldom anything written about this 130 year old cartridge. Anything the 243 will do the 6.5x55 will do better. Its hardly a bullet lobber in modern rifles it will shoot the 120 grain Barnes X bullet at 3100 fps and the 100 grain at close to 3200 fps.Even in the military rifles like mine it will shoot the 140 grain bullet @ 2750 fps. I don't know how many of them you have but I have three now and have had two others including one in a 700 Remington. I think maybe you are the one who gets most of his info from a book or webb site. I have taken all the NA game with the 6.5x55 so I don't have to read about it. I think perhaps you knock a lot ofcalibers that you have no expierence with. Very childish indeed. Your talking handloads again, arent you ? You 'ol timers are just stuck in the 30-30 era arent you. bottom line, you cant buy a gun off the shelf and shoot factory loads and get the performance of the .243, unless it's the .243 ! Please quit talking bout 100 year old guns that require a handjob to perform. |
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