Got 6.5 on my mind?

[toby]

Yep, Bolt rifle and nothing on the self is doing it for me so gonna make something. Action will be Mark V or a Winchester. Barrel will be which ever top end maker can make it the quickest! It will be a Wildcat or an Ackley. input always welcomed................................... OK GO!

[FTC]

Love my 6.5x47, bartlein barrel, check bugholes for barrels in stock

[5.56Geo]

The .260Rem and the 6.5Creedmoor get my vote. The .260Rem makes the most sense. It will do what ever any other 6.5 will do and then some.

[bsumoba]

6.5 creedmoor gets the nod from me. a lot easier to load and tune for than a 260 from what i hear, ballistically, they are bascially the same and components are much easier to find now with nosler, hornady, and i believe one or two other brass mfg making the brass now. its also mag friendly as its shorter than a 260 rem so mag feeding is no problem at all.

if you want to sort of wildcat and dont care about barrel life...go 6.5 SAUM

[kmullins]

6.5x284 is a winner, but .260 Ackley will get you there with less powder.

What do you hope to do with the rifle?

Short action or long action?

[russ69]

260 for a hunting rifle.

[toby]

Ok right off the 6.5x47 is out just does not interest me. Creedmoor is highly doable but it's not 1st choice unless I go short action, 260 AI is way up there, 6.5 SAUM is out because I believe all SAUM brass will become extinct real soon, I'm thinking 6.5x55 AI, 260 AI, 6.5-06 AI, 6.5 WSM, 6.5-257 or 270 Weatherby. I was dead set on the 6.5-06 AI a while back but other things got priority so it was dropped and I did a 243 AI in the midst of that. So if anyone has any of what I listed I would really like to hear something about them.

[ar15barrels]

Go short action.
Go Creedmoor.
I have bartlein blanks on the shelf.

[chris]

I have 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser. love it used for hunting with great success.

[CobraRed]

Yep, Bolt rifle and nothing on the self is doing it for me so gonna make something. Action will be Mark V or a Winchester. Barrel will be which ever top end maker can make it the quickest! It will be a Wildcat or an Ackley. input always welcomed................................... OK GO!

Haha, not much has changed since I last talked to ya!

Of course I like my 6.5x55 and 6.5x55AI route, but if I were to go short action it would likely be 6.5 SAUM at this point.

[MongooseV8]

260 Ackley or 6.5 Creed. I cant decide myself lol.

[JMP]

Bartlein 5r, 1:8", 139gr Scenar.

[Cypriss32]

6.5 creed, you can buy factory ammo when you feel lazy.

[Masterdebater]

Why no 25-06

[Masterdebater]

Let me rephrase that, does anyone run 25-06 around here? I used to hunt with it back in good ol GA and loved the round