I've know of a few guys who shoot a 6.5-06, but has anyone on here ever turned a 257 weatherby into a 6.5 weatherby? I want to build a 6.5 for long range shooting and have been looking at both the 6.5 creedmore and the 264 win. Just curious if anyone on here has ever tried with a weatherby. If so what is the ideal OAL?
Look at some of the newer 6.5's, like the 6.5 SAUM. Some of those rounds will give the .264 WM a serious race and do it more efficiently.
My 6.5-284 will push 140 VLD's at 3,000 fps comfortably with 48.8 gr. RL-17, maintaining 1/2 MOA precision. It'll go 3,100 fps, but groups open up.
The short, fat rounds will add 100 fps or so to that, which is about all one could expect from a .264 WM, burning a lot more powder.
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