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I think I'll stick with 6.5 Swede. Lapua does have first class brass though.

that brass brings wood

TIM IN T. you need a job way to many toys to account for your free time......

it makes much more sense than any wssm or 325.. another answer to a question no one asked but it is JMO.... a TI in this with a 22" skinny tube would be a joyous thing.. much like a 250 AI in same flavor.... as a 358 win would be. and a 6br would be ETC ETC.....

just like the small primer and most excellent brass... ballistics dont lie and the mind bobbling array of bullets is kinda cool... scenars and xxx would put you in the black.....


believe you could easily watch your shots with a 7# gun.... tim?

woofer

Well, in the Rem 600/660 action, I have a custom 6mm Rem, 7mm08 and a 308. But nothing in 6.5 in any gun. How would the 6.5x47 fit in a Rem 600? I like what I have read about the 6mm/6.5x47 too. Of course I don't have a 358 Win either. Been thinking about all three of these for my "extra" (243) 600 action.

What do you guys think? 6mm/6.5x47, 6.5x47 or 358 Win?

I don`t think so. Mine is 17#`s and the 115`s will push you off the target, but I`m shooting free recoil.

You hiring?

wow, wouldn't have thought that at all...

i can't afford you....

woofer

Have you guys priced the brass for a 6.5x47mm Lapua?

the brass ain't cheap $70/100 but for a hunting rifle 100 pieces ought to last a few lifetimes. Sinclair had 500 pieces on sale recently but I missed it one day.

Since I have a 6.5 x 47, 20 x 47 in the works might as well do another in 25 x 47 and cover all aspects.


Michael

I bought some of the first boatload from Grafs for 66 and change per 100, but had to get 500 for that price. Glad I did, I am really liking that 6x47.

You can get 6.5 x 47 Lapua brass for $64.00/100 and $595.00/1,000 from Powder Valley and they have it in stock. I bought 1,000 for various projects. P.V. is carrying Norma Powders also.

Regards.

dennisinaz: Basically, the 6.5X47 Lapua is a longer bodied Lapua 6BR case complete with the 6BR's small flash hole and primer pocket...and obviously necked to 6.5. Case capacity on a virgin case is around 48.0 of water. Necked to .30, capacity goes right at 50.0. Overall case length is 1.840-1.850 and it has a 30 degree shoulder angle.

The 6.5X47 will not approach the accuracy level of a good 6PPC. There isn't a 6.5 bullet out there that will shoot with the incredible array of hand swaged 6mm BR projectiles, plus the case capacity of the 6.5X47 Lapua is well in excess of where the best balance of accuracy, pressure, tunability and gun handling occur with the 10.5 and 13.5 lb. 6PPC BR rifles.

But the Lapua 6.5X47 case is a great piece to work with. It's greatest contribution may just be the many non-6.5 variants that can easily be made from this case. A 25X47 Lapua is a real 'new world' 250 Savage Ackley, a 22X47 Lapua offers case capacities similar to a Swift or a 22-250 Ackley, etc.

The 6.5X47 Lapua, like the 6BR Lapua case and the 220R Lapua (on which the PPC variants are made from) are serious high pressure cases that do a lot of things right for the hunter and shooter.

Pressure...lots of pressure...is a good thing .

Like I said, just a new headstamp. BUT, a Lapua headstamp!....Which, by many's standards, is good enough.

The 22x47 would probably be a great varmint round.

I'd rather have the other variants on the 6.5-284/284 case.

You could buy that sako, be a perfect fit, nice little rifle could be made....lol

i also like the fact the rim is for a 473 bolt.........

woofer

There's not another readily available, 'out of the box' case out there that offers the 6.5X47 Lapua's combination of capacity, flash hole/primer size design, shoulder angle, neck length, case head thickness and overall design features that allow it to run in the pressure levels that make good things happen.

Plus, add to this the fact that the basic 6.5X47 Lapua case can be easily necked up or down to produce very accurate, flexible cartridges in bore sizes from .22 to .30 and dies are available from many sources for reasonable money.

This case gives the serious shooter/hunter what they've been asking for.

Time will tell.



Shooter, maybe. Hunters? I respectfully disagree. But I feel confident that you have more knowledge of the case than I do.

I can't think of a single hunting scenario that can't be filled by one of the many fine factory chamberings we have available across the counter. They have been doing the job for decades and will continue to do so for decades to come.

I'll put my dough on a excellent hunter/average rifle combo any day over the reverse scenario.

Take that same excellent hunter and get him behind a rifle that can really perform and oh, my....it doesn't get any better than that.

Good shootin'. -Al

I know a gentleman shooting 75-80 grain bullets in his 22 x 47L with great results.

Michael

Dang, I was hoping it was the new incarnation of the 6mm PPC...