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Given the old 54 was in an M-S, I cannot figure why a 54, 55, 260, or Creemoor is not in the RSI.
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Wouldn't mind one in 6.5x55, throated for 160 RN bullets. Somehow seems potentially classic to me.
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Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths. "there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser" "the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
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Better is subjective If the 7x57 has a better shooter - then I agree
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I'm in for 55 as well, though a 54 would very cool.
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6.5x55 or 6.5x54. I wouldn't have the least bit of interest in any metrosexual bullshit like the .260 Remington or 6.5 Creedmoor.
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.
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How about a 6.5-284?
I've got one and it is a sweetie.
Easy to load and easy to shoot.
And kills stuff quickly.
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Or how about a 6.5x57R! Now THAT would be cool! I would rather have it in a 1-a, but I suppose I could live with an RSI...
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C- Since my 1-A in 6.5x54 is almost complete, It's about time for Ruger to come out with that chambering... At least that's what usually happens when I do a custom #1. But then if they did an RSI in the x54 I'd likely buy one anyway. Just because! But it's gonna pi$$ me off if they steal my thunder. GH
"As you walk thru life, don't be surprised that there are fewer people that you encounter seeking truth than those seeking confirmation of what they already believe!"
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Bricktop, nostalgia - I can understand....
Would a 6.5 Grendel or 6.5x47 be a Metro? Lol.
Ed, you MIGHT be right, I think they follow your lead for #1 R&D, as well as 1B and a few others...
Don't get worked up too much my friend, you have many hunting seasons to experiment w/all those toys you have in MI.
Merry Christmas to you, and your family n friends sir :)]
Flyer - btw, I agree, a 54 would be just about right in a stubby 20" er...
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Having never seen an RSI in person - what is the barrel contour like? Thinner than 1A? Wondering what is the biggest bore it could take. They've never made over .30, right? Speaking of wall thickness, have not had a chance to measure it or even mess with it much, but the little double rifle I got awhile back is shockingly thin at the muzzles. Downright scary looking to tell the truth, after being used to bolts and No.1's
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Bricktop, nostalgia - I can understand....
Would a 6.5 Grendel or 6.5x47 be a Metro? Lol.
Ed, you MIGHT be right, I think they follow your lead for #1 R&D, as well as 1B and a few others...
Don't get worked up too much my friend, you have many hunting seasons to experiment w/all those toys you have in MI.
Merry Christmas to you, and your family n friends sir :)]
Flyer - btw, I agree, a 54 would be just about right in a stubby 20" er... I've never been a fan of the ".260 Remington," its assh*le "inventor" or any of the sycophantic, ass-kissing fanboys touting its praises. It offers no discernible improvement over the 7mm-08 and absolutely no incentive for me to expend a nickel or lift a finger to even sign a 4473 to buy one. Same goes for the 6.5 Creedmoor. Then there's also the whole short action concept: why bother with short action rounds, save for the .22 centerfires, in a single shot platform? Might as well go with a 6.5x55, 6.5x57, 6.5x54 or a .256 Newton/6.5-06.
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.
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Bricktop, loved my Swede K1A....but also enjoy my new custom 260....they do 'Same-Same' work, recoil, blast, etc.
Both pleasant, accurate, deadly, can tell no difference in killing power, owned many 7/08s in the past, but have a slight reduction in recoil via a drop in bullet weight albeit keeping BC about the same.
My 'bulkiest/heaviest' #1 was a Custom via Pac-Nor, 6BR, 1V contour run out to 26", shot a group UNDER 1/2"....at 330 yds! Funny stuffing a pipsqueak round into that action, but the deer I dropped at 400 yds never said a word about it! Dropped within 25 yds of impact.
All rounds work well when used right, no doubt. Enjoy whatever you wish, and Merry Christmas to you sir.
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Both pleasant, accurate, deadly, can tell no difference in killing power, owned many 7/08s in the past, but have a slight reduction in recoil via a drop in bullet weight albeit keeping BC about the same. Negligible. At best. Hardly worth the while. Still would not waste any time or effort chambering a short action cartridge in a single shot the size of a No. 1.
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.
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It's very small, but it's there, being a Looney I suppose one gets very critical of even the small details. No doubt, not much one can't do w/the current factory chamberings made now...a 7x57 and 270 are on a future list of 'Items of Interest' A 9.3 had my interest in the past...could again if in a handy package. I simply prefer 6.5 bullets b/c of the choices to handloaders...not hard to find an accurate deadly bullet w/great bc/sd. What a 6.5 can do, so can a 7 but as you go UP in bullet size, I think one loses the niceties of light bullets w/good bc as caliber grows....assuming one wants a dual use rifle. If not, it's a non - issue. That said, a 7 has many choices but not as broad in varmint wt. bullets.
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I figured the 6.5x55 RSI #1 would be the next step after the M77 and the #1A. I'd be interested in one.
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Here is my 1-a in 6.5 Swede. Todd
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Anything new in the RSI platform would be interesting, especially if they were to make a K1RSI.
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