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Is this in production yet? Anyone shoot one? Is there any advantage to this cartridge over, say, a 270 Win or a 264 Win Mag at under 600 yards?
Or put another way, what is this cartridge best for?
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Or put another way, what is this cartridge best for?
Selling new guns to rifle loonies.
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The 26 Nosler is just another cartridge to get someone, anyone, to buy just another rifle. In particular those of us who already have an adequate rifle. The 280 ai is another one thats been dredged up to sell another rifle. The powerful word is 'new' and the sellers say they are 'new'! What the heck, it's all just for fun anyway. Here is a picture of the 26 Nosler. I have not seen this picture before and wow is it big. Its way larger than my 264. Whats really the only thing new is the laser rangefinder and that's what has spawned this fad. ![[Linked Image]](http://d3pvexk84ayvwf.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/26-Nosler-Comparison.jpg)
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I was going to agree w/ PG but then Sav 99 chimed in and ooy... Tough to agree with him on ANYTHING...  I"lol just go with "I agree w/ PG" & leave it at that.
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The 26 Nosler is a specialized high performance cartridge. It is impressive. Having said that, I don't need one for the type of hunting I usually do. I don't need a 500+ HP sports car either, but I do like 'em.
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I don't see the point of a case that big with a 6.5mm bullet. The BCs on the 6.5s are not that good and work well in the existing chamberings (6.5-284, 6.5-06, 260, 6.5x47L) because it is a nice balance of accuracy, recoil and drift resistance.
A case that big is much better utilized with the wonderful 180 grain VLD type bullets with the attending much high BCs. A 7WSM shooting 180 Bergers has less wind drift that the 26 Nosler shooting 140 Bergers much faster.
The 6.5-284 and 6.5-06(AI) are about as much powder as I would ever put behind a 140 grain bullet. There is no substitute for a bigger bullet- none.
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It looks great for burning cheap machine gun powder.
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The BCs on the 6.5s are not that good. I learn something new here every day......
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The BCs on the 6.5s are not that good. I learn something new here every day...... 
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Best get lots of barrel shank for a setback or two with that short neck! ;-)
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I was thnkin' it augtta be great for toasting throats as quickly as possible.
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Always interesting that those most worried about "shooting a barrel out" have never done so with ANY chambering, let alone a big game cartridge.....
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Always interesting that those most worried about "shooting a barrel out" have never done so with ANY chambering, let alone a big game cartridge..... Pretty certain I have typed those same words more than once......
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Been working on it with a 1949 win 94 in .30 WCF since 1982. No luck yet and I've shot the livin p*ss out of it. I did manage it with my first Savage .243 though and it didn't have half the rounds through it as my old 94.
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Is this in production yet? Anyone shoot one? Is there any advantage to this cartridge over, say, a 270 Win or a 264 Win Mag at under 600 yards?
Or put another way, what is this cartridge best for? The only person I know who has and shoots the round is impressed. I hear from someone who should know that it has the trajectory of a tight-stretched piano wire and is very accurate. I don't need one and can't afford one right now, but I'd love try it out on antelope, then elk.
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Always interesting that those most worried about "shooting a barrel out" have never done so with ANY chambering, let alone a big game cartridge..... It's a goal of mine to burn one out; sounds like fun to me!
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They's meant to be shot and new barrels are made everyday.
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They's meant to be shot and new barrels are made everyday. Concur...
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