Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats 6.5-06/284 twist question

Big shrug.

It was a test rifle that shot so well it ended up as mine. If I had been building it myself, it probably would have had a 1-8 twist (as all my 6.5mm rifles do now).

But the Miller twist formula indicates a 1-9 provides far more than marginal stabilization for a 140 VLD in the typical hunting conditions I shot it in. And in addition to shooting very well with the 140, the drop at longer ranges was spot-on with any computer program, indicating the bullets weren't losing at BC due to the Sg being a little low.

All I'm doing is reporting what happened, and why.

My post was a general response. I err on the side of caution with twist, having made mistakes in the past. My 9 twist Ruger 243 is supposed to like 105's, but it doesn't.

"All I'm doing is reporting what happened, and why."

Geez John, and as we now know ---NSA knows too.

Tom is already a little twisted, so how does that affect the recommendation?
Tim

don't get me started on drop points, Olt!

BTW, there are salmon coming up the ribber. I'd walk down the hill but the net is still unmended.

Maybe I could bring a net.
So the new gun is for shootin fish in a barrel/ribber????
Tim

It's all about fair chase, brother--never in a barrel. I figured the 120s would be about right for the application...

Trusting you are on call for the steelies this year. Usually skip the sammons here.

Am thinking a drilling for the 6.5 with each barrel having a different twist, so I can get to the bottom of this 6.5 stuff.

Drilling with different twists---now you are cooking on the front burner. Always thought they were cool. Kinda heavy though for an old fart to carry around though.
You could chamber a 120BT, a 130AB and a 140+ something and hunt most anything.

Thanks Tim, appreciate the advice. You know I always thought a drilling should have a TI action and synthetic stock.

Do have a boat net on hand...no need to bring your own.

BTW, what twist is your 6.5?

Tom
Best I can measure the twist is 1 in 9.5" and 24.5" long.
Yeah, go figure. Who has that combo. You gotta shoot em to know for sure.

It really likes 129gr Horns, 130 ABs and 130 TSX.

It will shoot 120s, 125s and 140s good enough to kill deer in the limited amount of testing I did with them.

Get off your butt and do this. You could have worn out a barrel by now if you had gone ahead when you first had this urge.
What you gonna build on? Or is that a whole new thread???
Tim

As a matter of fact I am sitting on my butt...did you make that barrel?

Did a 6.5x284 for the girlca in CO with a 1 in 8, on mauser (the knife money down the drain...)) which is not wrung out as yet and have a g33/40 action waiting for a proper hills rifle--above.

Have deep regrets that it is not going to a museum where it could be cherished by fawning historians or at least to someone who would put exhibition wood on it and safe queen it--but that's all I have to work with and have a rule against selling junk to the uninformed. Thus, am resigned to that special place in hell...:)

Just let the daughter to all the shooting with her gun and save some money (for knives of course).

My 6.5x284 is from an FN made gun that Browning released in Canada mid 1900s. It has very nice wood. It had a short 6mmx284 barrel on it. Long story short, I got it cheap, played with the 6mm version then put on a barrel my gunsmith had laying around and chambered the 6.5. The rest is just history.
It works, but so does my 270 and 284 and 308 just fine. Plus a couple others.