Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
Originally Posted by Switch
Originally Posted by vapodog
The 6.5-06 has something the others don't.....a very large pile of 270 and .30-06 brass sitting in buckets all over the country.....that's an advantage that is hard to ignore.....and just might be the reason no one makes ammo for it.....it won't sell well with all the "free" brass out there.

But let's be practical....what do we get from a 6.5-06 (regardless of twist) that we don't get from a .25-06 or even the venerable old.270?....and I mean advantages that the "run of the mill" hunter can actually make use of!

yea, yea, yea.....I know.....since when did practicality have anything to do with it? I have used the 6.5 X 55, the .260 Rem, and the .264 Win Mag.....and frankly haven't seen any real advantage one over the other in the field.

I have to hand it to Hornady.....seems their marketing folks could sell ice cubes to eskimos!



I've been telling my Creemoor shooting friends this for a long time, but they think the 6.5 is magic, I'll stick to the gay old 270!

I have one old "closet" .270 that I put together on a Springfield action back in the '60's when I was young and before I "knew"... blush

Vintage McGowen SS barrel, Timney, French Walnut Herter stock, etc. Shoots good.

Never killed a critter with it, always shooting "cooler" stuff, like one of my various 6.5's... cool

DF

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Classic rifle, you should take it afield just to old times sake! It's a beauty!