DonFischer,
I respect your opinion yet think differently. My 270 spits 130 and 140 gr bullets at my goal 450 yard velocity with no strain at all. My 308 is no slouch with the 130 TTSX either. Both of these perform with 22” barrels. So I don’t see much reason for another rifle to duplicate these older hands.
I see the 6.5 mm as the bigger brother to the 243/6 mm/250-3000/257 class. I find it most interesting when throwing 100 gr bullets at 243 speeds and 120 gr bullets near 25-06 speeds. In my mind, the 6.5 mm can replace its smaller siblings. That’s where my interest lies, at least with 120 gr monos. As prm posted above, the 127 LRX is not very far out from here.
