G'Day,
John B. Have you played with one of these? Anybody got one of these in a hunting rifle? What rifle have you got or what did you build yours on? It's just a bit smaller than the 6.5 CM but has a small rifle primer. I'd imagine a 120gn Ballistic Tip at 2800fps would make a nice deer round. Cooper seems to be the only hunting rifle I can find at the moment. But a 22 inch barrel in a Rem Model 7 or Winchester Compact Featherweight would be a nice little outfit.
I had a couple for a couple of years and really liked them. I think in most regards it’s a better fit for a short action mag box than the 6.5 Creedmoor, but there’s a couple of things that ultimately made me choose the Creedmoor instead.
6.5x47 brass is only available for small rifle primers. There have been a couple of accounts by people I trust of no-fires or hang fires in extremely cold weather.
6.5x47 Factory ammo is not widely available and if you find it, it is very expensive. I shoot my hand loads almost exclusively, but in the event my baggage with my ammo in it doesn’t show up, I want to be able to walk into a place and buy ammo over the counter.
Finally, I have found my 6.5 Creedmoors shoot every bit as precisely as my 6.5x47s did.
I do think the 6.5x47 is a better fit with VLD type bullets in a short action magazine and ballistics are indistinguishable from the Creedmoor but ended up going with the Creedmoor for the reasons above.
John
