My 6.5x47 Lapua rifles are not pushed that hard as I like to know that a load I use in winter for deer will also work in summer on pigs.

FWIW, my 27inch barrel posts 3050fps with a 123gn load that the 24in barrel posts 3000fps with, and the 20in barrel posts 2800fps with.

I have come to a (not very scientific) conclusion that a barrel in the region of 22inches will deliver optimum velocity/handling characteristics.


2900fps with a 140gn bullet is what I am building a 6.5/06 for.

Last edited by Adamjp; 09/01/12.