Originally Posted by the_shootist
My 6.5 Swede is a honey to shoot, but it doesn't recoil like a magnum --- it just kills like one. Those long bullets just keep plunging through animals.


Well if I could find a RH and LH 6.5 in SS/Syn I'd be happy to go that route! lol However, even the RH ones are rare and command a silly premium, so 270 wsm will likely get the call.

Figure 140 VLD Hunters will lower the recoil and still have plenty of oomph for deer and elk at 300-400+.

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