|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 369
Campfire Member
|
OP
Campfire Member
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 369 |
Planning to have a new rig built. It will mainly be used for whitetail hunting in Texas. We have lots of areas where we hunt that can be 300-400 yard shots. Have a couple of large caliber guns that will do the job just fine, but I don't have a 6.5 and really want one.
What do you suggest?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,412
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,412 |
I love my Swede. Using 140 grain Berger Hunting VLDs I get great groups at 100 yards. That is over 40.7 grains of H4350 and a Federal Large Rifle primer. This is the rifle I am best with.
Me solum relinquatis
Molon Labe
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 2,426 Likes: 5
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 2,426 Likes: 5 |
A Creedmoor will match the 284 out to about 500 but after that the extra speed of the 284 will deliever a harder punch further downrange. I have a CM and for WT deer hunting it's a great round!. OBTW I shoot the 143 grain ELD-X. Both calibers can be very accurate out to 1000 yards with the proper set up.
Last edited by Elkhunter49; 12/17/16.
A true friend is someone who reaches for your
hand but touches your heart !!!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,201
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,201 |
Of the 2 listed I'd go with the 6.5 CM. But I 'd seriously consider the .260 Rem as an option between the two.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 6,441 Likes: 8
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 6,441 Likes: 8 |
3-400 yds I would opt for the creed
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
3-7-77
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 16,168 Likes: 9
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 16,168 Likes: 9 |
Planning to have a new rig built, but I don't have a 6.5 and really want one. What do you suggest? 6.5x47 Lapua.....
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,223 Likes: 9
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 37,223 Likes: 9 |
A Creedmoor will match the 284 out to about 500 but after that the extra speed of the 284 will deliever a harder punch further downrange. I have a CM and for WT deer hunting it's a great round!. OBTW I shoot the 143 grain ELD-X. Both calibers can be very accurate out to 1000 yards with the proper set up. Agree. I have 6.5 CM, 6.5-284 and Swede. I like'em all, sorta depend on the individual rifle. The 6.5-284 does have an edge at extended range, but not a lot. Which one I use depends on what I'm hunting. DF
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 15,932 Likes: 1
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 15,932 Likes: 1 |
A Creedmoor will match the 284 out to about 500 but after that the extra speed of the 284 will deliever a harder punch further downrange. I have a CM and for WT deer hunting it's a great round!. OBTW I shoot the 143 grain ELD-X. Both calibers can be very accurate out to 1000 yards with the proper set up. Another vote for the Creedmoor. I like how well mannered it is and as was stated above, out to 500 yards, there's little to no difference. I shot my Wyoming Pronghorn with mine at 210 yards. DRT.
There are 2 rules to success:
1. Never tell everything that you know.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13
Campfire Sage
|
|
Campfire Sage
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 |
Planning to have a new rig built, but I don't have a 6.5 and really want one. What do you suggest? 6.5x47 Lapua..... Grab 'Em by the pussy. Dave
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 50,170 Likes: 2
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 50,170 Likes: 2 |
Planning to have a new rig built. It will mainly be used for whitetail hunting in Texas. We have lots of areas where we hunt that can be 300-400 yard shots. Have a couple of large caliber guns that will do the job just fine, but I don't have a 6.5 and really want one.
What do you suggest? Dang I hate to be the first to do this, but... 25-06.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 369
Campfire Member
|
|
OP
Campfire Member
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 369 |
Dang I hate to be the first to do this, but...
25-06.
I have one and that is my current "go to gun", just wanting a 6.5
Last edited by Wide8; 12/17/16.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 3,676
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 3,676 |
I like the .284 case.
According to the Nosler RELOADING GUIDE the 6.5X284 starts the 140 Accubond out at 2953 whereas the Creedmoore starts it at 2730. (max loads) The 6.5X284 is 223fps faster.
IMO 200fps is enough to be significant. Significant at all distances.
Last edited by Rug3; 12/17/16.
BE STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. ~ Ephesians 6:10
Socialism is a philosophy of failure,
the creed of ignorance,
and the gospel of envy,
its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
--Winston Churchill
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 50,170 Likes: 2
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 50,170 Likes: 2 |
Dang I hate to be the first to do this, but...
25-06.
I have one and that is my current "go to gun", just wanting a 6.5 Well, why didn't you just say you wanted to downgrade then? 
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 369
Campfire Member
|
|
OP
Campfire Member
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 369 |
Dang I hate to be the first to do this, but...
25-06.
I have one and that is my current "go to gun", just wanting a 6.5 Well, why didn't you just say you wanted to downgrade then? Lol!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 60,833 Likes: 57
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 60,833 Likes: 57 |
.264 Win Mag for me.
For you I would go with the Creedmoor.
Unless you reload then I would go with what ever the hell you want.
I am MAGA.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 16,168 Likes: 9
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 16,168 Likes: 9 |
If it takes both hands, ya might wanna let 'er go.....
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 27,091
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 27,091 |
Yes a 25-06 is very comparable to 6.5 CM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 4,910
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 4,910 |
Planning to have a new rig built, but I don't have a 6.5 and really want one. What do you suggest? 6.5x47 Lapua..... Exactly
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 30,948 Likes: 21
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 30,948 Likes: 21 |
260 or Swede.........
brass availabilty....barrel life
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,799 Likes: 1
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,799 Likes: 1 |
Planning to have a new rig built, but I don't have a 6.5 and really want one. What do you suggest? 6.5x47 Lapua..... If all options - rifle, ammo, etc - were equally attainable in the economic sense, then I'd agree with aalf. But in the real world of availablilties, the Creedmoor wins. Way more support for it than any other 6.5 cartridge out there. Hell, even Winchester is offering ammo for it now. It is the darling that the 6.5x47, 260 and 6.5/284 all wanted to be. Kaiser Norton
The Kaiser- "If it ain't broke, I can fix that!"
|
|
|
|
|
562 members (12344mag, 007FJ, 1beaver_shooter, 25aught6, 10gaugeman, 117LBS, 47 invisible),
2,458
guests, and
1,320
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,193,923
Posts18,518,859
Members74,020
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
