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I was thinking the same thing! Marshall better get busy and start making some more bullets in 6.5mm.

+1 We put a lot of Marines out there hitting targets out to 500 yds with a peep sight and front sight post with little to no experience......Beyond that is another story I think.

Trijicon ACOG is also allowed for qualification as of a recently....

I was fortunate to get Marshal to sell me 6 boxes (600 bullets) of the 160 gr Matrix VLD's
also got 200 pcs of the 156 gr Norma Oryx bonded bullets from Midway for short range hunting (500 yards and under)

This cartridge may generate enough interest to get Bryan Litz at Berger to develop a 150-160 gr Hybrid bullet, looking forward to new 6.5 heavy high bc bullets

PT&G offers the reamer. https://shop.pacifictoolandgauge.co...911&zenid=ssb6nesv6qc7guqpfrlj3dhj55

Wonder how long before brass is available?

Wow. That was pretty quick.

That would put this cartridge into the next level.

Now I'm interested.

A couple comments:

A) Not even close to the same thing. The 500 yard qual target is a good bit larger than game's vitals. I believe recruits these days use ACOGS as well.
B) The guys who are good, practice. If someone thinks they can shoot out to 500 yards consistently on deer sized targets with 8 to 10 rounds a year of practice, they are FOS. That amount of practice will provide little training in dopeing the wind, let alone marksmanship fundamentals.

beretz,

PT&G made the original reamer for Nosler, so it's not astounding to have them available already.

I'm sure most would consider a 26" tube minimum but I have a nice 24" 8 twist rock and a spare rem long mag action handy. It might be worth trying since I much prefer the way a 24" tube handles.

Bb

I'd love to see a 160 grain 6.5 berger.

That's what I would do, I like 24" barrels as well. It certainly won't be like lobbing rocks at 24 inches....

I agree. Just saying that out to 500 or so is possible with some training. I think that it gets much more difficult further out.

Received e-mail from Nosler promoting their line up of rifles. They are offering the 26 Nosler with a 24" barrel. I must assume that their projected velocity with a 129 gr LR Accubond @ 3400fps is with that length barrel. Can anyone verify?

Imagine what kind of velocities that cartridge might get with a 30" barrel!

24" barrel? Who is making the stock on the patriot model?

Hmm, just ran recoil calculator comparison. The 130 at 3400 fps will have just a few more ft. lbs. in free recoil than the standard .30-06 165 gr. at 2850 fps with 57 gr. of powder in the same weight of rifle. So recoil shouldn't be excessive. But not as gentle as my .260 Rem. But you can't get something (500 more fps) for nothing.

All I know about it is I want one. I also hope some of the other manufacturers pick it up and they had better put a 26" barrel on it.

Maybe Weatherby will come out with one. Ed is a lot more forward thinking than Roy was.

Direct from Nosler the 1 in 9 24" barrel is a mistake they confirmed it will be a 1 in 8 with a 26" tube. I don't mind a 24" tube but I can imagine the outcry if it came in less than 26" I would have been a lot more upset with a in in 9 twist than a 24" barrel.