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Has anyone evaluated it for durability? Im accumulating parts for a rifle to be used in tactical matches and it will be a 6.5 something, I just need to pick between the Hornady and the 6.5x47....
The basic .260 is out because I am not satisfied with the inconsistency of the remington brass or the price for the Nosler stuff.
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I'm not familoiar with tactical matches but would like to ask why you have to use a 6.5. A .223 or .308 would seem to offer more choices of brass.
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6.5 is the caliber choice because it has plenty of weight to take down steel and it is a much better choice in the wind than anything in the .308. Even with the 155 Scenar pushed hard out of a .308 the 123 or 139 Scenar is about 1/3 better. The 6mm also has a flowing but is rebuted to eat barrels pretty quickly when pushed to the desired speeds, usually about 1500 rounds.
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Zak Smith has some useful info here: http://demigodllc.com/articles/
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I still stand by the 260 Rem.. Instead of the high brass costs, I'd use necked up Lapua 243 brass., which is reasonable in price...
I am also experimenting with brass durability by modifying reloading techniques also... but using 223 and 22.250 right now as the two test cartridges...
using a Redding Body die and a Lee Collet Neck Sizer die, I have so far doubled the brass life, up to 20 reloads on several batches of each...
Now the next goal is to see about tripling brass life, by getting 30 reloads out of them...
The major reason I am using the two 22 caliber rounds strictly has to do with the cost of bullets...
but this route shows a LOT of promise... and a batch of Lapua brass is next once I run the base tests for durability on Rem and LC brass....
For my 260s, I neck down Win 7/08 or 308 brass....
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