Thread: Which 6.5 ?

Originally Posted by Kudu

Why do you say he would struggle to get 2800 with a 140gn bullet and a 22" barrel when you get 2750 with a 20" barrel and a 20" barrel? If you believe that each inch of barrel roughly eguates to 20fps then he is bang on the money.....

@Kudu, Well I had a Creedmoor with a 20" barrel & it was slower than my 6.5x47 (Hornady brass, 2209, 143eld) if you got some Lapua brass with the small primer pocket, Pushed it hard with a fast powder like Re17, etc then you'd probably get it to 2800, whether it would be accurate there, who knows? also hornady list there factory 143eld-X load as doing 2700fps from a 24" test barrel.