Thread: 6.5x55 barrel length

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

How did we ever hunt before suppressors

Much the same method, just with the added bonus of significant cumulative hearing damage

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

Sigh....people still using 140s in rifles that love 120s and 130s...

Nothing I have hit in the correct place with a 6.5mm 140gr Amax has taken a single step, and 140gr long range ballistics are superior, so a 120/130 would have to skin and carry it out for me to be convinced to change

Originally Posted by gimp

Nothing I have hit in the correct place with a 6.5mm 140gr Amax has taken a single step, and 140gr long range ballistics are superior, so a 120/130 would have to skin and carry it out for me to be convinced to change

And pack it into plastic bags as well, in order to convince me.

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

Oh didnt know you had to suppress everything, hows your suppressor going on your shotgun?

Get onto Jim in Oamaru for that. He builds them.

Originally Posted by gimp

Nothing I have hit in the correct place with a 6.5mm 140gr Amax has taken a single step, and 140gr long range ballistics are superior, so a 120/130 would have to skin and carry it out for me to be convinced to change

So do they work just as well at close range on Reds etc
Did you use them on the samber you shot??
Getting a .260 barrelled at the moment so interested to know how they go.

Just dropped the rifle off at Mark here in Taupo.
Getting 100mm taken off the end.

Mark Bridgeman? Used to take us rabbit hunting when I was a grommit. He still loading rounds?

Thats him. Yep he owns Custom Cartridges

Originally Posted by 25/08IMP

So do they work just as well at close range on Reds etc
Did you use them on the samber you shot??
Getting a .260 barrelled at the moment so interested to know how they go.

yeah they seem to

Yes on that sambar, high shoulder and it dropped on the spot, was still kicking so I shot it again in the head but that wasn't really necessary

Originally Posted by gimp

yeah they seem to

Yes on that sambar, high shoulder and it dropped on the spot, was still kicking so I shot it again in the head but that wasn't really necessary

I can back this up, I actually checked my load data, my loads have been doing 2720 fps in their current state 140gn Amax
I've shot 10+ deer, reds, fallow & sika they have all dropped on the spot. The longest shot was 250m though - I aim for the front shoulder/heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bHZkB0rrOU

check out the cham + bull tahr getting dropped in this film - 250 and 200 meters, 2740fps amax


need to get some more kills on film, always seem to muck up the filming

Yeah, I've shot dozens of deer and Tahr with them (140amax) from 50 to 500. 6.5x55 @ 2,840fps. 21.5" barrel.

Haven't lost any. Every now and again they don't penetrate so well but still kill. For an ordinary cup and core bullet they are pretty damned good. One day I culled 7 Tahr out to 400 yards with 7 shots.

With any sort of bullet the 6.5x55 can be a bit of a slow killer at rangers over 350/400 yards anyway (in my experience).

The 130 scirocco would be my favorite bullet in any 6.5. Has good BC and kills well up close and at distance. Just a bit pricey.
Used them in both my 6.5-06 and .260 improved on everything I hunt.
I don't trust the AMAX as much as some do as it is a target bullet.

But I have shot a few animals with them in a few cals and had no dramas at all. Hard to complain about their accuracy as well.

Another bullet that shoots well in my .260 out to 600 is the 129 interlock.
Rather surprising considering their makeup.
BC is low but not to much of an issue in favorable conditions.
I tend to use it the most lately as I don't stretch the barrel anymore on animals.




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So 2209 is where it's at for 6.5?

Originally Posted by Beavis

So 2209 is where it's at for 6.5?

Nah. N560