Thread: Nice 12Stag at 744y 6.5 - so am I unethical now guys?

Originally Posted by Scott Cowan

my Load Data. This is not intended for anyone to load to. As always check you manuals, start low and work up. I’ve had this cal chambered on 4 different actions and pressure was all different. Rifle one - Action 1 Brno VG47… changed to a Carl Gustav 1900 (husky 8000) cause it fed terrible. 2nd rifle started Sako 75, changed the barrel over to a tikka t3 for better stock selection and more cost effective.
My current load is for the Tikka - 28” Truflite 1:7.5 twist. RL26 57.7g OAL 3.260

Interesting that you got a 6.5 06 Ackley working. The long barrel must help. I thought about doing one as it should work well but mostly they dont seem to. Mark and Sam did a very interesting comparison with the 6.5 Saum which has the same case capacity - same barrel length, same powder, charge weight, bullet. The Saum beat out the 06 by something like 200fps with everything the same. Mark was scratching his head and said that a more efficient powder burn could be really the only explanation