Thread: 6.5 B's and C's

Originally Posted by BRADS

Oh well everyone is chucking some combos at you now so I'll join in.
Get the best 6.5....
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haha dreams are free I spose...

Originally Posted by gimp

vomit

the dude is looking at sensible factory rifles in a moderate cartridge, not weirdo wildcat custom shit

ah ok then, Sako 85 s/s synthetic in 308 win

Mod 7 in .260 already light as hell and a 20" barrel.

Ah no! A nice wind cutter not wind blocker

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6.5 sweede has to be a top standard 6.5 and just about Evey gun shop in the country will stock it

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Get the swede.

Originally Posted by Pop Shot

Tikka T3 in either .260 or 6.5x55?

Could have the chamber reamed out to either .260AI or even 6.5x284 later on down the track if you wanted... I think?

Not many gunsmiths will attempt re chambering a T3 as the barrels are very hard on reamers.

Originally Posted by nor-west

Mod 7 in .260 already light as hell and a 20" barrel.

+1 for the mod 7 260 rem (l like mine) or a kimber Montana in same cal, lighter again

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yeah, I got 6.5's in x55 and a x284. .. goes bang and kills stuff.

some may say the 260 because of the amount of available brass that can be necked down, but 6.5x55 has pretty cheap lapua brass probably only matched by the 308 and 7.62/39

both the t3 and howas are decent rifles id happily own either if they were given to me again.

i have a t3 in the x55
f^&king love it, its light enough, doesnt mind scratches
i dont buy ammo for it tho i reload my own , 140 amaxs doing around 2700 from memory
have killed things from 1m to 1004 yards

I have the howa 1500 in 6.5x55. The Hogue overmold stock is pretty average - very soft foreend. Other than that no complaints.

I've got the savage 16, although the slightly older version without the aluminium bedding block, and in 7mm08, but I really enjoy using it. Very nice and light, great trigger. Nice and accurate with handloads. Even with the more flexible older stock that I have - because it's free floated it doesn't cause any inconsistencies or issues.
3-stage tang safety is a big positive for me, too.

6.5's are just plain nice.

Originally Posted by chalkeye

I have the howa 1500 in 6.5x55. The Hogue overmold stock is pretty average - very soft foreend. Other than that no complaints.

+1 on this

Ive owned a 6.5x55 tikka for years. It's by far the most boring gun I have ever owned BUT I have owned it for the longest out of all my firearms... The reason is all the deer I've shot just fall over on the spot.

I reload for her which makes it cheap to feed and allows a 140gn amax and corelokt load @2750fps with almost identical poi at 100m.

Unless you are shooting 700m+ or want to sink battleship's then its the last gun you will need to hunt deer when paired with a top quality scope.


It really is a fantastic cartridge.

I have a 6.5x55 swede that am willing to part with.

Comes with BSA Scope 4 - 12 x 40 and 1&1/2 box of 140g High Lands Ammo

Only $550