6.5-250 Ackley

[Caleb85]

anyone have any information on this?
I have a lot of money tied up in a open rig and have a old 700 action laying around and was thinking of a easy PRS rifle in this caliber. Thinking 120 to 130 gr. Pills? Was told it's very close to a 260 but I have a lot of Winchester and Remington 22-250 brass and nothing in 260. Like I said easy.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Those 130 hybrids are good for mag fed stuff

 

[TGP]

I would think you would end up with a cartridge very similar to the 6.5 Creedmoor, performance should be nearly identical, you may be better off just going with the creed due to the cost difference of custom dies vs readily available dies. Either way both should do you a good job.

 

[LCazador]

anyone have any information on this?
I have a lot of money tied up in a open rig and have a old 700 action laying around and was thinking of a easy PRS rifle in this caliber. Thinking 120 to 130 gr. Pills? Was told it's very close to a 260 but I have a lot of Winchester and Remington 22-250 brass and nothing in 260. Like I said easy.

You may want to do a 6.5X47 Lapua. Much better resale value, about the same ballistics.

 

[Caleb85]

You may want to do a 6.5X47 Lapua. Much better resale value, about the same ballistics.

That's what I'm building for f open, don't want to police my brass that bad,

 

[Caleb85]

I would think you would end up with a cartridge very similar to the 6.5 Creedmoor, performance should be nearly identical, you may be better off just going with the creed due to the cost difference of custom dies vs readily available dies. Either way both should do you a good job.

I like your idea about the creed! I wouldn't have to reload for it, just buy match and shoot( if it's decent) one less headache!

 

[rardoin]

If it is for PRS style competition the factory Hornady ELD-M 140gr in 6.5CM is under .75 MOA at 100yds all day (Stock Ruger PR). I only shot the factory loads to get my brass for load workup until Hornady brass became available again. I definitely improved my groups over the factory rounds by load development but I still think that the Hornady loads are great for factory loadings.

 

[mac86951]

In 6.5 PRS I would think Creedmoor would be the way to go given you have 6.5x47L covered. Something with a decent BC and velocity combo would be good; I'd recommend 243 over Creedmoor, but barrel life is a concern.

I like the idea of 6.5-250; but in my recollection 22-250 can be sized and firefirmed to creedmoor.

 

[Caleb85]

In 6.5 PRS I would think Creedmoor would be the way to go given you have 6.5x47L covered. Something with a decent BC and velocity combo would be good; I'd recommend 243 over Creedmoor, but barrel life is a concern.

I like the idea of 6.5-250; but in my recollection 22-250 can be sized and firefirmed to creedmoor.

I think your right I just looked at them side by side and other then a slight difference in shoulder angle, they look identical.

 

[TGP]

In 6.5 PRS I would think Creedmoor would be the way to go given you have 6.5x47L covered. Something with a decent BC and velocity combo would be good; I'd recommend 243 over Creedmoor, but barrel life is a concern.

I like the idea of 6.5-250; but in my recollection 22-250 can be sized and firefirmed to creedmoor

I think your right I just looked at them side by side and other then a slight difference in shoulder angle, they look identical.

I've necked up and fire formed 22-250 brass to make creedmoors and while it worked the necks end up being short, they would work in a pinch.

Glenn

 

[Laurie]

The Creedmoor is essentially a necked-down .30TC which in turn is a slightly 'improved' derivative of the old 250 and 300 Savages, as of course is the 22-250. Small world as they say. The 6.5-250 Ackley idea is very sound. IIRC, I read of the US Army three position 300 metre team way back in the 50s worked with a 250 necked down to 6mm - or could be described as the 22-250 necked up, same difference - called the '6mm International' which they didn't use in the end, but Remington offered as a chambering in the 40X for some years. (And when today's PRS shooters use the 6mm Creedmoor, you've got the same thing only 60 odd years later!)

 

[MOShooter]

6.5slr with 130 hybrids would be a good PRS toy. 3000+ rounds and could run them around 3000fps. Cheap brass to boot.

Scott

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Use your old f class brass youll be collecting quickly. Less money in dies and powder youll already have

 

[Caleb85]

Use your old f class brass youll be collecting quickly. Less money in dies and powder youll already have

Well yes that is a thought!

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Just a thought instead of collecting brass youll never use again. Theyll be perfectly fine for prs use and if you lose 20 out of 100 (you will) its no big loss

 

[SteveOak]

I would think you would end up with a cartridge very similar to the 6.5 Creedmoor, performance should be nearly identical, you may be better off just going with the creed due to the cost difference of custom dies vs readily available dies. Either way both should do you a good job.

Redding makes 6.5/22-250 40 deg Improved dies