6.5mm-06 vs 6.5mm-284 vs 6.5 Creedmoor
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watercam
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6.5x47 or 6.5 Creedmoor or 6XC or 6BR for excellent accuracy and decent barrel life. The 6.5/284 and 6.5-06 have similar case capacity and share the curse of short barrel life. Mine only made 950 rounds as did my .243. If you have bucks to burn, great. If not, you are only losing 100-200 fps but will still be supersonic at 1000 yards with any of them.
shortgrass
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This is my rifle, this is my gun,,,,,, this ones for shootin', this ones for408s10 said:
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408s10 said:
If eventually, then start out with a 6.5-47 or a .260, they will have long enough barrel life to allow you to get comfortable at medium ranges before you go for long range. If you start out with a 6.5-284, you will likely have to change barrels by the time you get to 1,000 yards due to its short barrel life.
The standard advice I offer to new F-Class guys locally is to start with a 6BR. It's easy to tune, and easy to shoot, very very well. Barrel life is very good. A 6BR gives up -very little- to 600-800 yards.
If you're dead set on a 6.5, I'd go with the 6.5-47. You can use off the shelf Lapua brass. The 6.5-284 also has Lapua brass, and can be awesome, but barrel life is short and it's a bit more to handle. The 6.5-06 would need a bit of brass work ahead of time, and suffers from the same issues as the 6.5-284.
-nosualc
If you're dead set on a 6.5, I'd go with the 6.5-47. You can use off the shelf Lapua brass. The 6.5-284 also has Lapua brass, and can be awesome, but barrel life is short and it's a bit more to handle. The 6.5-06 would need a bit of brass work ahead of time, and suffers from the same issues as the 6.5-284.
-nosualc
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A failure to plan is a plan for failure.
6 BR, 6.5x47 Lapua, straight 284 Winchester.
Pick a bullet and make sure that your twist and freebore work with it.
Make sure that whoever builds it has lots of experience with this kind of rifle and let them guide you. It makes a huge difference.
Get in, get your feet wet, learn what you want to do. Then you can go,from there.
Pick a bullet and make sure that your twist and freebore work with it.
Make sure that whoever builds it has lots of experience with this kind of rifle and let them guide you. It makes a huge difference.
Get in, get your feet wet, learn what you want to do. Then you can go,from there.
If you plan on only buying one barrel for the build I would go with the 47L , velocities are comparable to the 284 case while burning 8-10 grns less powder... If you have your heart set on the 6.5x284 get 2 barrels at the same time along with a reamer..
In my opinion the 6.5-06 is not in the same class and has other drawbacks compared to the previous mentioned.. Longer burn column , weak shoulder angle , prone to stretching and lastly it looks like a red headed step child when parked beside a 284 based case lol.
Good luck
In my opinion the 6.5-06 is not in the same class and has other drawbacks compared to the previous mentioned.. Longer burn column , weak shoulder angle , prone to stretching and lastly it looks like a red headed step child when parked beside a 284 based case lol.
Good luck
Not trying to hi jack the thread. Is the 6.5x284 really that bad of a barrel burner. What if you don't compete, and just shoot for fun without rapid firing. I plan to build a 6.5x284 for hunting and just target practicing. Using a slower powder like H1000 or Retumbo help?
Having shot the 6.5-06 a lot I would recommend 260 Rem with Lapua brass. What ever you shoot go with Lapua brass. I love the 6.5X47L case, I'm going to build the 6mm-6.5X47L but not for 1000 yds. I feel the 6.5X47L is too small for good 1000 yd shooting. The 6.5 Creedmore uses Hornady brass. You do not hear good things about Hornady brass.
trailrider121 said:
I think for a hunting rifle or casual target practice, a 6.5x284 is great (especially the former).
The problem is for target shooting (and I'm presuming semi-organized or organized shooting), they can lose their edge in as few as 800 rounds. For F-Class, that'll give you about 200 shots for break-in/load work-up and 3 weekend tournaments. Not much of a runway to land if you know what I mean.
If you're just starting out, just about the time you're figuring things out, it'll be a time for a new barrel, and you'll have to take a few steps backward. This is not conducive to learning, which is why I'm such an advocate of the 6BR.
-nosualc
shortgrass
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Have the barrel Melonite/Blk. Nitride treated when it's new. That changes the senerio.mikegaiz said:
I would go with a straight 284. I have shot the barrels out of a couple of 6.5x284s and 260s. The 6.5s can be hard to tune. My 284 has 1800+ rounds through it and it is still a hammer. You can't beat the 7MMs in the wind with the BCs in the 600+ range. The 284s are really easy to tune too.
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