I know I want a 6.5 and want to use Lapua brass. What I really want to know is how much more recoil does the 260 have than a 6.5x47 lapua. It will be a field comp gun and fclass. It will have a 28" HV barrel so the weight should be there. Im not really recoil sensitive but I would like my wife to try her hand in mid range shooting. I know I could put a break on it but it is not allowed in Fclass. Thanks for your input.
6.5x47l vs 260 recoil?
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Erik Cortina
Team Lapua Brux Borden Captain
They are about the same. You can always load them down and load lighter bullets for your wife. The 6.5x47 Lapua is my pick, the brass lasts forever with the small primer pockets.
Either way you'll be happy.
Either way you'll be happy.
DHD
Silver $$ Contributor
Josh,
Don't know about the 260, but there is very little if any difference between the 6.5 Creedmoor and the 6.5x47. 2 rifles that are very close to the same with the same bullets. Creedmoor is pushing them a little faster, but I cannot say there is any noticeable difference in recoil between the 2. I know the Creedmoor is not a 260, but they are close in velocity so the recoil should be pretty close too. I doubt you can go wrong without either of your choices.
Good luck either way.
Don't know about the 260, but there is very little if any difference between the 6.5 Creedmoor and the 6.5x47. 2 rifles that are very close to the same with the same bullets. Creedmoor is pushing them a little faster, but I cannot say there is any noticeable difference in recoil between the 2. I know the Creedmoor is not a 260, but they are close in velocity so the recoil should be pretty close too. I doubt you can go wrong without either of your choices.
Good luck either way.
Josh, using Handloads.com's recoil calculator, free recoil energy measured in ft/lbs. reviels very little to no difference between the 260Rem and the 6.5X47 Lapua as well as the 243AI.
260Rem= 11.73ft/lbs.
6.5X47L= 11.14ft/lbs.
243AI = 11.40ft./lbs
Both the 260 and 6.5 were using 130Gr. Bergers while the 243AI was using 107 Sierras.
Choose the one you really want and go get em.
I personally own a 6.5X47 Lapua and can tell you recoil is low and really a non issue.
260Rem= 11.73ft/lbs.
6.5X47L= 11.14ft/lbs.
243AI = 11.40ft./lbs
Both the 260 and 6.5 were using 130Gr. Bergers while the 243AI was using 107 Sierras.
Choose the one you really want and go get em.
I personally own a 6.5X47 Lapua and can tell you recoil is low and really a non issue.
Markr is correct the recoil will stay the same, the energy released in recoil is the same no matter how you hold the rifle.
Now with that said, the "FELT" recoil is a complettly different matter. A tight hold will produce one type of felt recoil. Take that same rifle same load same everything. Now hold it two inches from your shoulder and you will quickly find out what the difference in felt recoil can be.
Roland
Now with that said, the "FELT" recoil is a complettly different matter. A tight hold will produce one type of felt recoil. Take that same rifle same load same everything. Now hold it two inches from your shoulder and you will quickly find out what the difference in felt recoil can be.
Roland
My wife has shot my .260 with complete comfort. My gun is about 15 lbs. and comfy off a bipod, even with a vigorous charge of RL-17 and 130s at speeds 6.5x47s on dream about. 
There are factors with recoil that aren't so easy to calculate.
For a given gun weight, bullet weight, twist, barrel length and MV, recoil would be lowest with the little Lapua, slightly higher with the Creedmore, higher still with the 260Rem, and way higher with a 264WM.
Calculators wouldn't show this accurately.
Having the same case diameter:
Lapua would be lowest because it has the shortest powder column + relatively higher shoulder angle + producing lowest muzzle pressures for a given barrel length.
The 260Rem(unimproved) has a longer powder column and low shoulder angle, which funnels more unburned powder down the bore, adding to bullet mass and higher muzzle pressures. It burns more slower powder also contributing to higher muzzle pressures.
Recoil affects results, and so does designed case ratios in the longer run.
For a given gun weight, bullet weight, twist, barrel length and MV, recoil would be lowest with the little Lapua, slightly higher with the Creedmore, higher still with the 260Rem, and way higher with a 264WM.
Calculators wouldn't show this accurately.
Having the same case diameter:
Lapua would be lowest because it has the shortest powder column + relatively higher shoulder angle + producing lowest muzzle pressures for a given barrel length.
The 260Rem(unimproved) has a longer powder column and low shoulder angle, which funnels more unburned powder down the bore, adding to bullet mass and higher muzzle pressures. It burns more slower powder also contributing to higher muzzle pressures.
Recoil affects results, and so does designed case ratios in the longer run.
Maybe I am a big girl when it comes to recoil, but I certainly can tell a difference between a 260 and a 6.5x47, especially if they are run at similar chamber pressures. To me the 6.5x47 is a good bit easier to drive.
Scott
Scott
I can say from a personal standpoint that as I get older, I like recoil, less and less. I might also mention that stock configuration does have an effect on felt recoil. My 6.5X47 is in a Mark Bansner fiberglass stock with a very straight comb, no cheek piece and no magazine cut. My 7MM-08 is in an identical stock, obviously a larger caliber than the 6.5 but considered non the less as a fairly mild cartridge to shoot. Felt recoil is much much less to me in the 6.5, I guess that's why I have grown so fond of it. That plus the fact that it has humanely dispatched everything that I have shot at with it. Josh the recoil figures that I posted were based on an 8lb. hunting rifle.
Josh, You will never regret your choice of a 6.5x47lapua, never. This is a great cartridge, easy to load for, and very easy to shoot. I believe your wife will be able to handle it just fine. I have three rifles with barrels chambered in this cartridge. One even has three barrels in 6.5x47Lapua chambered for it, so that the rifle will make weight for both long Range Benchrest and F-Open.
Very good choice you will never have to look back...
Roland
Very good choice you will never have to look back...
Roland
6.5x47L is the most accurate cartridge I've ever fired....bar none!!
1000 yd. 15 rds. 6.5x47Lapua by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr
Recoil IS NOT an issue!
1000 yd. 15 rds. 6.5x47Lapua by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr
Recoil IS NOT an issue!
Judd
Gold $$ Contributor
I have a Creedmoor and a 6BR, there is a noticeable difference between the two. I love shooting them both but given the day more times than not I'll pick the BR. Saying all of that I have a 6.5x47 being built so the 6.5 isn't bad enough I don't want another
Next will be a Dasher or 30BR...not 100% sure. Good luck!
Next will be a Dasher or 30BR...not 100% sure. Good luck!
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