'...for calibre ...'?

[kemen4]

Hi,
I am returning to rifles after a,v)long gap, and am heading for a 6.5x55 for range & hunt use. I will also be re-starting to reload. In re-calibrating my grey cells there is one thing that puzzles me -
I can cope with "heavy / light for calibre weight bullets" but
what is the ideal "for calibre" bullet weight,6.5) ??
I vaguely remember a Gale McMillan article with a list and a Jon Sundra article mentionning 'ideal' as being X% of a heavy spitzer: but I cannot now find the references,a Senior moment).
Is there a formula, and does it matter that this round was originally designed around a 160 gn military bullet?
I have answered most of my questions, and quite a few more that I did not know I had, by browsing this site, but this one has survived.
many thanks in advance for more enlightenment.
jon

 

[rayjay]

Realize that most of the stuff we agonize over is nothing more than splitting hairs. Just a bunch of theoretical mumbo jumbo. There are so many variable involved that affect how one individual rifle shoots that expending much time worrying about how one caliber might shoot in relation to another caliber is mostly a waste of time. Entertaining mental exercise discussing how a 6.5 has better ballistic numbers than a 6 or 22 but for the typical 100 to 300 yd shooter it won't make any difference.

If you want a 6.5x55 then build it.