Thread: 6.5 what

If you just want a 6.5 as said Any will do what you want but for your purpose a 308 seems ideal. It's not as affected by barrel length is available everywhere bigger bullets, less effected by stuff between you and target etc. My short one has killed beyond your 500m mentioned.

Iv done a 16'' .308 t3 hardy can 180 sst 2372fps from memory, was great hit hard and far I ended up selling it a few years ago once I started hunting with my rem mag it was just so nice to shoot and deadly accurate I was hunting alot of tops and the .308 just wasn't getting the use it once did. I was so confident with the 7mm I couldn't bring myself to take the .308 any more just incase the only shot was a long one. Something thats probably happened to alot of us after first using the magnums obviously my circumstances have changed and I probably should have hung onto it .It would be a very easy option as I have done it before. But I must say im very guilty at loving change and trying something new even though the proofs in the pudding with the short .308 .logically thinking I still have all the gear for the .308 and a heap of brass . Wish I was one of thought people who could sit on a rifle for ever im shocking

Originally Posted by Stocky

If you just want a 6.5 as said Any will do what you want but for your purpose a 308 seems ideal. It's not as affected by barrel length is available everywhere bigger bullets, less effected by stuff between you and target etc. My short one has killed beyond your 500m mentioned.

Originally Posted by Kelton

Iv done a 16'' .308 t3 hardy can 180 sst 2372fps from memory, was great hit hard and far I ended up selling it a few years ago once I started hunting with my rem mag it was just so nice to shoot and deadly accurate I was hunting alot of tops and the .308 just wasn't getting the use it once did. I was so confident with the 7mm I couldn't bring myself to take the .308 any more just incase the only shot was a long one. Something thats probably happened to alot of us after first using the magnums obviously my circumstances have changed and I probably should have hung onto it .It would be a very easy option as I have done it before. But I must say im very guilty at loving change and trying something new even though the proofs in the pudding with the short .308 .logically thinking I still have all the gear for the .308 and a heap of brass . Wish I was one of thought people who could sit on a rifle for ever im shocking

I'm the same mate don't worry. I like tinkering so I get a new rifle it ends tup the main rifle and then I sell one I'm not using and end up pretty much building another one the same. But I'm hoping to get down to 2 or 3 rifles.