Thread: 6.5mm questions....

Originally Posted by Tahr

I really like the 6.5 caliber and have had a couple of 6.5x55. Current one is deadly (Schultz & Larsen).

My only reservation is that they are not magic. My experience is that once the distance gets out to 350 yards odd they can be slow killers. I have experienced this with Sierra, Amax and SST 140grn projectiles at circa 2.8K. They have always died, but not in an emphatic manner.

I know that it won't be other people's experience, but it is mine, that both the 7/08 and 308 seem to kill better at all ranges - I often wonder if its something to do with the smaller expanded frontal area of the 6.5? Dunno really.

Switch to 130 Bergers, put it in the boiler room, the bergers come apart better. It's working for me in my 6.5 CM. Agree about .308, reckon it's the lower SD and bigger hole, big heavy soft pill does them in every time, and doesn't have to be travelling at silly speed to do it.