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  1. 25-06-2015, 10:26 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timmay View Post
    Everyone here has good points. @dogmatix yeah I know I should have kept that one, would have looked great short and can'd - I am really thinking I will lob her to twenty inches which leaves room in the gun cab for a bush pig like that Marlin 45-70 Guide Gun. But yes if I can get 2500 @ 18.5 w/ 140's I will be over the moon
    @gimp cheers for your help, I love me short guns and understand that a man with one gun will shoot better with it than someone with 100 guns.
    Don't set your sights so low! If I got 2500 and that was it, I'd cry, 2209 isn't the only powder, experiment! am expecting around 2600 with the 160 Hornady round noses I'm about to play with.
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  3. 26-06-2015, 12:50 AM #32
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    Sigh....people still using 140s in rifles that love 120s and 130s...
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    why use a can ? it's only a 6.5 swede
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    Quote Originally Posted by von tempsky fan View Post
    why use a can ? it's only a 6.5 swede
    'cos he's got ears.
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  6. 26-06-2015, 08:53 AM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by von tempsky fan View Post
    why use a can ? it's only a 6.5 swede
    What kind of question is that?
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  7. 26-06-2015, 09:18 AM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    What kind of question is that?
    What part didn't you understand??
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  8. 26-06-2015, 09:21 AM #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    'cos he's got ears.
    Oh didnt know you had to suppress everything, hows your suppressor going on your shotgun?
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    I hunt with my dog and the wife. I don't want to be deaf at 50
    Plus a suppressor is like 400$ fitted. It's not break the bank material and if it pretects theirs and my hearing its a bargain.
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    How did we ever hunt before suppressors
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    Quote Originally Posted by von tempsky fan View Post
    How did we ever hunt before suppressors
    Loudly
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    Quote Originally Posted by von tempsky fan View Post
    How did we ever hunt before suppressors
    I didn't hear that sorry, can you speak up please...
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    Quote Originally Posted by von tempsky fan View Post
    How did we ever hunt before suppressors
    WHAT! CAN'T HEAR YOU MAN, SPEAK UP!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wirehunt View Post
    Sigh....people still using 140s in rifles that love 120s and 130s...
    Sigh.... even worse when they use a mauser to do it ........
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    Quote Originally Posted by von tempsky fan View Post
    How did we ever hunt before suppressors
    With respect, hearing loss is no joke. I did significant damage to my hearing when I was young & dumb due simply not taking hearing protection seriously. Suppressors are wonderful things that in my case is to help ensure my hearing loss doesn't get significantly worse. Yes they are ugly, apart from extra weight or heft which can be negated with a barrel shorten I don't think there are any other negatives.

    On the case of the 6.5x55 - it's a funny round. Don't expect high velocity's, I've really struggled to get reasonable speeds at sensible pressures. The only powder which allows me to get close to a 140gr @ 2850 from 22" barrel at sensible pressures is N560. I've seen 48gr of 2209 mentioned here behind a 140gr.... be bloody carefull approaching anything like this - I believe you will be well above safe pressures. It is however a very accurate round that seems to shoot most projectiles or powder combinations very well.

    Be safe out there - whether it is hearing or body parts
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    I don't think a deer/pig etc is gonna be annoyed if it is shot with a bullet doing 2500 fps or one going 2650 fps. If everything's done it'll be......wait for it....... DEAD


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