Thread: 6.5 06

Lots of good performers listed. You need to make a call as to whether you want something a bit different and are prepared to pay the price for that, or something more common. To be frank it does take a lot to outperform a 270 as much as the haters will kick and scream. Difference between many calibres is splitting hairs a bit. Most people will never need the difference either. But you might just want to let your heart rule your head for a project..................

Exiting. That RPM that @nor-west mentioned sounds like a rare treat. Between a 6.5-06 and 6.5-284 id prolly go for the 6.5-284.

Both these are a step up from the Swede,260 and creedmore. ~2750 v ~2950fps.
Sure, you can stand on the smaller cartridges to get more out of them but you can do it easy with a variety of powders in a larger Cartridge.

280rem is what the 270win always should have been

Originally Posted by stevodog

280rem is what the 270win always should have been

6.8mm is surely the best compromise between 6.5mm and 7mm?

Yep, if it was supported by high bc bullets.

for ranges under 400 yards YOU DONT NEED high B C bullets and if you going to shoot past that you will be using rangefinder and twiddling and fiddlin anyway so could use .45/70 with flat nosed projectiles and still hit your target provided you had enough elevation.....as said before the commercial buffalo hunters were doing it without any of the modern gear ,what is it now???100?? years ago,so we dont really have any excuse with all the modern shit .
look up what them fellas did,it was amazing feats of marksmanship and wholesale slaughter if they kept clean killing,wound one and herd stampeded.

Out to 400yds speed rules, 400+ BC rules

Turns out to all be very interesting.
So made a call to run with the 6.5 06 and some new dies arrived a couple of days ago. I was surprised how little gets trimmed off the .270 cases to form 6.5 06, and obviously the die reforms the neck to 6.5mm rather than .270in.
Which reminds me, better bump all that .270 gear I'm flicking on.
Now just have to find some load data using 143gr ELD X and 2209 or 2213.............any ideas??

Originally Posted by Bos

Turns out to all be very interesting.
So made a call to run with the 6.5 06 and some new dies arrived a couple of days ago. I was surprised how little gets trimmed off the .270 cases to form 6.5 06, and obviously the die reforms the neck to 6.5mm rather than .270in.
Which reminds me, better bump all that .270 gear I'm flicking on.
Now just have to find some load data using 143gr ELD X and 2209 or 2213.............any ideas??

how long is your barrel 2213 might be to slow, you can use 25/06 or 270 brass

22 Inch barrel and with a compact suppressor it effectively gives me 24 inchs
Anyone got any starting load weights??

woohoo...bingo...got the good stuff in adi manual nov 2004
6.5/06 24" barrel
142 grn projectile....AR2213sc START 45GRNS 2559FPS 50,000PSI
MAXIMUM load 50.3 grns AR2213sc 2795FPS 62,900 PSI
shit thats hot????
so thats projectile tiny bit lighter
so
160grn projectile46grn start 50grn max AR2213sc
129grnprojectlie 47grn start 51 grn max AR2213sc
120grn projectile 48grn start 52.5grns max AR2213sc

you should be able to suss it from there?????

2217 loads there too...much fuller case
142 grn projectile AR2217 49grns start 2555fps 49800psi maximum 55.0C 2816fps 63,300psi so hot hot hot
hope that enough to get you going bud.

Originally Posted by Bos

22 Inch barrel and with a compact suppressor it effectively gives me 24 inchs
Anyone got any starting load weights??

you should get away with 2213sc, but compare the load density and muzzle velocity 2209 might be more economical. 2208 start around 41.5 - 42gr 2213sc start around 44gr.

I found 2209 pretty slow in mine I'm using 2217 or 2219 cant remember which off the top of my head

Got some 2217, 2213, and some blasting powder on the shelf so maybe 2213
See what happens