Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Search Forums

Advanced Search
Ammo Direct Night Vision NZ


User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Page 2 of 7 FirstFirst 1234567 LastLast
Results 16 to 30 of 105
Like Tree82Likes

Thread: 6.5 thoughts...

Hybrid View

  1. 03-11-2015, 07:48 PM #1
    mikee
    mikee is offline
    Gone................. mikee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    Nelson, New Zealand
    Posts
    9,933
    I'm biased, but I would say SAUM (cause I have one)

    wont do anything at close range your 6x55 wont do but you will have a bit more poke if the shot is less than perfect and further
    Trust the dog.........................................ALWAYS Trust the dog!!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 03-11-2015, 08:03 PM #2
    sneeze
    sneeze is offline
    Member sneeze's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    nelson/marlborough
    Posts
    3,462
    6.5 thoughts? Thats my weeks quota.
    veitnamcam and kiwijames like this.
    Just a slopy retrobate
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 03-11-2015, 08:18 PM #3
    7mmsaum
    7mmsaum is offline
    Caretaker
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Hawkes Bay
    Posts
    9,515



    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    DAF, jakewire, veitnamcam and 11 others like this.
    A big fast bullet beats a little fast bullet every time
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 03-11-2015, 08:26 PM #4
    300_BLK
    300_BLK is offline
    Member 300_BLK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2014
    Location
    NZ
    Posts
    3,773
    Quote Originally Posted by 7mmsaum View Post



    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    LOVE IT!!

    Had a x55 and found it a wee bit anaemic so went to the 264 win mag which is just a belted (and longer) SAUM. But only because I had dies...

    +1 to the SAUM, you won't regret that extra flat shooting horsepower on the hill...
    mikee likes this.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 03-11-2015, 08:41 PM #5
    Nick-D
    Nick-D is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2014
    Location
    Tauranga
    Posts
    3,016
    Buy that SAUM, so it stops calling to me. Sweet looking rig. If I wasnt off to asia for New years it would be in my safe allready....
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 03-11-2015, 09:11 PM #6
    longrange308
    longrange308 is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    canterbury
    Posts
    1,680
    I'm a 55 convert, best thing I ever did, smokes the 08, as long as you hand load it's great
    Smoked stuff at 1000yds as well as 10 feet
    Old one was a lazer and new one is a super lazer
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 03-11-2015, 09:21 PM #7
    Double Shot
    Double Shot is offline
    Member Double Shot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Papamoa Beach
    Posts
    2,847
    Quote Originally Posted by 300_BLK View Post
    LOVE IT!!

    Had a x55 and found it a wee bit anaemic so went to the 264 win mag which is just a belted (and longer) SAUM. But only because I had dies...

    +1 to the SAUM, you won't regret that extra flat shooting horsepower on the hill...
    Don't mention the .264WinMag... have been looking at one of them...

    Going to do some more research while I waste away the next 4 weeks in the Indian Ocean...
    Ozark Precision NZ Ltd

    P: 021 494 447
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 03-11-2015, 09:58 PM #8
    mucko
    mucko is offline
    Member mucko's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Tauranga
    Posts
    12,627
    Quote Originally Posted by Double Shot View Post
    Don't mention the .264WinMag... have been looking at one of them...

    Going to do some more research while I waste away the next 4 weeks in the Indian Ocean...
    i have a 264WM and a 6.5/06 and have had a 6.5x55 and prefer the 6.5/06 but that is getting off the question you asked.
    Muckos Shooting accessories and engineering https://www.facebook.com/aimnzengineering/
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 04-11-2015, 11:02 AM #9
    300_BLK
    300_BLK is offline
    Member 300_BLK's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2014
    Location
    NZ
    Posts
    3,773
    Quote Originally Posted by Double Shot View Post
    Don't mention the .264WinMag... have been looking at one of them...

    Going to do some more research while I waste away the next 4 weeks in the Indian Ocean...
    Sited her in this morning with some Nosler Tropy Grade 130 Acubonds 3200 out of the 26" shilen select match tube, WW 140gr power point does 3100 and also under half inch. Recoils like the 223 and shoots very wee groups..... Love her!

    Can't wait to bowl a fallow this weekend and reload those Barnes 120gr TTSX @ 3400 or 100gr TTSX @ 3600.
    Last edited by 300_BLK; 04-11-2015 at 11:02 AM. Reason: spellin'
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 04-11-2015, 11:10 AM #10
    Double Shot
    Double Shot is offline
    Member Double Shot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Papamoa Beach
    Posts
    2,847
    Quote Originally Posted by 300_BLK View Post
    Sited her in this morning with some Nosler Tropy Grade 130 Acubonds 3200 out of the 26" shilen select match tube, WW 140gr power point does 3100 and also under half inch. Recoils like the 223 and shoots very wee groups..... Love her!

    Can't wait to bowl a fallow this weekend and reload those Barnes 120gr TTSX @ 3400 or 100gr TTSX @ 3600.
    STOP IT!!!
    Ozark Precision NZ Ltd

    P: 021 494 447
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 04-11-2015, 12:54 PM #11
    southernman
    southernman is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2013
    Location
    Bell Block NZ/Northern Alberta Canada
    Posts
    1,151
    Quote Originally Posted by 300_BLK View Post
    Sited her in this morning with some Nosler Tropy Grade 130 Acubonds 3200 out of the 26" shilen select match tube, WW 140gr power point does 3100 and also under half inch. Recoils like the 223 and shoots very wee groups..... Love her!

    Can't wait to bowl a fallow this weekend and reload those Barnes 120gr TTSX @ 3400 or 100gr TTSX @ 3600.
    I have a .264 as well, almost the same results, 130 accubond is giving fantastic accuracy, with the factory, Nosler ammo, 140gr accubond hand loads at 3120, but powder is IMR4350, so may improve speed with R25 or retumbo, accuracy is great, 2" five shot, groups at 300m.
    Just wish. I could find sum 130gr accubonds, or LRAB, 130 swifts were not good, and the 130 bergers, so, so,
    With a light weight Kimber custom .260 @ 5lbs, for a MT rifle, and a .264win for long range @ 9 lbs, I am well set up, in 6.5 bore.
    Don't see the point in the 6.5 Nosler or weatherby 6.5, overbore whore's, as the .264 is plenty capable, and hard enough on barrels already.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 03-11-2015, 09:39 PM #12
    199p
    199p is offline
    Member 199p's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Palmerston North
    Posts
    4,381
    Nah u need the new one from Weatherby
    Konus binoculars " The power to imagine"
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 03-11-2015, 09:47 PM #13
    Double Shot
    Double Shot is offline
    Member Double Shot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Papamoa Beach
    Posts
    2,847
    Quote Originally Posted by 199p View Post
    Nah u need the new one from Weatherby
    New one what???
    Ozark Precision NZ Ltd

    P: 021 494 447
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 03-11-2015, 10:32 PM #14
    mikee
    mikee is offline
    Gone................. mikee's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    Nelson, New Zealand
    Posts
    9,933
    Quote Originally Posted by 199p View Post
    Nah u need the new one from Weatherby
    This one,
    First Look: New 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum Cartridge | Outdoor Life

    would make a great long range short barreled suppressed lightweight bush pig ( typed with tongue firmly in cheek)

    Seriously the SAUM will do what you want and reloading for a wildcat is not hard
    Trust the dog.........................................ALWAYS Trust the dog!!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 03-11-2015, 10:45 PM #15
    Double Shot
    Double Shot is offline
    Member Double Shot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Papamoa Beach
    Posts
    2,847
    Quote Originally Posted by mikee View Post
    This one,
    First Look: New 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum Cartridge | Outdoor Life

    would make a great long range short barreled suppressed lightweight bush pig ( typed with tongue firmly in cheek)

    Seriously the SAUM will do what you want and reloading for a wildcat is not hard
    Lol at those prices US$ I wouldn't be cutting any barrel down, she'll be smoking that one...
    Ozark Precision NZ Ltd

    P: 021 494 447
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
 

 
« All semiautomatic firearms to be classified as E Category | Help please from out AR experts! »

Similar Threads

  1. Thoughts please
    By kawekakid in forum Gear and Equipment
    Replies: 19
    Last Post: 21-04-2016, 11:55 AM
  2. .280- thoughts
    By moonhunt in forum Reloading and Ballistics
    Replies: 27
    Last Post: 31-03-2015, 08:47 PM
  3. Any thoughts
    By screamO in forum Game Cooking and Recipes
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 07-03-2015, 10:19 PM
  4. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
    By NAKIMAN2 in forum Firearms, Optics and Accessories
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 19-09-2014, 03:42 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts

Forum Rules

Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!
All times are GMT +13. The time now is 09:12 AM.