Thread: Looking for a good all around rifle

Originally Posted by Hugh Shields

One thing John says in his talks on 6.5mm family is, "There are so many good 6.5mm cartridges, that all have very good and similar ballistics, that we are splitting hairs to say one is better than the other....."

Two things can be true at the same time.

I shoot a 260 and it's great, even has a little better performance the 6.5cm. I'm not going to recommend it to a new shooter though as their choice of factory ammo is almost non-existent, where as 6.5cm ammo and rifles (in the right twist rate) are readily available.

So yes, there are a bunch of 6.5mm cartridges that are all so similar it's like splitting hairs (same thing with 6mm and 7mm cartridges) but there is only one you'd recommend for a new shooter who is not a reloader.
You might recommend 6.5x55 also, but for simplicity sake the "best" one in this instance is 6.5cm.

Originally Posted by Hugh Shields

broad brush stroke statements like, "All those US Youtube channels are full of shit," is not really helpful.

Yes sorry, many of them aren't and broad claims are indeed not helpful.
But any one that claims 6.5cm is dead and/or dying is 100% full of shit.