henry d Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 This is for a friend, so I know my choice would be 6.5x55 and do not want any bias, sooooooo my friends what are your thoughts on 6.5x55 Swede 6.5-284 .260 Remington 6.5 mm Creedmoor 6.5x47mm Lapua 6.5 mm Grendel Points to consider, he will be reloading, it is MAINLY for red deer not on hills (woodland and open fields), it will also be used once or twice a year punching paper up to 400yds. Add any other options within the calibre if you desire. Cheers lads and lasses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 .308Win :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 .308Win :yp: It may be Friday but....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 This is for a friend, so I know my choice would be 6.5x55 and do not want any bias, sooooooo my friends what are your thoughts on 6.5x55 Swede 6.5-284 .260 Remington 6.5 mm Creedmoor 6.5x47mm Lapua 6.5 mm Grendel Points to consider, he will be reloading, it is MAINLY for red deer not on hills (woodland and open fields), it will also be used once or twice a year punching paper up to 400yds. Add any other options within the calibre if you desire. Cheers lads and lasses .260 has now been taken on by Lapua and would be my number 1 choice today in 6.5mm as you also have options to neck up .243 brass. the feed through bolt action rifles is as faultless as all the other .308 deriratives are. 6x47 is pricey brass you do not want to leave it behind when stalking and although it feeds ok is not as good as the former. 6.5 x 55? no hesitations if you want to go factory ammo at times and you have a wider choice of rifles than all the others. I have seen std factory sweedes top the field in competition past 500yds against fancy custom guns of so called better calibres with very experianced shooters while the sweede is in the hands of a newbie. The 6.5-284 which is barrel hungry and as a stalking rifle is beter as an origonal firing a 7mm bullet and still you wouldn't like leaving much brass behind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) 6.5x55 Ackley Improved. As sweet shooting as the standard Swede, with 200fps more and very kind to the brass. Will also allow factory ammo if the need ever arises. Edited September 2, 2011 by Browning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Theres only one,jack of all trades calibre and master of them all ,yes you guessed it in one ,the mighty .308 . Loaded with a 150 grain soft point bullet pushed with 45 grains of vit 140 ,thats all you need for every thing you want to shoot . Please not the red card . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 It may be Friday but....... You're not a ref any more, so we're not taking that! I only have experience of the Swede. It's nice and common and better than the .260 with the heavier for calibre bullets. For the use you're suggesting I think the 6.5x55 is the one to go with for ease of finding ammo and components etc. That is of course unless this friend is ever likely to want to shoot abroad for Boar? Unlikely but if so he can't take the Swede to France etc because it's a military calibre, so the .260 would be my next choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Theres only one,jack of all trades calibre and master of them all ,yes you guessed it in one ,the mighty .308 . Loaded with a 150 grain soft point bullet pushed with 45 grains of vit 140 ,thats all you need for every thing you want to shoot . Please not the red card . Harnser . You're not a ref any more, so we're not taking that! Oh yes you are That is of course unless this friend is ever likely to want to shoot abroad for Boar? Nah, he is a `keeper and is unlikely to, just wants to chop in one of his .243`s next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 IMO 6.5 is just a bit small for a hill reds, .270 would be a minimum for me but 7-08, 7x57, 280, 308 and 30-06 are for more suitable. Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Cheers, but it`s not for hill reds and my 6.5x55 is doing well with 140`s and the .243 is marginal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Cheers, but it`s not for hill reds and my 6.5x55 is doing well with 140`s and the .243 is marginal. Sorry, misread your post but even so i am still of the opinion that 6.5 is marginal, i am not trying to tell anyone what to use its just my opinion. Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Theres only one,jack of all trades calibre and master of them all ,yes you guessed it in one ,the mighty .308 . Loaded with a 150 grain soft point bullet pushed with 45 grains of vit 140 ,thats all you need for every thing you want to shoot . Please not the red card . Harnser . Why is it better than the .270? You could load 150 grain for that as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 ime a big fan of the 6.5-47 always have been, ive shot a lot of reds with the 6-47 no the same but close. i also like the grendle (ime weird) ive not used it on any thing other than fox and crows but i dare say it would do the job, however 6.5 is marginal for reds up hear where we are hd they can get bloody big we had one at 20 st last year :blink: :blink: i would bee looking at the 270/30-06/.300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatnm Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 6.5x47 will do all you require for stalking And very good at 400yrds, which you mentioned. You have PM Cheers Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 For all those who thing the 6.5 is marginal on reds. Let me tell you i have a friend in Lapland who is a pro guide and he says 6.5mm is the favourite calibre for Moose closely follwed by 30-06. Again and yes i know i say this a lot but its more to do with bullet selection than calibre selection not to mention placement. Just something to think of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Stick a 160gr Norma through the 6.5 and I recon it would drill through most things. If it will do a Moose it will do anything we have here, those things are bloody huge! I heard a story out in Canada about some poor chap who hit one in his car. Unfortunately for him he'd braked nearly to a stop before he hit it and the Moose wasn't impressed. It smashed his car up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Why is it better than the .270? You could load 150 grain for that as well? Absolutely nothing wrong with the .270 ,I used one for many ,many years . I just think that the .308 is more versatile with the bullets that are available to load . Also the .308 is a little less brutal on the shoulder and not so barky as the .270 at first light in woodland . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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