Calibres That Interest You The Most

dev110 · 15-10-2012 11:30PM

Ye your right. Sure if you managed to go through 200 rounds a year the barrel will last you 10 years.
I'm so used to thinking in the target sense that I forget how little you would use just for hunting.

tac foley · 15-10-2012 11:37PM

A few target only shooters in our club buy and replace their 6.5-284 barrels every season. They spend more on one gun in one year than I've spent on buying half a dozen of my ould sticks, ALL of which still have thier original barrels.

My Krico 650SS in .308Win has now had around 13,000 down the barrel and STILL shoots a raggedy five-shot hole when zeroing.

Sorry to drift....Back to the topic.

As Rowa notes, the 6.5, in particular, was for many years THE European 300m match calibre, and now has made the basis of some truly stonkingly accurate cartridges.

tac

newby.204 · 15-10-2012 11:38PM

7mm-08 for target work,.30-06 for hunting would love to reload both!!

It wasn't me! · 15-10-2012 11:41PM

tac foley wrote: »

A few target only shooters in our club buy and replace their 6.5-284 barrels every season. They spend more on one gun in one year than I've spent on buying half a dozen of my ould sticks, ALL of which still have thier original barrels.

My Krico 650SS in .308Win has now had around 13,000 down the barrel and STILL shoots a raggedy five-shot hole when zeroing.

Sorry to drift....Back to the topic.

As Rowa notes, the 6.5, in particular, was for many years THE European 300m match calibre, and now has made the basis of some truly stonkingly accurate cartridges.

tac

It's funny that that 55mm Swedish case never spawned more derivative cartridges. If you look at the original 7x57, you got the 8x57, the 9x57, 9.3x57, 6.5x57 and the .257 Roberts out of it. I'm not aware of any offspring of the 6.5x55. I suppose it did exactly what it was supposed to do from day one and nobody ever needed it to do anything else with what else was on the scene.

customrifle · 15-10-2012 11:51PM

rowa wrote: »

Some of the older rounds are among the best to be honest , 6.5x65 swedish, the legendary .30-06 springfield, the 7x57 mauser, the old .30-30 , .45-70, the .303 british, most of the heavy game rounds used in africa are old british rounds designed in victorian times.
A lot of the super duper new rounds are put into production by marketing departments in an effort to sell new rifles, just look at the wssm and wsm rounds announced by winchester a few years back. dead in the water now.

Some of the old calibers really are hard bet. I have an as new remy cdl in 30-06 sitting in Fergal Whites that I was goin to pull apart and build something on the action, but I'm after gettin some permission so I'm looking forward to using it for some deer. I had thought ammo would be quite expensive for it but it's no more so than any good hunting round for the more popular calibers

stick shooter · 16-10-2012 12:04AM

customrifle wrote: »

Some of the old calibers really are hard bet. I have an as new remy cdl in 30-06 sitting in Fergal Whites that I was goin to pull apart and build something on the action, but I'm after gettin some permission so I'm looking forward to using it for some deer. I had thought ammo would be quite expensive for it but it's no more so than any good hunting round for the more popular calibers

the 30-06 is a great calibre for stalking .this only being a hypathetically thread and what ifs ammo prices and availability don't come into it .

sfakiaman · 16-10-2012 09:09AM

Enfield no 4 in 22-303 just for the nostalgia, it would remind be of the days I had brown hair.

Jonty · 16-10-2012 09:15AM

newby.204 wrote: »

7mm-08 for target work,.30-06 for hunting would love to reload both!!

Pretty standard stuff though. Anything exotic take your fancy?

Blaser6.5 · 16-10-2012 10:21AM

The 6.5x55 is the best all round for deer foxes and target shooting in my opinion

Vegeta · 16-10-2012 11:15AM

6xc, 6.5 Creedmoor, .260 remington and 6.5 x 47. I'd definitely have one of those if reloading was allowed.

dev110 · 16-10-2012 12:13PM

It just goes to show if reloading comes in the custom scene would probably explode.

I know I would probably run a switch barrel system on the new rifle I'm building.
.308 & 6.5x47/6XC combo would be nice

newby.204 · 16-10-2012 01:10PM

Jonty wrote: »

Pretty standard stuff though. Anything exotic take your fancy?

well there was a limit put on he calibers by the OP, but seein as you asked, .338 lapua, .223 AI, .243AI

customrifle · 16-10-2012 03:01PM

dev110 wrote: »

It just goes to show if reloading comes in the custom scene would probably explode.

I know I would probably run a switch barrel system on the new rifle I'm building.
.308 & 6.5x47/6XC combo would be nice

That's what Fig is doin for me at mo. Turning my 6xc into a switch barrel 308. Just waiting for a 32" 1/12 308 barrel to come in. The 6xc really is a fantastic round, lack of time means I've not shot it much. The rifle was built nearly 2 years ago now and I don't think I've put 250 rounds through it, but everytime I lay down behind it its a joy to shot. No recoil + crazy accuracy = happy days!! I was however thinking of rechambering the barrel into 6br as I have 600yard zeroing close to home and the accuracy between the 2 calibers at 600 would be minimal. Plus I would get up to 2k more barrel life from the br.
I will further down the road, if funds and time allow, build a lightweight varmint rig in 6.5x55 or see if I can pick up a clean used tikka varmint again. It just is a fantastic round with a great barrel life.

rowa · 16-10-2012 04:22PM

Anyone shooting the .22/6mm ppc ? I was looking at a single shot bolt action sako in .22 ppc years ago , it was a cracker but getting ammo put me off.

dev110 · 16-10-2012 08:42PM

customrifle wrote: »

That's what Fig is doin for me at mo. Turning my 6xc into a switch barrel 308. Just waiting for a 32" 1/12 308 barrel to come in. The 6xc really is a fantastic round, lack of time means I've not shot it much. The rifle was built nearly 2 years ago now and I don't think I've put 250 rounds through it, but everytime I lay down behind it its a joy to shot. No recoil + crazy accuracy = happy days!! I was however thinking of rechambering the barrel into 6br as I have 600yard zeroing close to home and the accuracy between the 2 calibers at 600 would be minimal. Plus I would get up to 2k more barrel life from the br.
I will further down the road, if funds and time allow, build a lightweight varmint rig in 6.5x55 or see if I can pick up a clean used tikka varmint again. It just is a fantastic round with a great barrel life.

What distance have you shot the 6XC out to?
I am can't decide between a 6XC or a 6.5x47. I just want something different.

6br is definitely the one to beat out to 600 yards. They are amazingly accurate and suppose to be very easy to load for also.

rowa wrote: »

Anyone shooting the .22/6mm ppc ? I was looking at a single shot bolt action sako in .22 ppc years ago , it was a cracker but getting ammo put me off.

I don't know if the 22/6 PPC would take off here tbh.
They don't really offer anything over the .223 and .243. Also with the .223 and .243 being very popular you will have cheaper brass and more manufacturers to choose from.

Tikkat3 · 16-10-2012 08:54PM

6mmPPC or 6mmXC would be the most exotic calibers I would aspire to

Kramer · 16-10-2012 09:05PM

dev110 wrote: »

6 PPC......... don't really offer anything over the .223 and .243.

Accuracy

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dev110 · 16-10-2012 09:11PM

Kramer wrote: »

Accuracy .

Don't forget this is in the hunting section so if they can shoot under a moa at each distance I would be very happy. Plenty of .223/.243's can shoot under an inch at 100 yards, under 2 inches at 200 yards and so on.

zeissman · 16-10-2012 11:09PM

If we could reload I would like a .284 winchester for stalking and a bit of target shooting. Barrel life would be better than the 6.5 version and there is a
great range of 7mm bullets.
Id also like a .20vartarg for foxes and other vermin.
They can shoot a 32 grain bullet at 3700 to 3800 fps with great accuracy with about 18 grains of powder.

Hunterjohnb · 17-10-2012 09:24AM

If reloading were allowed my choice would be a 280Rem.06 case topped off with a 7mm bullet.

Cavan duck buster · 17-10-2012 10:16AM

I would love to to get a 303 Enfield and a savage 308 both for targets and deer

johnfaul · 17-10-2012 11:15AM

I would like a 17remington or one of the 20 cals probably 20 practical, complemented with a 6mm or 6.5x47 or even a .284 winchester

dev110 · 17-10-2012 11:29AM

Who's gonna go mad and get a .30-338

Kramer · 17-10-2012 11:40AM

I have a 6.5x47 & have hunted with it. Does that count Dev?

I also have a .338 (& have hunted with it) but apparently that doesn't qualify as it's restricted?

Nicest "exotic" calibre I've fired recently was a 6mm Remington Ackley Improved. I actually took a nice 10pt Whitetail buck with it & he's currently sitting on my living room wall.

dev110 · 17-10-2012 11:47AM

Will you do abit of a review on the 6.5x47? I would love to hear some first hand info on it.

Tease us with a few photos also :cool:

It wasn't me! · 17-10-2012 11:54AM

dev110 wrote: »

Who's gonna go mad and get a .30-338

.30-338 Win Mag or .30-338 Lapua?

The former was a premier long range cartridge for a while as a wildcat, as its longer neck made it more compatible in many eyes with heavy 200gr+ bullets than the .300 Win Mag, though the latter has a hefty track record of success as well. It's dimensionally identical to the .308 Norma Mag, as far as I know.

dev110 · 17-10-2012 11:59AM

30-338 Lapua.

It would just be my fun gun.

It wasn't me! · 17-10-2012 12:24PM

Actually, on the lower end, I'd have to have a .220 Swift as well. Just a round I have an awful, awful lot of respect for. A proper old dinosaur.

Jonty · 17-10-2012 09:52PM

It wasn't me! wrote: »

Actually, on the lower end, I'd have to have a .220 Swift as well. Just a round I have an awful, awful lot of respect for. A proper old dinosaur.

They really don't make them like those anymore. Just raw velocity - no bullsh1t.

silverfox1 · 17-10-2012 11:16PM

dev110 wrote: »

Will you do abit of a review on the 6.5x47? I would love to hear some first hand info on it.

Tease us with a few photos also :cool:

What's the attraction to the 6.5x47. I've only ever heard of it and never really looked into it.

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