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Cartridge poll
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02/06/15 12:52 AM
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P & Y
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If you were building a SA custom in something other than 6.5mm with a non mag boltface which would you choose? Assuming ammo availability wasn't an issue and used for Texas deer and long range plinking.
Last edited by P & Y; 02/06/15 01:18 AM.
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Re: Cartridge poll
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02/06/15 01:33 AM
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I voted other. As I am currently having a 7-08 built for dual purpose.
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02/06/15 01:35 AM
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Voted for the .22 Creedmoor because of the "cool" factor
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02/06/15 02:22 AM
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6mm creed for me as I'd want it to handle mulies and sheep as well. 22 creed is very tempting though.
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02/06/15 02:26 AM
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6mm-284, the caveat being ammo is no issue being a handloader. You can get as much powder under a bullet with this cartridge as I think is pratical. YMMV.
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Re: Cartridge poll
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02/06/15 02:45 AM
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Re: Cartridge poll
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02/06/15 02:48 AM
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I voted 6 creed because the 105 hybrid around 3k fps is about as good as it gets imho.
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02/06/15 03:09 AM
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6mmWSM just for the heck of it.
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02/06/15 03:14 AM
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Voted for the .22 Creedmoor because of the "cool" factor +1
"I can't be over gunned because the animal can't be over dead"-Elmer Keith 10/30/2012 I VOTED for The American
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02/06/15 03:17 AM
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I voted other as I feel like my 7mm-08AI serves very well in this role. A 162gr Amax at 2812fps is some stout medicine. That being said I am also building a 6mm Creedmoor to play around with but won't have a full opinion for a few months.
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02/06/15 03:34 AM
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Where is D stroud.. I have built him both the 6 and the 22 creed wonder his opinion fact that he drives them all the time. I personally say 22 creed as that is my daily driver. Been deadly out to 455 so far and was shooting gongs at 900 this weekend
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02/06/15 03:43 AM
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Since I am always behind what the KoolKids are doing..for a long range plinker I'd build a 280AI VT style something...and bang 4 footed stuff as far as I could see them with appropriate for critter sized bullets. Ron
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02/06/15 03:44 AM
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I voted OTHER, I can't buy those at Walmart, and I am very forgetful, so Walmart is important
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02/06/15 03:57 AM
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Of that list the 22 Creedmoor, fun pushing a 22 pill at high velocity. But for it to really shine go with a 1:7 twist and push the Berger 90gr bullets fast. But still will do good with the Swift 75gr Sirocco for popping game at a distance from a light recoiling rifle. Could do a 224TTH and have a little more room for powder
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02/06/15 04:23 AM
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Could do a 224TTH and have a little more room for powder If it's a HOT .22 you want...
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02/06/15 04:24 AM
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I voted other as I feel like my 7mm-08AI serves very well in this role. A 162gr Amax at 2812fps is some stout medicine. ^^TRUTH^^ That's quite the bada$$ in a short action.
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02/06/15 04:37 AM
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Got a couple I never considered coming out of the woodworks here. Never heard of the 6mm-284, necked down .280 rem? do you have to fireform brass for the 7mm-08AI?
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02/06/15 04:45 AM
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I voted other. Lots more weights and options in 7mm bullets
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02/06/15 04:45 AM
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Dee has a 7mm-08 AI. Good round that has to be fire formed but that is easy to do, the case stretch is very little.
RiverRider has a 6mm-284 IRRC. About as much powder as is useful in a 6mm and still fits in a short action. It is a necked down 284 Winchester, but easiest way is to neck down a 6.5-284 Norma which in itself is a good gun but really needs a long action for best results.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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02/06/15 04:47 AM
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Got a couple I never considered coming out of the woodworks here. Never heard of the 6mm-284, necked down .280 rem? do you have to fireform brass for the 7mm-08AI?
The 6-284 the .284 Winchester necked down to 6mm. Best way to go is use 6.5-284 (another derivative of the .284) brass and neck it down, not a problem. I get 3350 fps with a 95-grain Nosler Partition. I'd say it's probably good to 400 if I do my part. I could screw around with high-BC bullets but see no point in doing so. For 7mm-08 AI, you'd need to fireform brass but that's no big deal really.
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02/06/15 04:51 AM
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Kmon posted as I was composing my reply. He's right about action length with the 6-284, if you're using a longer action you can take advantage of the .284's capacity (almost equal to the .30-06) to a greater extent...but even if you're using a short action you'll still get more than out of other cartridges. It's a fatter case, kinda like the beltless magnums. Same bolt face though on account of the rebated rim.
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02/06/15 07:51 AM
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I voted other. As I am currently having a 7-08 built for dual purpose.
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02/06/15 09:08 AM
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I have a 6.5 SLR Improved and it hammers.
If you handload which I assume you do, then no reason not to do the 6 SLR if you don't care about cost, I'd improve it too. It's the best of the 6x47, 6 Creed and 243.
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Re: Cartridge poll
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02/06/15 01:16 PM
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I voted other as I feel like my 7mm-08AI serves very well in this role. A 162gr Amax at 2812fps is some stout medicine. ^^TRUTH^^ That's quite the bada$$ in a short action. I wish I could have ran the Amax down at the match but I'm not sure it would have been fully stabilized given the 500ft elevation drop. I know my twist is great for the 168 but that 162 is a finicky sucker in a 1:10 twist.
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02/06/15 01:32 PM
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Dee, if you were to run a 9 something twist in that 7-08Ackley would that cure the elevation ? you mentioned?? I'd really like to run 120's & 140's in a 7mm & don't see the need to feed a Magnum for my under 4-500 self imposed limits, with no intentions of shooting steel as the rifle's primary use.
At some point within sight my T3 270 is gonna get a new tube & full dress overhaul, and I had about decided on a 280AI for sure... but the idea of getting your MV's is interesting in the 308 family case, since I've found where I can get a 9.3x62 T3 at a "normal" MSRP as the final club in the bag. Ron
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