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6.5 saum
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01/28/18 05:58 PM
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Never did get around to posting my new hunting/mountain rifle. WTO knocked it out of the park on this one. Came in a bit heavier than my target (6lbs) but close enough at 6.4lbs bare and 7.9lbs with rings, scope, and ammo Borden Alpine Ti Manners EH3 Bix n Andy Tacsport trigger PT&G bottom metal Hawkins rings Leopold Mark 6
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Re: 6.5 saum
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01/28/18 06:12 PM
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Awesome cartridge, good looking rifle. Congrats!
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Re: 6.5 saum
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01/28/18 06:20 PM
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WTO does some fine work. I bet it shoots.
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Re: 6.5 saum
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01/28/18 06:39 PM
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Did I miss the barrel specs?
Awesome rig
How is the Borden
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Re: 6.5 saum
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01/28/18 06:41 PM
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WTO does some fine work. I bet it shoots. Not too shabby on initial testing .155 @ 100. Only tried one combo of bullets, powder, and primers. Will stick with that until it gets 100-200 more rounds through it then try to squeeze some more power out of it.
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Re: 6.5 saum
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01/28/18 06:42 PM
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Did I miss the barrel specs?
Awesome rig
How is the Borden Ahhh I forgot that part Bartlein 2b finished at 24” with a Benchmark Miller brake The action is very nice. I was worried about Ti but if there is an issue the coating cleared it up for sure. It’s very smooth
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Re: 6.5 saum
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01/28/18 06:47 PM
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Nice. I got a 2b for my next one. Thought about moving to a 3 but will probably leave it for now
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Re: 6.5 saum
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01/28/18 06:54 PM
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Nice rifle...I put the same scope on one of my rifles....love that scope, capped windage and low profile turret...just about perfect.
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Re: 6.5 saum
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#7056410
01/29/18 01:32 AM
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Was there a lighter stock option? Thought it'd be lighter too.
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Re: 6.5 saum
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#7056430
01/29/18 01:46 AM
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Damn good looking rifle
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Re: 6.5 saum
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#7056589
01/29/18 04:19 AM
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WTO does some fine work. I bet it shoots. Not too shabby on initial testing .155 @ 100. Only tried one combo of bullets, powder, and primers. Will stick with that until it gets 100-200 more rounds through it then try to squeeze some more power out of it. .155 is none too shabby. You running 143eldx or a flavor of Berger?
Are you going to pull those pistols, or whistle Dixie?
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Re: 6.5 saum
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01/29/18 12:11 PM
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Was there a lighter stock option? Thought it'd be lighter too. I’m sure there was if I looked but I was pretty set on this one. It just felt good to me so didn’t want it shorter or thinner. Could have shortened the shank or gone a profile lighter too but I didn’t really want have to light of a contour. It’s close enough if I really want to cut some weight I can roll with another scope option and not make sacrifices on the rifle itself. It will be a pure hunting rifle anyway WTO does some fine work. I bet it shoots. Not too shabby on initial testing .155 @ 100. Only tried one combo of bullets, powder, and primers. Will stick with that until it gets 100-200 more rounds through it then try to squeeze some more power out of it. .155 is none too shabby. You running 143eldx or a flavor of Berger? 135gr JLK
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Re: 6.5 saum
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#7057436
01/29/18 09:29 PM
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Wonder if the 6.5 saum will be commercialized?
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Re: 6.5 saum
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#7057543
01/29/18 10:39 PM
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Wonder if the 6.5 saum will be commercialized? Probably not with the PRC coming out. They’re close enough in performance a fast PRC barrel can make it faster than a slow saum barrel. All things equal about 50fps difference
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Re: 6.5 saum
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09/02/18 11:11 PM
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Well its deadly out to 515
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Re: 6.5 saum
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09/02/18 11:20 PM
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Re: 6.5 saum
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09/02/18 11:23 PM
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That sir is beautiful and 50% of my dream hunt. Congratulations.
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Re: 6.5 saum
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09/02/18 11:40 PM
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Well its deadly out to 515 Shame on you for not getting closer. Clearly you are not a very good hunter, and are more of a shooter. Obviously you do not know how to play the wind and stalk. I don't understand why you need all those gizmos on a rifle scope. This is what turret twirlers and turret spinners do. It is not real hunting shots. Why would you use anything but Rem Core-Lokt ammo?
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Re: 6.5 saum
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#7274977
09/03/18 12:29 AM
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That's bad [censored]!!!!! Congrats!
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Re: 6.5 saum
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09/03/18 02:44 AM
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Well its deadly out to 515 Shame on you for not getting closer. Clearly you are not a very good hunter, and are more of a shooter. Obviously you do not know how to play the wind and stalk. I don't understand why you need all those gizmos on a rifle scope. This is what turret twirlers and turret spinners do. It is not real hunting shots. Why would you use anything but Rem Core-Lokt ammo? Funny enough I wanted to bowhunt them and outfitter who is a hardcore bowhunter told me the area wasn’t great for it. Sure enough where we came in there were sheep on the 3 sides in front of us and getting closer would have run them out of the country. Guide intitially wanted me to take him at 591 but I insisted on getting as close as possible and 515 is where we ran out of cover
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Re: 6.5 saum
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#7276580
09/04/18 08:19 PM
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Well its deadly out to 515 Shame on you for not getting closer. Clearly you are not a very good hunter, and are more of a shooter. Obviously you do not know how to play the wind and stalk. I don't understand why you need all those gizmos on a rifle scope. This is what turret twirlers and turret spinners do. It is not real hunting shots. Why would you use anything but Rem Core-Lokt ammo? Funny enough I wanted to bowhunt them and outfitter who is a hardcore bowhunter told me the area wasn’t great for it. Sure enough where we came in there were sheep on the 3 sides in front of us and getting closer would have run them out of the country. Guide intitially wanted me to take him at 591 but I insisted on getting as close as possible and 515 is where we ran out of cover Break out the ghillie suit and start crawling! Congratulations on a great rifle and great ram!
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