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New Cartridge by Vortex, 6.5 BC
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Blaser cartridges are popular nowhere.. Shame because 7 Blargnum is great design.
6.5? , a little late to the game IMHO, I think Vinnie has it right!
7mm and .257 would be much more interesting!
7mm and .257 would be much more interesting!
Are they for real right now? Remember for April Fools one year that did that Bullet Camera thing. Fooled some people! (Maybe even got me)...
What are they saying velocity with 140's will be? Why in the world is anyone doing ANOTHER 6.5mm???
Suddenly I want to sell my Vortex Razors and switch to Nightforce or something.
What are they saying velocity with 140's will be? Why in the world is anyone doing ANOTHER 6.5mm???
Suddenly I want to sell my Vortex Razors and switch to Nightforce or something.
Its an adventure in wildcatting, not a product launch. It is a marketing tool to get everyone talking about them, and apparently it is working very well.
Id be happy for them on making a nothing new cartridge if only I could find some of any of there other cartridges on any shelves like the ones i am looking for funny time to make a new one when they can't keep up with the demands of the old ones .
Apparently RCC has no problem doing custom engraved one off wildcat cartridges in the midst of all this.
No, 28 Nosler would be closer but a little bigger than I had in mind. 270 would work if there was an abundance of heavy bullets, but there is not making 7mm a better choice. Looking for ~80 grains of water capacity to match 7 rem mag, Nosler is at 93. They do not give any data in the video, but the 6.5 BC is probably in this range guessing off of the performance and description in the videos.
I know of at least 1 6.5-338lm Improved reamer floating around. Probably need 2 barrels though. 1 for load development, and one for actual hunting
Hi,
Yep, Lapua made and tested the 6.5LM decades ago. Downside was that no projectile could handle and keep up with the speed.
Luckily today with the advancements in projectile knowledge and significantly better barrels....the 6.5LM is in need of a rebirth.
Sincerely,
Theis
See now that would be interesting, what's the velocity on something like that?
WTF, Vortex go big or go home.
If you have the time and money laying around to get new reamers and barrels cut and dies made to to accomplish an extra 150fps (or whatever the improvement is) over a well established alternative then all the more power to you. Again if they sell some to similarly fortunate people, well congrats to them again. No one is harmed by this.
Some guys down here in Australia experimented with a 7CM. Personally I don’t see what it would do that 7mm-08/7mm-08Ai wouldn’t but hey, it was Informative and they did an okay job collecting the data on it and showed how it could be done. If these bloke got some good data from it then at least you can look at it against a similar case type and compare it objectively.
Some guys down here in Australia experimented with a 7CM. Personally I don’t see what it would do that 7mm-08/7mm-08Ai wouldn’t but hey, it was Informative and they did an okay job collecting the data on it and showed how it could be done. If these bloke got some good data from it then at least you can look at it against a similar case type and compare it objectively.
there is at least 1 26 Sherman Magnum floating around. i don't remember speeds or bullet selection though
I’m going on cow hunt Sunday wow what a day I have 6.5 prc bergara had Cabeleas mount 20 Mia rail/rings And a x1000 4x16x50 there gun smith must be Dmf no kidding it to 156 Moa clicks anyone had that kind of problem I know cabelas lost my business I call them and there like well I can be bore sited and still not hit paper I did what said 50 yards per spot app 143 eldx should be dead on at 200 it wasn’t is the scope a peice of crap I was shooting of a table with a bag
Did he actually bore sight? Or just put it atop the rifle? I don’t know how anyone would trust someone at cabelas to do any sort of quality scope mount job but it’s not difficult to do yourself. Get a scope mounting kit. Get rifle level, use a plumb bob at say 20-50 yards and level scope to rifle. Properly torque it down. Bore sight by actually removing the bolt and looking down the barrel while it’s properly supported, acquire target within the barrel. Now adjust scope reticle to what you see in the bore. This will get you on paper and then just make final adjustments. Simply put, do it yourself if you want it done right. Don’t trust some guy at cabelas that has no actual knowledge on the matter.
how would the gunsmith sight in a rifle at cabela's.? i cant even understand your post?
Lol
I’m sure you could plug a few rounds into the stuffed cougar before you got tackled.
do you happen to bow hunt and pour concrete?
For those that want a modern case in the 7 mag space. The 6.5rpm necked up to 7mm is within a grain of capacity.
Swamplord on LRH necked up the case for the picture below. As he stated in the thread take .015 taper out of the shoulder and you would pick up another 10ish grains. That would also prove to show less pressure at the case head. That would be damm close to the 7/300win in capacity and performance.
This is the picture he posted, these were just straight neck up no body dimension changes. Obviously the 257rpm is a neck down. All on a standard bolt face.
Swamplord on LRH necked up the case for the picture below. As he stated in the thread take .015 taper out of the shoulder and you would pick up another 10ish grains. That would also prove to show less pressure at the case head. That would be damm close to the 7/300win in capacity and performance.
This is the picture he posted, these were just straight neck up no body dimension changes. Obviously the 257rpm is a neck down. All on a standard bolt face.
Swamplord has a bunch of very high horsepower wildcats with the big bullets. Like he said if you push that shoulder out you are at the same capacitiy of the standard H&H length magnums. On a standard boltface I can see myself doing a 30rpm with the aforementioned taper fix. I have way too many 30.06, 270 and 35 Whelan's. I have a springfield and a barrel I think I will order a reamer after the holidays.
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