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pato
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6.5x53r
#201282 - 31/01/12 09:45 PM

have a 6,5x53r sxs c/h hear next week any info

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Sarg
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: pato]
#201285 - 31/01/12 10:45 PM

What info are you after ?

Is it this one ?

Edited by CptCurl (05/02/12 12:56 AM)

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pato
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: Sarg]
#201289 - 31/01/12 11:14 PM

roger made in 1903 load/? 4 2012

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HuntingSchneider
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: pato]
#201292 - 31/01/12 11:44 PM

I know this gun. Exquisite engraving.
It shot quite well with the same load I use in my Gibbs '92 (Steyr) bolt action.

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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: HuntingSchneider]
#201300 - 01/02/12 12:58 AM

A lovely rifle....

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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: HuntingSchneider]
#201318 - 01/02/12 10:18 AM

Quote:

I know this gun. Exquisite engraving.
It shot quite well with the same load I use in my Gibbs '92 (Steyr) bolt action.
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pato would like to know what load? me too.

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tinker
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: DarylS]
#201321 - 01/02/12 01:51 PM

Pato-

I'll look up my 160gr round nose soft loads for you.
This will be what I run in my Jeffrey Mannlicher.
Sarg has been running some cupro-nickel solids I turned him onto also, hopefully he can dig up his loads.
I use WW .303brit brass run through 6.5mannlicher dies in a 303 shell holder then trimmed.
Runs great.
Hold tight till I find my recipe.

Show us some photos of your rifle!

Cheers
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HuntingSchneider
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: DarylS]
#201322 - 01/02/12 01:59 PM

Quote:

Quote:

I know this gun. Exquisite engraving.
It shot quite well with the same load I use in my Gibbs '92 (Steyr) bolt action.
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pato would like to know what load? me too.

Have to search my loads records.

160gr RN Hornady is what I was using, but I recently found out they stopped production.

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HuntingSchneider
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: tinker]
#201324 - 01/02/12 02:08 PM

Quote:

Pato-

I'll look up my 160gr round nose soft loads for you.
This will be what I run in my Jeffrey Mannlicher.
Sarg has been running some cupro-nickel solids I turned him onto also , hopefully he can dig up his loads.
I use WW .303brit brass run through 6.5mannlicher dies in a 303 shell holder then trimmed.
Runs great.
Hold tight till I find my recipe.

Show us some photos of your rifle!

Cheers
Tinker

Who, what, where can I get some???????

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tinker
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: HuntingSchneider]
#201325 - 01/02/12 02:23 PM

These are/were a pile of Vic vintage solids.
You'd need a time machine.

They're out there though, comb through the auctions for vintage ammunition with the old solids.

They will penetrate pretty much anything.

Cheers
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: tinker]
#201349 - 01/02/12 10:10 PM

Should be an interesting DR. A good pig hunting calibre.

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Sarg
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: NitroX]
#201355 - 01/02/12 11:04 PM

Heck with these soilds I got off Tinker , it would go through 2 or more Buffalo , may be length ways LoL !

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pato
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: Sarg]
#201677 - 04/02/12 10:14 PM

load please pato

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bouldersmith
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: pato]
#201697 - 05/02/12 04:05 AM

160gr Hornaday 35grs RL15 2340fps

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tinker
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: bouldersmith]
#201699 - 05/02/12 04:38 AM

Try 37-39 gr IMR4350 or 38-40 gr H4350 with 160gr RN softs

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HuntingSchneider
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: tinker]
#201816 - 06/02/12 10:04 PM

Sorry it took so long. Can't find a thing.

160gr Hornady RN.
32.5gr AR2206H

For some reason it shot better with the faster powder.

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Edited by HuntingSchneider (06/02/12 10:05 PM)

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radin
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: HuntingSchneider]
#202885 - 19/02/12 12:27 AM

Folks ,

I have two rifles in the 256 express ( 6.5 x 53R ) . One is like the prior mentioned Gibbs 1892 Steyr take-down , and the other an 1897 Westley Richards New Model . The loading I use is the 160 gr Hornady round nose pushed by 39 grains of VV N-560 . Very accurate in both rifles and has a predicted chamber pressure with QuickLoad of 38,246 psi , velocity of 2400 feet per second and an estimated muzzle energy of 2073 foot pounds . I also heard that Hornady was no longer making this bullet , too bad , a great cross sectional density and penetration . I have had a number of white tail deer down with this round even at up to 130 yards , single rounds . Thanks , Jim

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DarylS
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: radin]
#202888 - 19/02/12 03:30 AM

Sierra makes a 160gr. with slightly more semi-round nose shape. It's the bullet my daughter uses in her .260 Rem.- with 33gr. H4895. Elbow rested on a table top using a 4X scope, she made a 1 1/2", 10 shot group at 100 meters with that load. 8 of the ten were in an inch. She couldn't understand my excitement overher group.

The target was a black paper deer silhouette with fixed aiming point. I simple said, kill the deer. It would have died very quickly with the first shot & every other owne as well.

The Sierra is a good bullet, I'm sure, although we've not had the pleasure of sticking a deer with one. There is no cannelure for crimping so a Lee Factory Crimp die must be used and it has a long full diameter body, unlike the Hornady. Seating more deeply is required in her rifle due to that.

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radin
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Re: 6.5x53r [Re: DarylS]
#203008 - 20/02/12 01:52 PM

Thanks Daryl , I'll have to give those a try . Jim

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