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Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ?
      20/03/12 09:15 PM

Fatboy404. You have picked a great calibre in 6.5x57. I faced this problem a short time ago as I was looking to get a rifle made. For simplicity I chose the 6.5x55 built on a 98 action with a 26" medium MAB barrel and a boyd laminated thumb hole stock. The 6.5x55 is about 63 thou shorter than the 6.5x57 and has a sharper shoulder and a longer neck. Cases are readily avaliable. With ADI 2209 I can safely get 129 grn hornady SST at 2950fps and the 140 grn Sierra BT at 2850fps. Fallow deer, goats and foxes have all fallen to the SST without any problems and it is flat shooting. Accuracy is superb. IMHO I think the 6.5 calibre is ideal for the majority of Australian game. Good luck with your project.

Wayne

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* Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? FATBOY404 22/09/11 08:25 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? NitroXAdministrator   22/09/11 10:30 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? DarylS   22/09/11 10:56 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? xausa   22/09/11 11:27 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? DarylS   23/09/11 12:20 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? FATBOY404   23/09/11 07:12 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? lancaster   23/09/11 04:13 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? tophet1   23/09/11 04:53 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? Phillip   23/09/11 08:34 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? Freestate101   30/01/12 08:36 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? MikeRowe   30/01/12 01:36 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? 450   20/03/12 09:15 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? FATBOY404   20/03/12 09:20 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? 264   20/03/12 10:04 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? DarylS   21/03/12 01:58 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? DarylS   24/09/11 01:24 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? FATBOY404   24/09/11 07:12 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? ozhunter   09/10/11 10:23 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? FATBOY404   10/10/11 07:21 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? ozhunter   10/10/11 08:39 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? Red   31/12/11 06:30 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? FATBOY404   31/12/11 07:27 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? Taylor416   31/12/11 08:26 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? Rolf   05/01/12 10:37 AM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? Kiwi_bloke   05/01/12 08:53 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? Red   12/01/12 05:48 PM
. * * Re: Anyone have or had a 6.5x57 ? HuntingSchneider   22/09/11 10:19 PM

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