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Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win
28/08/03 08:17 PM

Robie

I don't think there is much difference between the two. Personally I would go for the 6.5mm but that is just a personal preference.

Tommies? They are vey lightly built and a .243 would kill them well enough too. Same for the duikers, impala, warthog etc. Big Five on this forum - he has been away for a while I understand - uses a .243 CZ on everything from warties and blesbok up to and including eland. I took my eland with a .30-06 but personally do like a little more weight as insurance, like an 8 mm up to .375.

Everyone always quotes Bell and his famous 7x57mm but he also used a .256 Mannlicker Schoenauer, which is in non-British parlance a 6.5x54 mm MS - the same amost as the 6.5x55. He liked to reserve his "big" 7mm for elephant so preferred his meat shooting of buffalo to be done with the 6.5. (note something people always fail to mention he actually used to recommend a 318 WR and a .450 as the ideal battery).

If you take a 6.5 mm (or a .270) do you plan to take a heavier calibre?

What are you planning?

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6.5x55 or .270 Win	Robie	27/08/03 04:44 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	DarylS	21/09/05 08:04 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	Geronimo	21/09/05 09:58 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	Ratel74	22/09/05 03:33 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	Northman	22/09/05 09:06 PM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	vapodog	28/01/05 07:42 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	ridgerunner_ky	28/01/05 03:47 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	Riodot	21/09/05 06:55 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	Gibbs505	28/03/04 08:29 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	atkinson6	28/03/04 02:15 PM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	Bakes	29/03/04 09:28 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	atkinson6	02/04/04 02:53 PM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	AdamTayler	02/04/04 04:01 PM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	Gibbs505	28/03/04 02:21 PM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	475Guy	28/03/04 02:46 PM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	AdamTayler	28/03/04 03:22 AM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	NitroX	28/08/03 08:17 PM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	Robie	28/08/03 11:22 PM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	NitroX	02/04/04 04:11 PM
Re: 6.5x55 or .270 Win	WyoHunter	02/09/03 12:21 PM

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