Who is shooting a unmodified 6.5X47L?

[Ackley Improved]

Curious to where anyone has tried or is shooting the 6.5X47L in competition? 500m Fly, F Class?

I have just bought a 3 lug BAT (thanks PVM), and ordered a Kelbly stock. That will be my 6mm Dasher, and my current rifle I am thinking of converting to 6.5X47L.

Any info?

Cheers
AI

[john mc]

Hi AI i am shooting a 6.5x47 at the moment built on Lawton 7500 action 1in 9 Pac-nor barrel 36x Bausch and laumb scope i am using 123gn scenas and 37gn 2208 2950 fps have shot 600 and 1000 comps with it no fly yet its only 175 rounds old it shot a 188 with 4.950 group agg in townsville has shot sub .500 inch at 200yds hope this helps you descide on your next calibre
John mc

[Ackley Improved]

Hi AI i am shooting a 6.5x47 at the moment built on Lawton 7500 action 1in 9 Pac-nor barrel 36x Bausch and laumb scope i am using 123gn scenas and 37gn 2208 2950 fps have shot 600 and 1000 comps with it no fly yet its only 175 rounds old it shot a 188 with 4.950 group agg in townsville has shot sub .500 inch at 200yds hope this helps you descide on your next calibre
John mc

That load wouldnt be hot enough to break a extractor would it?

Thanks mate... have you thought about getting your hands on the 130 Bergers?

Cheers
AI

[Glenn]

Hi AI,

I was looking for info on the 6x47L cause that is the calibre of my new varmint gun
being built and officiously found info for the 6.5x47L,
http://www.6mmhot.com/6mmHOT_Load_Info.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
half way down the page.

Also try http://www.freewebs.com/precisionrifle/ ... emonth.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
scroll down to Rob's Ultimate Tactical Rifle

So your building a new dasher and thinking of changing you old one
to 6.5x47L, is that correct?

Glenn

[john mc]

hi A I looks like you have been talking to JR or TZ i have a few small problems with the load and chamber i wes using 37.5 gns 2208 at the time and it was ok at home in mackay but the hotter temp and humidity in townsville had its effect and combined with a very tight chamber -- i make my own reamers and this one is very tight on the base of the shell and the rounds became hard to extract -- have fitted new extractor and dropped load for 1000yd shoot next sunday hope all goes well the only other projectiles i have tried are 120 taipans to fire form the shells and some 120 sierra matchkings to work up a load and the lapua 123 gn look like the best for this rifle but will still look for any other projectiles that might do the job
regards john mc

[Ackley Improved]

So your building a new dasher and thinking of changing you old one
to 6.5x47L, is that correct?

Glenn

Yeah mate, that is correct. Build up a new Dasher, which all parts are on there way, and then add a 6.5 barrel to my old one for a 6.5X47L.

Cheers
AI

[a.JR]

s

[Ackley Improved]

Hi All, I think this is a fine cartridge, i recomend it to all the Heavy Gun shooters that i may compete against in 2009 .While still having one match left this year, i would hope that everybody is planning ahead ,i know i am i have a fresh batch of BIB 187s ,a Krieger with 750 cartridges down and a new Bartlien and a new Broughton on the way with some stock mods also ,so i will not be disgraced by the newer better cartridges ..JR..Jeff Rogers..ps. this could be a Mid Pop or medium Pop??

Hmmmm.... mid-pop gun.. you are correct!

Someone needs to build a 6mm Dasher HG and then show you blokes a thing or two!

Cheers
AI

[Rinso]

Or a 6-6.5x47 Lapua HG

cheers
Rinso

[WhiteMeat]

Was just looking at the flash hole on the 6.5x47L and noticed that it was smaller than the flash hole on a Lapua .223 case... Checked a few more cases from the box (both .223 & 6.5x47L) and noticed that the 6.5x47's all had a visibly smaller flash hole from (ref pic - both cases unmodified, just grabbed straight out of the box & snapped)

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q211 ... 40x480.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Is this normal for anyone else shooting the 6-6.5x47L / 6.5x47L ?

If so, do you uniform the flash holes on the cases for the standard small rifle flash hole? Are there any benefits to opening them up or leaving them the way they are?

rgds

Meat

[Tony Z]

Meat, that flash hole in the 6.5x47 is around 62 thou. The 223 like 222 is at around 80 thou. The small primer coupled with the small flash hole is what some say is required for consistant ignition.

Jethro Bodine.

[WhiteMeat]

Tony - Thank you for that - I wasn't sure if I got a hokey box of brass or not hehe now I just need to save up for the rest of the bits to build the rifle around the case lol

rgds

Meat

[dg]

Whitemeat

For the batch of brass that i have been playing with, i had to remove a small "burr" that was evident inside almost every case flash hole, and i also had great difficulty in "seating with feel" primers prior to the first firing. After the first firing,the "extremely tight situation " diminishes and primers seat firmly with great control.

Depending on die manufacture, some 6-6.5x47 dies may not be supplied with the correct size depriming pin (they fit in lapua PPC & BR cases) but required a few thou to be skimmed off to fit in my particular batch of cases.

cheers
dave g