New 6.5 SS Rifle
- WHISKY WOMBAT
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New 6.5 SS Rifle
Picked up this little beauty today. So happy with how it turned out!! Big thanks to Luke for putting it all together.
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Re: New 6.5 SS Rifle
Pew...... bugger... pew pew
Looking good mate, cant wait to see its victims.
Looking good mate, cant wait to see its victims.
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The famous blue chair
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Are you going to run a thermal/night vision in front of the scope?
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Thinking about it, any recommendations?
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Nice one whisky...looking forward to seeing it in action..watch out bambi
140g bergers at 3300 should do the trick
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140g bergers at 3300 should do the trick
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So its a 6.5, is there more to it than that ? Pretty scant on the details.
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Morning Camel, it’s a 6.5 Sherman Short. Should get 140gr pils going 3300fps.
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Sherman short or short Sherman?
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Oh, and if you had an expensive hobby before, once you fire that you will be totally rooted financially
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Trev good news passed my medical today so the expensive hobby’s can carry on. At the gun shop now if your after anything
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Great news re the medical
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I could google a bit, but in the interest of keeping the thread flowing, please expand, starting at parent case and all else afterwards.WHISKY WOMBAT wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:08 am Morning Camel, it’s a 6.5 Sherman Short. Should get 140gr pils going 3300fps.
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Like pulling teeth, unlike when we were at the shearing shed when you yapped your head off.
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I’d have to google it too, I’m a few cruisers in now.
The 6.5 Sherman Short fills a long overdue gap in short action performance. The ballistics on this cartridge rival belted magnums with 10 grains more capacity and do it at under 3” coal.
The cartridge is at its best with the 140 and heavier class bullets with maximum velocities of near 3100’ with a 160 and nearly 3300 with a 140, when using the slowest powders available. The best operating range is realistically in the 3000-3200’ range with these bullets for accuracy, case and barrel life. Simply put, there is no equal out there in a factory offering, at this cartridge overall length. (coal)
The best powders tested in this cartridge, for overall performance, range in burning rate from H4831 to RL33. My personal favorites are RL26, and H1000 with N570 and RL33 giving top velocities, especially in the 150+ grain bullets.
Good starting loads with 140 class bullets would be 54 grains of RL26, and depending on the individual rifle, might reach as much as 60+ grains. With H1000, you could start 2 1/2 grains higher.
Federal 210’s and BR2’s are the primers of choice for most applications with magnum primers being considered with powders like N570 and RL33.
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The 6.5 Sherman Short fills a long overdue gap in short action performance. The ballistics on this cartridge rival belted magnums with 10 grains more capacity and do it at under 3” coal.
The cartridge is at its best with the 140 and heavier class bullets with maximum velocities of near 3100’ with a 160 and nearly 3300 with a 140, when using the slowest powders available. The best operating range is realistically in the 3000-3200’ range with these bullets for accuracy, case and barrel life. Simply put, there is no equal out there in a factory offering, at this cartridge overall length. (coal)
The best powders tested in this cartridge, for overall performance, range in burning rate from H4831 to RL33. My personal favorites are RL26, and H1000 with N570 and RL33 giving top velocities, especially in the 150+ grain bullets.
Good starting loads with 140 class bullets would be 54 grains of RL26, and depending on the individual rifle, might reach as much as 60+ grains. With H1000, you could start 2 1/2 grains higher.
Federal 210’s and BR2’s are the primers of choice for most applications with magnum primers being considered with powders like N570 and RL33.
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Re: New 6.5 SS Rifle
I think WSM or SAUM brass can be used
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