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Thread: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    Quote Originally Posted by REMINGTON JIM View Post
    You ask for Opinions - Help and then its a secret to what your shooting ? RJ
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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    I have one too. Great round, a 140 at 3200 is ballistic magic. Just look at the charts. That's why Winchester brought it out, they had read the charts. I haven't shot mine much, being aware of the possibility of throat erosion . In the early days they got a lot of hard use with varmint rounds, so that was one aspect. I was thinking about this earlier today. Another thing, Olin wasn't able to make a specialty powder like mother DuPont did for Remington and it 's 7mmRM. So the powder was faster burning and more and likely hotter. The F-Class guys are hard on their barrels, 15 or 20 at a time, and the smaller 6.5-284 only lasts under a 1000 rounds for them.

    If you are careful, it's meaningless. It's not the rifle for gopher town, though.

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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    The 264 Win Mag barrel burner reputation comes from early days of varminters shooting lighter bullets, fast burning powder, and steel quality/construction. It was probably a relevant argument 40 or 50 years ago.

    It’s one heck of a hunting cartridge. I’d own one but it’d make my poor little 6.5 Creedmoor feel left out.

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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    closer to 60 years ago. While the 6.5mm s have always been a passing fads in North America, there have been numerous 6.5s over the years , here are few off the top of my head, 6.5x55,260,256Newton, 6.5-06, 6.5RM. 6.5-284, 6.5x57. 6.5x57Rimmed, 26Nosler, 6.5x54 , 6.5Arisaka . I'm sure I missed a few. As a reloader you can access them all.

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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    wierd thread.
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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    Hi RJ

    yes I keep it quiet in my original post as I don’t want a ballistics argument. But here it comes.
    I shoot a savage model 99c in 308, given to me by my dad when I was 16, I’m 58 now.

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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    I don't think a HUNTER can shoot out a barrel out of a .308 in two or three lifetimes. .308's used for hunting will last forever.

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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Leveraction View Post
    Hi RJ

    yes I keep it quiet in my original post as I don’t want a ballistics argument. But here it comes.
    I shoot a savage model 99c in 308, given to me by my dad when I was 16, I’m 58 now.
    Hi I would not think you would BURN that Sav 99 barrel in 308 Win unless you repeatly shot it so Fast it got RED Hot ! LOL I would estimate you should be good for a FEW thousand round's ! jmo RJ

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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Leveraction View Post
    Hi RJ

    yes I keep it quiet in my original post as I don’t want a ballistics argument. But here it comes.
    I shoot a savage model 99c in 308, given to me by my dad when I was 16, I’m 58 now.
    I have the exact same rifle. It is very accurate with almost any factory ammo.

    I hand load for it but nothing that has ever exceeded factory ammo. Keep the barrel cool when testing loads at the range, it’ll last forever.

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    Re: Thoughts on reloading, with an older rifle ?

    Nope !

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