Best balance of recoil and terminal performance in a cartridge.

hoytcanon said:
I shoot 6.5X55 and .308 in similar platforms, side by side on a regular basis... maybe a recoil calculator can tell you the difference between the two, but I honestly can't tell the difference in felt recoil with max loads, 129's vs 150's.
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my 6.5 55 kicks too i dont know wnere this light recoil swede stuff comes from
 
6.5x55 Less recoil then the 270 or 280
hand load run the powder right up to the top end
and out there at long range it preformes like a 300 wm
With no recoil and no wind drift
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All your standard middle of the road rounds all kick the same to me. 270,7mm-08,308,30-06 etc. Step up to 300 Win Mag and then I notice the recoil. 243 and under are light kickers. 30-06 covers a lot of game. It's tough to argue against it.
 
6.8x51, finally a use for all of those useless 270 Winchester bullets and buckets of 308 Winchester brass.............

sort of looks like a 7-08 but as you purest like to say it is the original 7mm bullet, we just wanted it in a short action, Manson reamer and a old 600 Mohawk, Krieger barrel..........
 
Tikkam65 said:
- 6.5x55 Less recoil then the 270 or 280
- at long range it preformes like a 300 wm
- no recoil and no wind drift
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You want your cake AND eat it too...

LESS Recoil... performs like a ".300 WM"... NO recoil... NO wind drift... Sign me up for the Harry Potter Cartridge...
 
hoytcanon said:
You want your cake AND eat it too...

LESS Recoil... performs like a .300 WM... NO recoil... No wind drift... Sign me up for the Harry Potter Cartridge...
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no need to sign up for anything, just get a pair of rose colored scope covers..................
 
Read sectional density , recoil chart ,
ballistic calculator , and ballistics col
and then you will know what caliber
it all comes back to 6.5 x something
 
Tikkam65 said:
6.5x55 Less recoil then the 270 or 280
hand load run the powder right up to the top end
and out there at long range it preformes like a 300 wm
With no recoil and no wind drift
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First off, GORGEOUS ANIMAL you have there..... Very Jealous.

I tend to think the 7mm REM is the way to go. Its not quite the performance of a 300 but its quite a bit more then the 6.5x55 with very little recoil.

Just for comparison

6.55x55 (Range 100-160grain)
140 grain recoil-12.0ft/lbs Velocity/Energy at 100 yards 2400/1795
160 grain recoil 14.2ft/lbs Velocity/Energy at 100 yards 2569/2051

7mm REM (110-175grain)
139 grain recoil-19.3ft/lbs Velocity/Energy at 100 yards 2482/1915
160 grain recoil 20.3ft/lbs Velocity/Energy at 100 yards 2766/2718 Velocity/Energy at 300 yards 2420/2080 (more energy of the same grain bullet at 200 yards further away)

300 WM
150 grain recoil-23.5ft/lbs Velocity/Energy at 100 yards 2951/2900
165 grain recoil-26.2ft/lbs Velocity/Energy at 100 yards 2885/3049 Velocity/Energy at 300 yards 2483/2259(5 grain more then the 6.5 or 7mm, but you get the jif)

I think for the relatively low recoil of the 7mm REM you get a lot more energy and velocity and at much greater ranges. For reference the recoil of a 7mm REM is a tiny bit less then a 30-06. 30-06 are pretty tame recoil wise.
 
A lot of guys are posting 6.5x55 and 260. What are you guys hunting with this? Deer only? Or do guys take this moose hunting?
 
I think the most commonly offered opinion favours 6.5x55, followed by 7mm-08.

It also looks like the people who don't agree the winner is 6.5x55 don't disagree particularly vehemently.

So, if you reload, it's 6.5x55, if you use factory ammo, 7-08. That's what I'll say when I want sound smart and wise.
 
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