T3 sporter-calibre

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I am really interested in this rifle. I am a lefty, so bolts can be hard to find. It would be used primarily off the bench.paper to 500yds and steel out to 1420 yards. which calibre would you guys like for this. No competition shooting in the near future. The calibres are 6.5x55,260 rem and 308. I already own a 6.5 creed moor in a savage mod 10 pred hunter. What are your opinions guys?
 
Either of the 6.5 mm options will kick the 308s butt all day long. Flip a coin, both have Lapua brass available, both have dies readily available, which one do you prefer?
 
kinda leaning towards either the swede or 308.I am not going to hunt with this rifle, so downrange punch is not real important. Guess that is two for the swede. How finicky can the swede be when it comes to load development?
 
My shooting partner has the swede in the T3 Sporter. Load development has been very easy for him, in fact the first load he ran down the pipe was well under 1 MOA with a hunting bullet. When he got some Scenars he subbed them in and got less than 0.5 MOA and was very happy. He has been tweaking it a bit to see where the velocity and accuracy nodes are, and so far the original load has been the best for him.

When I said the 6.5 mm would kick the 308s butt, I was not so much referring to energy as I was trajectory and flatter shooting. The 6.5mm bullets have higher BCs and will slip through the air much better than a 308. To get similar BCs in a 308 bullet you need to go pretty heavy and then you are intruding on powder space, thus reducing velocity and increasing recoil. My 260 Ackley hammers a 139 Scenar out the barrel at 2950 fps, from my 100 yard zero, I am 8.4 MRADs to 1000 metres which is only a third of what is available in my scope. The 6.5mm will do much better in the wind too.
 
i really like the .264 calibre. The thought of having two rifles in calibres so close to each other (6.5 se/6.5 cm),goes against how i was raised.Its a financial thing. Why have two that do the same job idea. I will do some reading on the swede and see what happens.I have hunted with an old surplus 6.5x55 swedish mauser when i was a teenager.
 
I would go with the swede. It is a great under rated cartridge, the longer heavy bullets penetrate animals very well.
 
Distance is nothing, what I am saying is you are going to be dialing up for either cartridge. Now, do a bit of research on the effect of wind on "good" 6.5 versus 308 bullets. Wind is always the harder factor to compensate for a distance and the 6.5 bullets take less windage at range so margin of error is smaller.
 
Awesome! I would be interested to hear what your rifle likes. My buddies seems to like a mid range load running around 2550 fps I think, my 260 Ackley likes to run hot however pushing the same bullet out almost 400 fps faster.
 
"...I am a lefty..." Real men shoot long guns left, but they don't care if the bolt is on the wrong side either. snicker.
"...finicky can the Swede be when it comes to load development?..." The only thing that might come to pass, and highly unlikely, is finding 6.5mm calibre bullets. Extremely unlikely though. Otherwise, it's the same as any other cartridge. Begin with the start load and work up.
As a hunting cartridge the 6.5 is hard to beat. Not so much for a target cartridge, but that's more about the rifle. A T3 isn't one of those.
 
sunray said:
"...i am a lefty..." real men shoot long guns left, but they don't care if the bolt is on the wrong side either. Snicker.
"...finicky can the swede be when it comes to load development?..." the only thing that might come to pass, and highly unlikely, is finding 6.5mm calibre bullets. Extremely unlikely though. Otherwise, it's the same as any other cartridge. Begin with the start load and work up.
As a hunting cartridge the 6.5 is hard to beat. Not so much for a target cartridge, but that's more about the rifle. A t3 isn't one of those.
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wtf???!!!
 
sunray said:
"...I am a lefty..." Real men shoot long guns left, but they don't care if the bolt is on the wrong side either. snicker.
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No, real men don't use guns at all. They charge through the woods naked, using their body hair as a shield, and kill game using their teeth and bare hands.

/sarcasm

If he wants a lefty bolt, why do you care? :p
 
Sorry but the swede is a mail order bride. 260 rem, farm girl and 6.5-06 for tall and ###y! 264 Win is voluptuous. 6.5 wsm for a fat bottom girl.
Pick your poison!
 
snoopycda said:
Sorry but the swede is a mail order bride. 260 rem, farm girl and 6.5-06 for tall and ###y! 264 Win is voluptuous. 6.5 wsm for a fat bottom girl.
Pick your poison!
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marcoman said:
wtf???!!!
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Dude's gotta be some kinda lonely!Laugh2 You forgot 6.5-284 - I suppose girl next door? Or your best friend's girl? 6.5 Creedmore and 6.5X47L - underage?

Oh, and, I believe the OP was asking about the calibers available to him in the T3 Sporter - Swede, .260, and .308.
 
your natural disposition?.....oh wait, that is my disposition! haha. weather is good for today or tomorrow, so tryin to get out to the range, to shoot my new toy. I used hodgon online data for my loads. started at midrange for both powders, went up in .5 gr steps and stopped 1 gr above printed max.
 
358Rooster said:
Dude's gotta be some kinda lonely!Laugh2 You forgot 6.5-284 - I suppose girl next door? Or your best friend's girl? 6.5 Creedmore and 6.5X47L - underage?

Oh, and, I believe the OP was asking about the calibers available to him in the T3 Sporter - Swede, .260, and .308.
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I forgot the 6.5-284, Half breed!
I've only ever shot a 6.5X55 so my opinion means nothing. I was just having fun.
I've been married for 24 years, so... yes I am lonely!
 
All good, mate! "Half breed" - come to think of it now, rifle cartridges are a lot like we humans in that there aren't many (if any at all) that are purebreds anymore.

As for your opinion on the 6.5X55, if you have experience (especially reloading) with it, I think that's exactly what Blackbeard's looking for now and I'm sure he'd like to hear it if you're willing to share.

Yours truly,
358 "aspiring public relations facilitator" Rooster
 
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