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GDAY all has or does any one use this round in fco comp if so some input from other members on its pros and cons will be very handy as i will be using it next year . The rig will be , omark ,mab adaptor, mab ss bbl 28" 1/8 twist ,rem 25/06 cases, smk 142 proj ,fed mag prim , re22 re 25 . thanks rod

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I'm in a similar situation to you Rod, except I'm having a 6.5/284 built. Criticisms I've heard from a few people about both the 6.5/06 and the 6.5/284 is that case capacity is a bit big considering most people seem to be shooting the 142's at 2950fps or less which is in the realm of possibilty for a 260rem. Obviously barrel life isn't going to be great with either chambering either. I'm still giving it a go though and there are some good scores being shot with various 6.5's so I'm sure the accuracy potential is there. I went with the 6.5/284 because of the availabilty of good brass without having to worry about case forming, necking up/down etc although I'm having a tight neck chambering done so neck turning will be on the cards. You might also look at necking down Lapua 30/06 brass but having not used it I'm not sure of it's quality. Your rifle of course may not like your choice of components either so a bit of tinkering may be necessary. Not expecting my rig to be ready until April next year so it will be a while still until I can give it a crack. Good luck.
FWIW
Michael

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Michael thanks for your reply , i did think about 284 but wanted to build somthing a bit different . I got a good ass kicking at the queens by the 6mm boys so thought better start looking at what will keep up .

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Part of me still thinks I should have gone with a 6mm BR considering barrel life etc but I figured the 6.5mm would help cover a little for my poor wind reading skills at the longer ranges. I think at the shorter ranges up to 600m the BR is hard to better from what I've seen... and if you can read wind well right back to 1000m as well.

Michael

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bbl life was not a factor in my case , to be competitive you will spend $$ in any sport . I went for 6.5 mm for much the same resons as you to try and reduce some human error at loger ranges asfar as wind goes. Shooting in the wheet belt clubs fc is very slim as comp goes maby see two or three other fc shooters a year so its hard to compare your progres om the range , i was using a 30/06 AI which worked well on tr targets but on fc comp targets at 600 back those 6mm showed me what was what big eye opener for me any way ! . Looking forward to next years comp and hopefully be a bit more on the ball with the 6.5

[Tony Z]

ed 8/1/06,

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Rod, my gunsmith keeps telling me you can't count the cost when you are looking for top accuracy- just have to look at barrels as a consumable the same as projectiles.... easier said than done for me but it's a bitter pill I will just have to swallow! Looks like Tony has some good alternatives for you as well.

Michael

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Thanks for your in put tony i wish i had acess to this site before making the final desision on the case , but whats done is done and now i need two find out from the likes of yourself and others does this combo work well enough for the sport ,if the yanks are using it in 1000yd it must have some merrits or application for fco .The info you put up will be saved as it sounds like i might be needing it sooner than i thought ! o well thats rifles for ya. thanks rod

[Tony Z]

ed 8/1/06