Reeder Custom Guns - That is a very popular round for the task

WB
That is a very popular round for the task
Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 21:41

Interestingly while looking at my bread and butter old .30-06 and researching I came across an article that said a .30-06 with a modern 190 gr. bullet SURPASSED the .300 Win. Mag. loaded with a flat based 180 gr. more conventional bullet at something over 200 yds. Tall talk but you can look for yourself. VERY interesting. Obviously load the 190 in the .300 and it's a different story.

But it reflects the advances in bullet tech we have today that was totally unheard of in the 1960's. If the 7x57 killed stacks of game in Africa in the 1930's and the 6.5 was all the rage even before it would still do it today in the right hands. Arguably your .300 has a marked edge. But if a person cannot handle the recoil and misses...

I was looking at it (6.5/7mm) for an all round secondary gun. This new fangled plastic wonder that shoots less than MOA. For my birthday maybe. Or perhaps another Colt SAA, if I could find a beater priced right.

A modern rifle I'm looking at is generally - WB, 2021-01-26, 19:51
- 6.8 Western (nm) - Clyde, 2021-01-27, 08:37
  - Breathing life into the .270!! (nm) - Dave H., 2021-01-27, 08:55
    - They for sure have some good High Bc bullets (nm) - Derek, 2021-01-27, 10:16
- WB I wouldnt take either one to africa, the - jthomson, 2021-01-26, 21:05
  - Jon, Alcorn and Doug Faith are all right. It is - Gary Reeder, 2021-01-27, 13:12
  - That is a very popular round for the task - WB, 2021-01-26, 21:41
- Both are excellent. The 6.5 Creedmoor is nothing more - Huey, 2021-01-26, 20:08
  - Honestly my 6mm AI is possibly superior - WB, 2021-01-26, 20:24
    - I still have 10,000+ 6mm bullets and don't own one - Huey, 2021-01-26, 20:27
      - Did you stock up on 6.5?! High demand. (nm) - WB, 2021-01-26, 20:29
        Yeah, I'm good... (nm) - Huey, 2021-01-26, 20:30
  - BTW, my 6.5 Creedmoor is a limited Ruger #1... - Huey, 2021-01-26, 20:14
  - OT, but that 25 Souper would be great. Went with 250 Savage - Tim Pence, 2021-01-26, 20:14
- Anything 6.5. Anything else is very pedestrian. (nm) - Tim Pence, 2021-01-26, 20:05
  - the 6.5 Creedmoor is a good cartridge BUT it is - Gary Reeder, 2021-01-27, 12:55
  - Also on the .264 cal. why are all the cast bullet - WB, 2021-01-26, 20:13
    - African plains game - Alcorn, 2021-01-27, 06:46
      - Hear, hear! Use enough gun... (nm) - Df, 2021-01-27, 07:09
        If I could shot a rifle - Alcorn, 2021-01-27, 16:36