Which 6.5mm and why

Since you specified it will be primarily for coyote calling, be very mindful to the barrel contour at 23+ inches...My rifle has a 24" barrel tapering 1" to 3/4" Light Varmint taper and while it sits well in my Boyd Benchrest stock, when I install in in the Boyd Prairie Hunter stock, it's extremely barrel heavy as far as balance..Steady for one shot, but side to side and follow up is thrown off...I do like the round though...

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My Model 7 in 6.5 Creed, 24" 8 Twist, Brux is shooting the 130g Nosler accubond at 3130 with Win 760, this is not a max load for my rifle, and the groups are in the 1/3" area, three shot groups. Not a lot of recoil on this load with Gentry "Quiet" muzzle break.
 
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Oh I know. I have a VSSF II with 26" barrel and while it is deadly accurate, I want something shorter and lighter because I know what long barrels are like.
 
Originally Posted By: ackleymanMy Model 7 in 6.5 Creed, 24" 8 Twist, Brux is shooting the 130g Nosler accubond at 3130 with Win 760, this is not a max load for my rifle, and the groups are in the 1/3" area, three shot groups. Not a lot of recoil on this load with Gentry "Quiet" muzzle break.

3100 with Win 760? That's a huge disparity from the
 
Originally Posted By: orkan6.5Creed. Especially when the new lapua brass shows up.

It's simply the easy button. Insanely inexpensive match grade factor ammo available and ample component sources for handloaders.

Factory available 6 Creed brass... which allows me to make 22 Creed... which is probably the most exciting cartridge I've played with in the last decade.

Pretty much sums it up. Mine is a 6.5x47 which I am tickled with. Started that build 18 months ago. If doing it today I would go with the Creed and the Lapua brass. I think the creedmoor is going to be the commercial standard in 6.5 rounds and you will continue to see more and more rifles chambered in it.
 
The 6.5x58 Rimmed Sauer a very old German cartridge for drillings and çombo guns. It was dropped from the catalogs the in the 1930's. Power wise it is n the 25-35Win class and looks like a giant 22 Hornet. Bullets are .260(slugged the barrel) so a sizing die is needed to size .264's done and .257's can be used in a pinch but on a rifle that can't be rebarrelled using undersized bullets isn't ideal. Brass is made by sizing down and shortening 9.3x72R brass.

Is it worth it? For me, Yes, shooting a wonderful old drilling that has turned 90 this year and will still shoot sub-MOA groups at 200 yards with a 4x scope is worth it and the coyotes have paid the price for me having resurrected the rifle.
 
260 Ackley, hands down for me. Short action and I'm getting 140gr bullets all the way up to 3000fps with a 30" barrel. Put around 800 rounds through my gun with the same 100 pieces of 7mm-08 Winchester brass I bought with the gun 4 years ago, I anneal the brass but never had to trim it, lol [beeep] I've never even full length sized the brass just the neck. And more accurate than I even want to show (nearly been cursed off the website as a liar when showing one group)

Can make brass from .243, 7-08, and .308 plus there are more people making 260 brass now than when I got it.
 
I had to Google all the cartridges previously discussed. Never heard of them...so that leaves me with the only 6.5 I ever heard of--

The 264 Win Mag

Now the why--Flat shooting, lots of case capacity and now thanks to those previously listed, a wider bullet selection.

On to the latest trend of 6.5s. Nosler had to beat the 264 and came out with the 26 Nosler. They held the title for almost a year until Weatherby introduced the 6.5-300. And the beat goes on. The good news for this is at least the 6.5 is getting the much deserved respect it should have been shown 40 years ago.
 
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