Will have to ‘watch that space’ and see what I can learn. I’ve seen a LOT of adverts lately for Howa “Short Action” rifles, for loighter cartridges. I was wondering if smaller people who are more recoil adverse might be okay with the 6.5. 243 is often recommended for young shooters (not that adults can’t get advantage out of it). Though I think 6.5 would be considered more powerful, say for elk, which is doable with. The advantage of the Tikka is that they are usually lighter, though this translates to increased recoil, other things being equal.

They make the Weatherby Vanguard, which is better known and one of the more accurate out of the box sub $1000 rifles right now (along with Tikka, CZ, some Savages). Howa has a good reputation for accuracy but aren’t very well known. 243), and sectional density (advantage 6.5). 243 load - I think you’ll find energies broadly similar.īiggest differences are in velocity (advantage. A common load would in the neighborhood of 140gn (9gram) bullet moving about 2600fps (800mps), yielding 2150ft-lbf (2950j) of energy at the muzzle compare this to your favorite. 264 - Recoil will be heavier, but not excessively so considerably less than the. The bullet diameter on the 6.5 is actually. You can easily enough get one of the other rifles re-chambered/rebarreled for the 6.5 it might be a bit pricy. Can’t say for Howa - don’t know them - but the Tika rifles have an excellent reputation, also. Looks like Howa makes low production numbers, and you may be able to find a Remington, Winchester, or Ruger a couple years old if you’re lucky.īIG fan of the CZ rifles - I own a 527, as does my daughter. Aside from the T3 (it’s T3x now), the other major rifle is the CZ 550/557. I’m not in the market for a centerfire bolt, but if I did get one in the future, it’d be 6.5.

If you still have concerns, just use MilSurp Nato Ball - It’s cheap anyway, and will work just fine. BUT - because there was the original ‘light’ cartirdige, and because the firearms world is full of self-appointed ‘experts,’ well, urban legends become accepted as fact. Later, Spain obtained the data, and tested theirr firearms (successfully) to the higher standard pressures. Franco was still in power then, and none of the NATO countries was willing to share techincal data about loading, so they went and did their own ‘best guess’ thing. The original CETME (spanish) 7.62x51 cartridge had all the same external dimensions as the NATO round, but the bullet had a plastic core. The G98 (large ring, three-lug) was designed to handle 8mm Mauser - Commercial. Indeed, Classic Arms just sold off a large batch of them - The 1916 is an update of the '93 “Spanish Mauser”. M1916 (small-ring, two-lug) Mausers are rechambered for.

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