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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1053127" data-attributes="member: 8362"><p>The 6.5mm's seem to be the going thing these days. I've heard a gagillion times that the 6.5 x 284 is a throat washer, but, not from someone who has done it, only what they heard. If you throttle any caliber to the max you should expect barrel wear, it goes with the territory. Seems 2800/2900 fps is the 'sweet spot' so if you stay within those velocities barrel wear should be pretty close on all that you mentioned. How many Garand barrels have I seen the throats shot out of, and they're .30-06, not known as a barrel burner by any means. All but the 6.5 x 284 will feed readily from a magazine while the 6.5 x 284 takes some work to make it feed reliabily. Long range calls for heavy bullets which like more twist, varmint bullets may or may not shoot well from a barrel designed for heavy bullets. The 260 Remington is one of the 'kings' at the long range tactical shoots over at Raton, along with the 6.5 x 47 Lapua and 6.5 Creedmore. Take your pick!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1053127, member: 8362"] The 6.5mm's seem to be the going thing these days. I've heard a gagillion times that the 6.5 x 284 is a throat washer, but, not from someone who has done it, only what they heard. If you throttle any caliber to the max you should expect barrel wear, it goes with the territory. Seems 2800/2900 fps is the 'sweet spot' so if you stay within those velocities barrel wear should be pretty close on all that you mentioned. How many Garand barrels have I seen the throats shot out of, and they're .30-06, not known as a barrel burner by any means. All but the 6.5 x 284 will feed readily from a magazine while the 6.5 x 284 takes some work to make it feed reliabily. Long range calls for heavy bullets which like more twist, varmint bullets may or may not shoot well from a barrel designed for heavy bullets. The 260 Remington is one of the 'kings' at the long range tactical shoots over at Raton, along with the 6.5 x 47 Lapua and 6.5 Creedmore. Take your pick! [/QUOTE]
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