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I was playing with Ackleys when I was in high school. That chart is very conservative. I that velocity out of my 7x57 with a 26" barrel

280 AI is a good round. It will keep up with a 7mm RM.

Nothing wrong with a .270 I have a friend that has killed nearly 50 elk with a 270 and 130 grain sierra. This friend of mine is in his 70's. He has killed many elk with a 270 on an M77 Ruger. I built him a 270 on a 98 Mauser. I have taken elk with the following rounds 300 Winchester 5-6...

Nosler brass is crap... I use PPI

I had problems in my custom 7x57 with the 162 grain ELDX. It's the projectile. The combination of muzzle velocity, barrel length and flight time to the target it what causes it. The plastic tips are melting..... Hornady denied it to me. 100 yards they shoot like a dream.... Scratch your...

Congratulations on the first bull

I like the 7mm bore diameter. I have a custom 98 mauser in 7x57 with a 26" semi varmit barrel.. My 150's are running 2990 at the muzzle. With the heavier bullets you are wanting to run I would recommend using going 7mm STW. A friend of mine have has 7X68 Ackley Improved chamber reamer if you...

I built a 6.5 x 284. It is an awesome round. Killed lots of elk with 140 grain bullets. The only thing I do not like is the price of the brass. I have a P17 enfield action in the garage so the next 6.5 project will be a 6.5 x 06 AI

Like so many new cartridges the 6.5 Creedmoor is reinventing the wheel so to speak. 6.5 x 55 has plenty of case capacity with the correct powder to out perform creedmoor.

I build on military surplus. Mauser, Springfield and Enfield actions. You should see my garage. If it was me I would go 30-06 AI on a 98 Mauser action with a 26" barrel and a Boyd's laminate stock. The best of American and German engineering.