Varberger757
Well-Known Member
Since the 6,5 is getting more and more popular in the USA I'd like to give some input from the other side of the Atlantic. Sometimes it seems to me, that you are concentrating too much and almost exclusively on American products and forgetting about those from other parts of the world. Here in Europe the 6,5 rounds aren't popular any more with the exception of Norway, Sweden an Austria. Scandinavian 6,5x55 is well known in America, but it has its limitations due to the use of heavy bullets. The same is true for the continental 6,5x57, and both are fading away. We have some promising new products designed for high velocities when using high bullet weights from 140gr - . My example today is the very powerful 6,5x63 Messner Mag. The 6,5 Messner Mag. was constructed by a famous French guy, Monsieur Messner from Alsace. He used the 9,3x64 as parent case and gave it a new shoulder of 30* and an optimized case - head. The 6,5 Messner case takes 88gr of H2O. Barrel twist is 1 : 8,5 and stabilizes heavier bullets perfectly, 140 – gr. Mainly invented and constructed for mountain hunting the 6,5x63 Mess Mag delivers its highest performance already with a 60cm / 23,5' barrel, and it's recognized for its high accuracy .
A 140gr bullet has an MV of 1001m/s or 3285fps (no max. load), 156gr MV of 940m/s or 3083fps. I'm sure about that the 160gr Matrix would do great too. It should be the perfect 6,5 mm for hunting from ridge to ridge IMO. Perfectly suited for long-range hunting on species like chaumois, all other kinds of sheep, goat, plainsgame in Africa and your American Pronghorn.
A 140gr bullet has an MV of 1001m/s or 3285fps (no max. load), 156gr MV of 940m/s or 3083fps. I'm sure about that the 160gr Matrix would do great too. It should be the perfect 6,5 mm for hunting from ridge to ridge IMO. Perfectly suited for long-range hunting on species like chaumois, all other kinds of sheep, goat, plainsgame in Africa and your American Pronghorn.