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<blockquote data-quote="DJ Fergus" data-source="post: 2266908" data-attributes="member: 93895"><p>I am a very big fan of the 7mm rem mag. If you go that route, get yourself some 162 eld-m bullets, 71 grains retumbo plus or minus a few tenths of a grain usually runs that bullet around 3050 fps in a 26" bbl. This load has been accurate in several 7mm rem mags. DRT results on whitetails. With all of that being said, if you have everything including brass & components for the 6.5 max, I would go ahead with it. It will be a tight grouping cartridge & easy load development. A 7mm 162 eld-m pushed to 3050fps is going to shoot just as flat and resist the wind nearly identical to a 156 Berger or 147 eld-m pushed to 3050 fps. The 6.5 max will be less finicky to tune. With that being said the 7mm rem mag can be tuned to shoot just as well but may take a bit more time to tune if you haven't had much time in loading for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DJ Fergus, post: 2266908, member: 93895"] I am a very big fan of the 7mm rem mag. If you go that route, get yourself some 162 eld-m bullets, 71 grains retumbo plus or minus a few tenths of a grain usually runs that bullet around 3050 fps in a 26" bbl. This load has been accurate in several 7mm rem mags. DRT results on whitetails. With all of that being said, if you have everything including brass & components for the 6.5 max, I would go ahead with it. It will be a tight grouping cartridge & easy load development. A 7mm 162 eld-m pushed to 3050fps is going to shoot just as flat and resist the wind nearly identical to a 156 Berger or 147 eld-m pushed to 3050 fps. The 6.5 max will be less finicky to tune. With that being said the 7mm rem mag can be tuned to shoot just as well but may take a bit more time to tune if you haven't had much time in loading for it. [/QUOTE]
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