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backyardtndeer said:
Think I need to run my .270 handloaded 145 grain eldx through the chrono and compare to the 6.5 handloaded 143 grain eldx. I am gonna guess that with the 270 running the same powder (imr4350), but 10 grains more, that velocities and drop will be better with the 270. I like both and have killed a lot of animals with both. Can't see any reason for bashing either.
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Apples to apples? Almost same weight projos. 270 at 52 grains imr4350 while 6.5 at 42 grains imr4350.
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what makes this entire thread SO funny to me at my age is the 270 WAS the 6.5cm when i was growing it. IT was the "cool" round vs the 308 and 06 all the old timers used for so many years. Now the 6.5 is the new 270 and those same 270 guys from back then make fun of the 6.5. Its like it has all come full circle for me hahah.
 
REN said:
what makes this entire thread SO funny to me at my age is the 270 WAS the 6.5cm when i was growing it. IT was the "cool" round vs the 308 and 06 all the old timers used for so many years. Now the 6.5 is the new 270 and those same 270 guys from back then make fun of the 6.5. Its like it has all come full circle for me hahah.
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REN said:
what makes this entire thread SO funny to me at my age is the 270 WAS the 6.5cm when i was growing it. IT was the "cool" round vs the 308 and 06 all the old timers used for so many years. Now the 6.5 is the new 270 and those same 270 guys from back then make fun of the 6.5. Its like it has all come full circle for me hahah.
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This is true. But the 6.5 came 40 years BEFORE the 270 win, and 20 years before the '06, etc.
No point to this observation other than...the 6.5 has been around a long time.
Only with Hornady's marketing tactics and hype (read..BS) has it become so popular.
 
Tenntrapper said:
This is true. But the 6.5 came 40 years BEFORE the 270 win, and 20 years before the '06, etc.
No point to this observation other than...the 6.5 has been around a long time.
Only with Hornady's marketing tactics and hype (read..BS) has it become so popular.
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im not debating which came first or how old one is. Im just commenting on my experiences at 46 years old. Where I grew up NW FL and Alabama in the 80s and early 90s the 270 WAS what the 6.5 is now just without social media. It was CRAZY popular in those areas with the younger crowd and the draw was exactly the same as the 6.5 is now. It was FAST, FLAT, and less recoil then the more popular 06 most guys normally carried. I imagine if social media or message boards existed back then these same arguments would be happening

again small sample sizes, I just remember all the people I knew and magazine articles at the time LOVED the 270 hence its major rise in popularity around that time period (not that it wasnt popular prior to that). If you were in that 40 and under crowd you prob had a 270, if you were in the over 40 crowd you prob had an 06.

I just is funny to me a lot of those 270 guys in that time period Im referencing now dump on the 6.5 popularity now even though its pretty much the exact same thing just in a short action.
 
REN said:
im not debating which came first or how old one is. Im just commenting on my experiences at 46 years old. Where I grew up NW FL and Alabama in the 80s and early 90s the 270 WAS what the 6.5 is now just without social media. It was CRAZY popular in those areas with the younger crowd and the draw was exactly the same as the 6.5 is now. It was FAST, FLAT, and less recoil then the more popular 06 most guys normally carried. I imagine if social media or message boards existed back then these same arguments would be happening

again small sample sizes, I just remember all the people I knew and magazine articles at the time LOVED the 270 hence its major rise in popularity around that time period (not that it wasnt popular prior to that). If you were in that 40 and under crowd you prob had a 270, if you were in the over 40 crowd you prob had an 06.

I just is funny to me a lot of those 270 guys in that time period Im referencing now dump on the 6.5 popularity now even though its pretty much the exact same thing just in a short action.
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I got what you were saying. As I said, no point to my comment other than the 6.5 had been around longer.
Nothing wrong with either caliber. What's funny is...I'm 57 and have owned and shot all of the ones you mentioned. For the type of hunting I do, I don't see a performance difference in either of them. I will say though...that of all the dead deer I've seen...the ones shot with a 270 had the most damage done to them....meat loss.
 
Growing up hunting out west. If you didn't carry a .270 you carried a 7 mag. I have no idea why it's just the way it was. Lots of guys had pops 30.06 from back in the day. Those two rounds were just very popular. Very. Now I think I need to head to Walmart for that 6.5 that's calling my name.
 
ImThere said:
Growing up hunting out west. If you didn't carry a .270 you carried a 7 mag. I have no idea why it's just the way it was. Lots of guys had pops 30.06 from back in the day. Those two rounds were just very popular. Very. Now I think I need to head to Walmart for that 6.5 that's calling my name.
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The 6.5s are good shooting rifles. There's just nothing magical about them. You will still need to do your part. As an added bonus...I've found a lot of 6.5 ammo on clearance lately. Guess the hype is petering out... 😂
 

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