lancetkenyon

30mm tube, 50mm objective minimum. 34mm tube, 50mm objective better. 34mm tube, 56mm objective even betterer. 3mm difference in mounting height is like .13". Most rings that will clear a 50mm objective will clear a 56mm objective. More adjustment if needed, more light for those extra few minutes early and late. Most importantly, light transmission on the glass itself. You can get a 40mm tube w. 56mm objective with a 75% light transmission per surface of glass in a cheap scope that is darker than a 92% light transmission in a 1" tube and 40mm objective in a high quality piece of glass. Clarity and contrast too. If you can't see it clearly in the light, you sure aren't going to see it clearly at near dark.

Cheap shot to get guys to look at your brochure. But effective.

Ummmm....this thread is a month and a half old.....you are way late to the bash.

A 56mm objective made the difference in the most important last 4 minutes of my cousins elk hunt last year. Quantify that.

SPF.....

I have a .25-06 Ackley, faster than factory, but I took a big bodied muley at 488 yards without a single step, quartering on, with a complete pass through using 100 TTSX @ 3600fps. Also took a big muley w. authority @ 160 yards with the 115 HVLD @ 3400fps. I have taken a coyote using my .250 Ackley, just a touch slower than a .25-06, and using a 100 SMK @ 3100fps, at 1327 yards. Plus many deer and javelina from 80 to 350+ fell to the .250 Ackley. I love the quarter bores.

At 500 yards, the .25-06 is plenty for big mulies pushing a 100-120 grain bullet from 3100-3200 easily. Throw an 85gr NBT Varmint in there at 3300+ and coyotes will crash like they were hit by a lightning bolt. Tikka does show an offering in .260 Rem in the T3 Lite, that would be a good consideration as well. 100-140 gr bullets @ 3000+-2850.

Of those two choices, .243 hands down. .22-250 is notorious for having a 1 in 14" or 1 in 12" twist, meaning only shooting 55 to 60 grain bullets, which are great for coyotes, but not enough for deer unless you are going to head shoot them. .25-06, 6.5x55, .270, .30-06, 7RM, .300WM would all be better choices for deer, and will put a coyote down with authority.

A "Hybrid" is a copper jacketed lead core hollow point bullet. The "Hybrid" describes the ogive design, a cross between a tangent and secant ogive profile. Meaning the area between the straight bearing surface where it tapers down to the meplat, or the hollow point tip.

At least they left them in a neat and orderly fashion according to the photos..... SSS

Thanks for the 175 NABLRs Kevin. I will let you know how they shoot.

Better. Nightforce are decent rings and bases. For a 50mm objective scope, unless you have a straight taper 1.25" barrel, the .92" will clear bell housing to barrel profile up to Heavy Varmint or Sendero just fine. Including sun shade & scope caps. Here is a great tool to check clearance. http://www.mil-rad.com/scope_ring_calculator Here is a photo of my 50mm objective scope w. caps, with 1" high 34mm rings on a #3 tapered barrel w. 20 MOA Picatinny With 56mm objective on .92" medium rings on same rifle Here is 50mm objective scope w. cap, 1" high 30mm rings on a Remington Varmint taper w. 20 MOA Picatinny Here is a 56mm objective, with .92" medium 34mm rings on a Rem Sendero taper w. 20 MOA Picatinny Here is a 56mm objective w. 2.5" sunshade and caps, with 1" high 34mm rings, on a Rem Sendero taper w. 20 MOA Picatinny Hard to see, but 56mm objective w. caps, 1" high 34mm rings, on Rem Varmint taper w. 20 MOA Picatinny

No pics....

White Lives Matter....

Going fishing huh? What lake? Pleasant has been on fire lately.

That is definitely a hit!

I have taken my 6.5 SLR (uses a .243 or .260 case necked up and changes shoulder/neck design) out to 1771 on an 18x12" steel. I could hear the ring clearly. 1370 is easy with the round. I hope to get a chance at antelope or deer this year, and 800 yards would be my personal limit with it.

I was in Tucson working for Pima County and a PCSO station that day. It was spooky. That whack job needs to be raped half to death....twice.

What if hypothetically, you could get 2950fps out of a 140 grain bullet with the .260 Rem? Would that make the .260 a viable option? That is nearly .270 Win velocities for the same weight bullet. Something to think about. But let me take a guess....your next elk rifle would be a .338 Lapua. Just messing with you Lark.

Phoenix Custom Rifles has always treated me very well. Amazing rifles, amazing accuracy, quick turnaround time, good pricing. I usually know exactly what I want and go in with a rock solid game plan.

Main plans for the shooting volume would help decide. No way would I run a 6.5 SAUM if I planned on doing a LOT of shooting. But it would be extremely hard to beat for a hunting rifle. Recoil sensitive? 6.5 Creed, then .260 Rem. Much more recoil with a 6.5 SAUM. Any of them will get you shooting on paper or steel to 1000 easily. Throw game in the mix, and you better get some more velocity to push the heavies to retain energy past 800 or so. What do you plan to hunt with it? Varmints & medium sized big game? 6.5 Creed or .260 Rem would be plenty of gun out to 800 yards. If you want to push them further, or shoot at elk too, a 6.5 SAUM will get you a lot more energy. 2800-2900+ are reasonable expectations pushing a 140 from the 6.5 Creed or .260 Rem. 3100+ is attainable with the 6.5 SAUM. Want available factory ammo? 6.5 Creed and .260 Rem. With the .260 Rem having more brands, bullet weights and types available. If you want to shoot rounds someone else made, the 6.5 SAUM only has 1 factory loading that I think might be available, Copper Creek, and they are pricey. Components: Brass for the .260 is available from many manufacturers. 6.5 Creed is a lot harder to find. 6.5 SAUM is either bought from a very limited number of suppliers when available, or made by the reloader. Powder is readily available from numerous sources. Bullets are the same. Powder charges are similar between the 6.5 Creed and .260 Rem. H4350 is the most common, and both are anywhere between 41.5-43.5. The 6.5 SAUM uses slower burning mag powders at much higher charge weights. So more powder consumption. Barrel life. I know you read about 2500 rounds from a 6.5 SAUM, but that does not take into account setting it back and rechambering to freshen up the throat. The .260 Rem and 6.5 Creed will shoot the same, with no barrel work needed in between. There are some other cool cartridges out there in the 6.5 realm that are great options if you hand load and like something a little different. 6.5x47 Lapua 6.5 SLR (I love mine) .260 Ackley Imp. 40° 6.5-06 6.5-06 Ackley Imp. 6.5x55 Swede 6.5-.257 Roberts 6.5 4S 6.5 Sherman Short Mag .264 WM 6.5 STW etc.

I would like to have been there too....but I had to work.

Kind of a late start in the year for an upgrade to my elk rifle that my daughter will be using this year, but I was delayed on receiving the barrel I had ordered from Rock Creek that I won in a tournament. Not Rock Creek's fault, but it went missing from UPS in Illinois somewhere, and was never recovered. Anyway, my .300RUM was a pretty stock Rem 700 BDL SS for a long time. I had installed a KDF muzzle brake on it, and upgraded the stock to an H&S Precision. Stock barrel only has about 200 rounds down it, but I figured a free barrel is worth installing on something I will probably never get rid of. I just received the Rock Creek blank this weekend. Rem. Sendero contour 29" length 5R 1 in 10" twist .308" Spiral fluted It will be chambered in .300RUM again and throated to run 210-230 Bergers and finished at 27-28". I am having Phoenix Custom Rifles do the work. I am also doing: New recoil lug True bolt and action Bedding the stock and free floating to new barrel contour Badger Thruster muzzle brake contoured to barrel New bolt knob I might install a new trigger down the line, but the stock one is set at 3#, so it is nice as it is. That looks like a big hole....

If you can, it will!

Very, very nice looking rifle.