6.5 Sherman

I decided to go with a semi-custom rifle and thought I'd go for something a little different while I was at it - I ended up going with a cartridge known as the 6.5 Sherman. It's similar to the 6.5 Gibbs, but has a longer neck and less case taper. Cases are made from 270 or 280 brass necked down to 264. Chamber with a nice crush fit on a false shoulder and out pops Sherman brass. I'm expecting 3200 FPS with a 140 Amax and at or near 3050 FPS with the 160 Matrix VLD out of my 26" barrel.

I had Dallas Lane, of Lane Precision Rifles, build this for me. He did an excellent job and it turned out better than I anticipated! He builds some pretty accurate rifles and I'm sure mine will be no different!

Build Specs:
- Trued Rem 700
- Greybull Precision stock
- 26" Bartlien light palma with straight flutes
- 2 Port mini brake
- PTG bottom metal
- Jewel trigger
- Talley light weights and a 6-24x50 Vortex HST

I finally had some time to test it out a couple of weekends ago and it did pretty good for a forming load with cheap 140 grain pills. At 100 yards and while breaking in a barrel, I'll take it. I'm sure with some tweaking and a higher quality projectile, it should tighten up even more. For anyone interested in more info regarding the round, here's a link to one of many threads regarding it: http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/6-5-sherman-q-125601/

Sorry for the sideways photos..

Very Nice, Thanks for sharing! It looks similar to a 6.5 X 06AI? Sherman sounds good though.

Joey



"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"

>Very Nice, Thanks for sharing! It
>looks similar to a 6.5
>X 06AI? Sherman sounds good
>though.
>
>Joey
>


Thanks! Yes, it is pretty similar to the 6.5-06 AI - I don't have the numbers off the top of my head, but the Sherman has a little more case capacity. It's enough to give it about 100 FPS more than the AI. Hopefully I'll have some more range time soon and can report more about it!

Dang nice!!!! ....and interesting round.

Zeke

Thanks Zeke! It should be a fun round to mess with. I'll be sure to update the thread with results once I find some more time to spend at the range.