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Old 05-13-2018, 09:02 PM
Salavee Salavee is offline
 
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Originally Posted by cowmanbob View Post
Jim carmichel wrote in a outdoor life article that long and thin is preferred over short and fat when referring to cartridges, folks would do well to follow his advice.
I believe he was referring to projectiles and with that in mind, he developed the 6.5 /300 WSM. I think he called it the 6.5 Leopard.

I built a 6.5x.270WSM (identical) at about the same time. Great combination with plenty of steam.
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