Magnum wheel man has a thread going about .25-'06 head stamps, and that thread reminded me of something that I've often wondered about:
Why hasn't some major ammunition/rifle manufacturer commercialized and mainstreamed the 6.5-'06? Is it because the target crowd wants short action cartridges and the hunting crowd is already adequately served by the .25-06 rem and the .270 win?
There seems to be resurgence of interest in the 6.5 caliber. Plus, it seems to me that the 6.5-'06 combines the best of the .25-'06 and the .270, without the supposed problems of the 6.5 Remington magnum and the .264 Winchester magnum.
I'm not sure why this hasn't happened. Does anyone have any ideas or explanations?
Why hasn't some major ammunition/rifle manufacturer commercialized and mainstreamed the 6.5-'06? Is it because the target crowd wants short action cartridges and the hunting crowd is already adequately served by the .25-06 rem and the .270 win?
There seems to be resurgence of interest in the 6.5 caliber. Plus, it seems to me that the 6.5-'06 combines the best of the .25-'06 and the .270, without the supposed problems of the 6.5 Remington magnum and the .264 Winchester magnum.
I'm not sure why this hasn't happened. Does anyone have any ideas or explanations?