Quote Originally Posted by Delfuego View Post
Sawin, You need to come to the Raton Sporting Rifle Match or other matches like it and and then re-evaluate what you consider LR shooting.
We often will shoot a 17lb rifle off of sticks, from a ledge, across a valley, in 10+mph winds, at 6-10" targets, at distances of 400-600y yards. All while on a timer.
Let's see is 5% of you average hunter can do that.

Back to the topic at hand: Yes 6.5 is still better in every way.
Except that ammo and components will be unavailable. If your foraging you may find a tin of steel cased 308 in a basement, very unlikely to find 6.5 in any quantity.