6.5 saum?

Ernie · #1 10-31-2009, 12:44 AM

Okay guys, how many here have a necked down 7mm SAUM to 6.5?
How many of you have reamers for this cartridge?
Pros/Cons???
MV's with 130's or 140's (barrel length please)?

436 · #2 10-31-2009, 03:26 PM

I was shooting a .300 RSAUM in 1k matches around a few States and Raton for about two years; to the point; I shot next to a guy in several matches that started using a 6.5 SAUM based on the .300/7mm RSAUM... Man... that thing could shoot! With that said... I had a 6.5 Rem Mag for years; it was nothing more than a little more powder 6.5 SAUM with a belt and far ahead of it's time as a Remington cartridge in the 60’s... Today'..., with all the good 6.5mm bullets and powders, I think I'd go with the “6.5 Rem Mag” if I was going to build "one more" short magnum; a very impressive and over looked cartridge which was introduce in the wrong rifle the M600
As for 6.5 SAUM reamers; you might try HTG George Vais in Boise ID
Barrel length; 26" for hunting, 30" for LR matches. And use a long action even though you could use a short, the long let's you use the long bullets in the magazine.
436

Ernie · #3 10-31-2009, 04:34 PM

436,
Thanks.
I pretty much use single-shot specialty handguns, so magazine length or action length is not much of a issue for me.

James H · #4 10-31-2009, 07:42 PM

Ernie,
I know a few guys who have tried it and most have abandoned it. As I recall, not a lot of performance increase over the 6.5-284 and harder to tune.

Having said that I do know one guy who has one shooting pretty good.
I don't recall the velocities they were getting.

I guess one advantage over the 6.5-284 would be if you have a magnum boltface action.
If you do build one I recommend 300 SAUM Nosler brass.

James