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I got a couple of boxes of Hornady American Whitetail for my 300 win mag to use as break-in rounds, with the thought that I would then use the brass for reloading. When I went to measure my cases to trim them to length I noticed that they are all quite short. SAAMI says the cases should measure...

Personally I wouldn't go with either a 7 or 30. When I get the money rounded up, I am going to build a 6.5-284 for deer and antelope out to 1000. With 140 gr bullets there is still plenty of energy to get the job done and these bullets have excellent ballistics. A 30 cal is just more that what...

What I read was that most Laupa brass is around .296 neck diameter, so I was thinking that if I neck turned down the .293 it would be just enough to shave a little bit off of each piece of brass even if some piece had a smaller neck diameter but it would not take off too much brass. I could then...

So I think I have changed my mind again on what I want to a 6.5-284. (I know I am as bad as a woman, haha) I was wonder about reamers for it. If I wanted a specific neck size with a longer chamber for loading the vld bullets, would I have to custom order a reamer, buy one in the configuration I...

I think I have made up my mind on the 260. I think it will be the best compromise between speed and barrel life. Now I just have to start saving the pennies.

Ya, I think the 6.5x284 would be a great cartridge but I have read that the barrel life is pretty short. I know that the short barrel life mostly refers to competition accuracy, but I would still like to have something that lasts a little longer. The more I think about it, I would be just...

What does everyone know about the 6.5x47 lapua as far as speed and barrel life? It would be a good choice as far as having high quality brass.

I am thinking about going with a custom built rifle. I don't have a custom built rifle so I figured a 6.5 would be a good way to start.

I wish I had the money right now to do it, haha. Just trying to figure this stuff out while I save up.

I handload. I was originally thinking about the 6.5.06, but I had read that barrel life isn't the greatest. What kind of speeds could I get out of the 260 Remington?

I know this will sacrifice speed, but I would be alright with a couple of hundred fps loss if I could keep the barrel life above 3000 rounds.

I am wanting to build a long range rifle in 6.5. I would be using this rifle for hunting mostly out to 700 yards, but I would also like to use it for for practice at long ranges a couple of time a month. Having said that I am looking for a 6.5 cartridge that is as close to 3000 fps as possible...

I was looking at my ballistics charts at both JMB.com and G7.com. These two places show different numbers for my charts. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with either of these places and which one do you guys think is more accurate. Thanks.