Recent content by Montana Guy

I would suggest a 284 Shehane. Just the 284 with straighter walls. The shoulder angle stays the same. Real easy just load 284 then fire form. Great results. Can get to 2900 FPS. Last weekend, Third time out and fire forming cases, shot at 600 yds on the NRA MC 1FC shot 193 3X. Muzzle velocity at...

Hello! What a great, beautiful, useful present from your Grandfather. Four yars back I built a Super 7 x 61. Now I would like to build a 6.5 x 61 using the Norma Super brass. If I might ask questions, how is this rifle shooting? Does it shoot as well as your Grandfather said it would? Have...

Thanks for the suggestion. Certainly is easier working with SAAMI dimensions. A 6.5 x 61 would be about 8 grains less powder than a 264 win. If the 6.5 x 61 is similar to the Super 7 x61 then I shouldnt have as much barrel errosion. Should be far more comfoftable to shoot and deliver...

The suggestion is acknowleged and will proceed to Pacific. Kinda daunting filling in one of thier dimension sheets but will give it a go.

Thanks for the list. The only 2 I havnt tried, Clymer and Manson although a friend called Manson. So far Pacific does have a schematic but it is a quqrter inch shorter than the parent case, 7x61 Sharpe and Hart. If I went that way I would lose most of the 5 grains I could gain by using the Super...

Im trying to find reamers, for rent or sale, which are simply the 7 x 61 Sharpe and Hart necked down to 6.5mm. This cartridge was extensively experimented by Jarry Shannon of Spanaway, Washington. Jerry's work on this cartridge was listed by P O Ackley as the 264 x 61 Shannon and it mentions a...

Hello fellas, I spent most of my life in NW Montana but now live in Northern Idaho, with stints in Utah, Washington, and parts of 12 years in Alaska. Now retired, my profession did not allow me to hunt in Alaska but I hunted the other states frequently. I was a certifed active Hunter Education...