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Re: $2,500 Outfitted Antelope or Black Bear Hunt Giveaway Contest - Redbone Outfitter Enter Me In The Redbone Outfitting Contest ... please :) Thanks, Scott

Thanks for the info guys! This rifle is taking a slight timing back seat it turns out. Talked to the rifle smith today and my new tactical hunting rifle will be ready this Friday and I just cannot wait!!! It will have: Accuracy International fixed stock (AIWS) and magazine 26" #5 contour...

You can buy MCMillan stocks, ready to ship at the LRH Store. I'm looking at having a med-light weight hunting rifle built with a Remington short action for a little 6.5mm wildcat round built off a modified (shortened) WSM case. There are 2 stocks I'm looking at: the Bell and Carlson Carbelite...

Quick update: My gun smith and I made the forming dies and did all the initial brass forming using Winchester brand .270 WSM cases this past Memorial day weekend. The whole effort turned out to be very simple, albeit a bit labor-intensive. We ended up turning out 4 dies to push the...

Just thought I'd touch bases again in case anyone had interest in these. I've had 2 seasons now using the little Nikon spotter and I have to say I don't have a single regret with this little gem. it's small enough to go in my fanny pack easy enough, and in fact even in the large front pockets of...

Actually THANKS 7mmRHB and GoodGrouper! That is *precisely* what I was needing to know. So an outside push-back, multi-stage approach is the answer. Thanks a million. We have 4 blank dies that are supposed to arrive tomorrow and can machine up new dies (or rather the gunsmith can) and this will...

Hi Bravo, I have very specific goals in mind; 1) more case capacity than either the 6.5 WSSM or the .260 offer 2) must be able to function in a *short action* repeating bolt action using 140 and 142-grain class bullets, not seated below the cases neck/shoulder junction (thus reducing...

Thanks J E (-and Roy too!) Ok, so I've talked to the gun smith who is both building the rifle and is making the dies. I just ordered 4 more 6.5mm die blanks and they are being shipped up to the smith (who lives near me) overnight for delivery tomorrow. We are getting together Saturday morning...

Thanks! So far I've been using Imperial (now RCBS I think bought them) sizing wax, which has worked great for general resizing work in the past. But again, I've not done this sort of operation. Annealing: ugh, I was hoping to avoid that primarily because Ken Light has been behind on the annealer...

Hi all, Hey, so the cartridge I spoke about is moving along (behind schedule unfortunately) for the rifle I am planning to take to Africa next month for plains game. As a review, it's based on a shortened 300 WSM case, necked down to 6.5mm and shortened to an overall case length of 1.825...

LOL, one of the folks replying to an earlier post I made linked me to this thread... it seems either great minds think alike, or (more likely that I've recreated a very old wheel. may case is only slightly longer in the body but has the exactly same neck length as the one mentioned below...

Thanks JJMP! I'll check it out. I am wondering if I will still need to use the mag primers with a case about 17 grains less powder capacity at the neck. Hmmm... something for me to mull over a bit, may just take some experimenting with different primers I imagine. Thanks for the info! Scott

Thanks Tom, unfortunately that might not help quite as much as one might guess as this case hold 17 grains less powder than the 6.5 WSM, but 6 grains more than the 6.5 WSSM. It's about 3 grains less than the 6.5x.284 if that helps. I'd attach a drawing but cannot figure out how to post the...

Thanks Bill, I'll go take a look at Sinclair now - I'd forgotten about them, it had been so long since I ordered items for a new cartridge. Very good thought on Retumbo too, thanks! The wild cat I came up with holds about 7 grains more powder than the .260 and a few grains under the 6.5x.284 if...