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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 244500" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>Welcome to the joys of wildcatting and shooting in general. I have been shooting a 6.5 ackley for years which is very similar to the gibbs. you have already gotten some really good feedback! 25-06 brass also works very well. in fact , fired 25-06 brass will accept a .264 bullet without even resizing the neck. This will work fine provided the fired brass will fit in your chamber? otherwise, use the advice you have already been given. another trick is to seat the bullet out to touch the lands which will help maintain proper headspacing. when i use .270 brass, i like to set the neck sizer so it leaves a bump at the base of the neck (just enough so that the bolt closes with a "little" difficulty. it takes a little trial and error, but this will also help maintain proper headspacing. this is very important! if headspacing isn't maintained during fireforming, you will soon separate most of your cases at the web when firing full loads. good luck and feel free to let me know how you do........rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 244500, member: 13833"] Welcome to the joys of wildcatting and shooting in general. I have been shooting a 6.5 ackley for years which is very similar to the gibbs. you have already gotten some really good feedback! 25-06 brass also works very well. in fact , fired 25-06 brass will accept a .264 bullet without even resizing the neck. This will work fine provided the fired brass will fit in your chamber? otherwise, use the advice you have already been given. another trick is to seat the bullet out to touch the lands which will help maintain proper headspacing. when i use .270 brass, i like to set the neck sizer so it leaves a bump at the base of the neck (just enough so that the bolt closes with a "little" difficulty. it takes a little trial and error, but this will also help maintain proper headspacing. this is very important! if headspacing isn't maintained during fireforming, you will soon separate most of your cases at the web when firing full loads. good luck and feel free to let me know how you do........rich [/QUOTE]
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