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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="65WSM" data-source="post: 842407" data-attributes="member: 9551"><p>I have two 6.5 WSM rifles. One is a Model 70 the other is a Miroku 1885 Highwall replica. I like the 6.5 target and game bullets. Both are hunting rifles. I keep a load development scope and a hunting (3-9X) scope on detachable mounts for each. </p><p></p><p>The advantage of the Winchester design is that Norma and Nosler brass is available. I recently purchased Nosler .270 WSM cases. They are very expensive. More than $2 each. They are also weight sorted to 0.10 grain. Try to grab some random Remington cases and see what you get. The Norma brass is from the same factory as the Nosler but is not trimmed, chamfered and sorted. Emphasis on the sorted. You could sort the Norma brass and have the same thing. I have cycled through 3 barrels in 6.5 WSM and am getting another replaced at the riflesmith as we speak. I still am using the orginal Norma brass. They have been annealed twice but are still not just useable but great. I have lost some to loose primer pockets which speaks to my reloading philosophy which as a friend (who also has a 6.5 WSM and is on his second barrel) labels "on the ragged edge".</p><p></p><p>The Remington case gives you a more compact case for magazine cycling and a little less performance with accompanying less wear and tear on the barrel. I am currently building a 6.5 - 270 Ackley with about the same capacity as the Remington Short Mag. I will get a longer shoulder for partial sizing and centering the bullets. The barrel life is also greater with longer neck cartridges. One of my WSMs is nitrocarburized and the other is not. I treat all bullets with HBN which all but eliminates copper fouling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="65WSM, post: 842407, member: 9551"] I have two 6.5 WSM rifles. One is a Model 70 the other is a Miroku 1885 Highwall replica. I like the 6.5 target and game bullets. Both are hunting rifles. I keep a load development scope and a hunting (3-9X) scope on detachable mounts for each. The advantage of the Winchester design is that Norma and Nosler brass is available. I recently purchased Nosler .270 WSM cases. They are very expensive. More than $2 each. They are also weight sorted to 0.10 grain. Try to grab some random Remington cases and see what you get. The Norma brass is from the same factory as the Nosler but is not trimmed, chamfered and sorted. Emphasis on the sorted. You could sort the Norma brass and have the same thing. I have cycled through 3 barrels in 6.5 WSM and am getting another replaced at the riflesmith as we speak. I still am using the orginal Norma brass. They have been annealed twice but are still not just useable but great. I have lost some to loose primer pockets which speaks to my reloading philosophy which as a friend (who also has a 6.5 WSM and is on his second barrel) labels "on the ragged edge". The Remington case gives you a more compact case for magazine cycling and a little less performance with accompanying less wear and tear on the barrel. I am currently building a 6.5 - 270 Ackley with about the same capacity as the Remington Short Mag. I will get a longer shoulder for partial sizing and centering the bullets. The barrel life is also greater with longer neck cartridges. One of my WSMs is nitrocarburized and the other is not. I treat all bullets with HBN which all but eliminates copper fouling. [/QUOTE]
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