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6.5 WSM Getting Started Questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Ark. Trapper" data-source="post: 902264" data-attributes="member: 25776"><p>The 270 WSM bushing neck die will work fine with the correct bushing and .264 expander ball. I'm guessing that the seating die you have started life as a 260 seater and whoever chambered the rifle also ran the reamer into the die to make it a 6.5WSM. It will be easy to check the seating die once you neck size a piece of brass. Just slide it into the seater die by hand and see how far it goes. If it stops with over about 3/8" of the case sticking out it's probably still a 260 die and most likely wont work. Lee sells a full length die set for that caliber for around $40, and you will eventually need a full length die anyway so I'd just buy a set and be done with it. The 6.5 WSM is a **** good round too. I've got 2 friends that have rifles chambered for it. One shoots 140 AMAX's at 3250fps and the other guy shoots 130's of some sort at 3350fps. Both are 3/4MOA rifles out to 600. Those were also the first loads they tried so I'm sure both would do better with a little tinkering.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ark. Trapper, post: 902264, member: 25776"] The 270 WSM bushing neck die will work fine with the correct bushing and .264 expander ball. I'm guessing that the seating die you have started life as a 260 seater and whoever chambered the rifle also ran the reamer into the die to make it a 6.5WSM. It will be easy to check the seating die once you neck size a piece of brass. Just slide it into the seater die by hand and see how far it goes. If it stops with over about 3/8" of the case sticking out it's probably still a 260 die and most likely wont work. Lee sells a full length die set for that caliber for around $40, and you will eventually need a full length die anyway so I'd just buy a set and be done with it. The 6.5 WSM is a **** good round too. I've got 2 friends that have rifles chambered for it. One shoots 140 AMAX's at 3250fps and the other guy shoots 130's of some sort at 3350fps. Both are 3/4MOA rifles out to 600. Those were also the first loads they tried so I'm sure both would do better with a little tinkering. [/QUOTE]
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