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<blockquote data-quote="blacktimber" data-source="post: 195795" data-attributes="member: 3161"><p>Saw your post and have a similar project in mind. Have you made any progress? I am considering necking down the 270 or 7 dakota to 6.5 in order to shoot bergers 140 VLDs. One reason I like the dakota is overall cartridge length is between the RUM and WSM. I like to use the HS precision detachable mag and the 6.5 properly seated in the WSM case to maximize powder capacity is to long for the short action, and seated in the RUM is to long for the the long action.(Besides necking down the RUM seems to overbored for me anyway.) The 6.5 seated in the dakota case would appear to maximize the case for powder and load development yet leave plenty of room for the loaded round in the magazine. It would also be great to ackerize the case with a straighter case and sharper shoulder. I have however been unable to locate much info at all about the dakota rounds or any wildcats based on that family of cartridges. I understand the cases are expensive and therefore probably pushing people away from serious long range load development. I would appreciate any info you come across. Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blacktimber, post: 195795, member: 3161"] Saw your post and have a similar project in mind. Have you made any progress? I am considering necking down the 270 or 7 dakota to 6.5 in order to shoot bergers 140 VLDs. One reason I like the dakota is overall cartridge length is between the RUM and WSM. I like to use the HS precision detachable mag and the 6.5 properly seated in the WSM case to maximize powder capacity is to long for the short action, and seated in the RUM is to long for the the long action.(Besides necking down the RUM seems to overbored for me anyway.) The 6.5 seated in the dakota case would appear to maximize the case for powder and load development yet leave plenty of room for the loaded round in the magazine. It would also be great to ackerize the case with a straighter case and sharper shoulder. I have however been unable to locate much info at all about the dakota rounds or any wildcats based on that family of cartridges. I understand the cases are expensive and therefore probably pushing people away from serious long range load development. I would appreciate any info you come across. Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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