Excellent point on the trim length. I was planning on necking them down, trimming for length, and neck reaming to give proper bullet tension. I usually try for about 0.004 of neck tension after reaming. I didn't think of using the bullet to neck up the 25-06, but I can certainly see that working well. Great thin about the 6.5-06 is ither way I'm only moving the neck a few thou and there's plenty of good brass to work with and bullets to choose from.
I'm really looking forward to this rifle and spent alot of time in choosing the cartridge I wanted in a 6.5. I toyed with a 6.5x57 but just didn't want to go to the expense of having a reamer made. I'm hoping for a spectacular finished product, though. I had a krieger #18 SS Fluted barrell made and hope to use the entire barrell length, and I picked up a Ruger #1 SS in 30-06 that shoots like a dog. Good thing about the Ruger #1 is I can have 4" more barrel and still have the same over all length compared to a bolt action. I just hope I can get the lock time and trigger managed well enough in the Ruger to do the cartridge and barrel justice. Since I have the reamer and everything, I may build a bolt action for the same cartridge, too. Maybe pick up a Rem 700 long action or a large ring mauser to start with. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Thanks
Dennis