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<blockquote data-quote="6.5 Bandit" data-source="post: 6840" data-attributes="member: 1153"><p>Jerry,</p><p></p><p> Thx for the reply.. I rember a few years ago we tried to use the 8mm brass but found out it didnt work as good as the weatherby brass.. Havent though about using the 7STW brass though.. I had been thinking about tryin the rem .300 weatherby brass just becouse its cheaper the weatherby's... I still have about 50 or so new weatherby cases that I will be using.. As far as I could tell you are 100% correct about case growth right above the belt.. Allthough I didnt get a chance to look at it real close yet that seemed to be where I was rubing with my old cases.. I was preaty sure they wasnt goin to work but it would of been nice <img src="http://images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />... This weekend Ill get more of a chance to play with it to see how everthing will work out.. My last 6.5/300 weatherby I was running 85-87gr of H-870 pushing 139grain Normas right around 3400fps.. I still have a ton of those normas left as well.. But think this time around Im gonna run some 142 MK's down it to see how they work out.. DC has said they worked very well out of is 6.5/300.. I belive he was the one that also informed me that the 139 gr Norma bullet wasnt a very good match bullet but was indeed a very good hunting bullet... Many years ago when my dad first started toyin with the 6.5/300 those Norma's where at that time the only good bullet so when Norma quit making them My dad and a few other relatives whent together and bought something like 500,000 of them.. So I have enough of those to last me a life time.. Allthough my personall supply is down to around 500 now.. </p><p></p><p>6.5 Bandit</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6.5 Bandit, post: 6840, member: 1153"] Jerry, Thx for the reply.. I rember a few years ago we tried to use the 8mm brass but found out it didnt work as good as the weatherby brass.. Havent though about using the 7STW brass though.. I had been thinking about tryin the rem .300 weatherby brass just becouse its cheaper the weatherby's... I still have about 50 or so new weatherby cases that I will be using.. As far as I could tell you are 100% correct about case growth right above the belt.. Allthough I didnt get a chance to look at it real close yet that seemed to be where I was rubing with my old cases.. I was preaty sure they wasnt goin to work but it would of been nice [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]... This weekend Ill get more of a chance to play with it to see how everthing will work out.. My last 6.5/300 weatherby I was running 85-87gr of H-870 pushing 139grain Normas right around 3400fps.. I still have a ton of those normas left as well.. But think this time around Im gonna run some 142 MK's down it to see how they work out.. DC has said they worked very well out of is 6.5/300.. I belive he was the one that also informed me that the 139 gr Norma bullet wasnt a very good match bullet but was indeed a very good hunting bullet... Many years ago when my dad first started toyin with the 6.5/300 those Norma's where at that time the only good bullet so when Norma quit making them My dad and a few other relatives whent together and bought something like 500,000 of them.. So I have enough of those to last me a life time.. Allthough my personall supply is down to around 500 now.. 6.5 Bandit [/QUOTE]
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