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<blockquote data-quote="Darryl Cassel" data-source="post: 7001" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>To the orginal poster</p><p></p><p>Jerry Teo and others have given some good advice.</p><p>AS an addition here, your 6.5 Gibbs was probably made on the 06 case length. </p><p>The 270 case is about .050" longer then the standard 06 and MUST be shortened if you plan on using that brass. </p><p>The 270 case is the easiest to bring down to the 6.5 diameter. Just take the factory measurements of the 06 case and trim the 270 brass to .010" less then that of the 06 and you can use it in the 6.5 Gibbs chamber.</p><p></p><p>To fireform the 6.5 Gibbs-- seat your bullets so they are into the lands and the bolt has a snug fit when you chamber the round. This is keeping the base of the case back against the bolt face when fired. The case will form to the chamber without any case loss in the process.</p><p></p><p>I used lighter bullets and standard 6.5/06 powder suggestions to do the fireforming.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully there is an 8 twist barrel on that rifle so you can use the 140 gr to 155 gr bullets in your Gibbs. </p><p></p><p>What is the barrel length on your Gibbs?</p><p>I was duplicationg a 264 Mag with my 6.5 Gibbs with a 30" barrel.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p>Darryl</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryl Cassel, post: 7001, member: 34"] To the orginal poster Jerry Teo and others have given some good advice. AS an addition here, your 6.5 Gibbs was probably made on the 06 case length. The 270 case is about .050" longer then the standard 06 and MUST be shortened if you plan on using that brass. The 270 case is the easiest to bring down to the 6.5 diameter. Just take the factory measurements of the 06 case and trim the 270 brass to .010" less then that of the 06 and you can use it in the 6.5 Gibbs chamber. To fireform the 6.5 Gibbs-- seat your bullets so they are into the lands and the bolt has a snug fit when you chamber the round. This is keeping the base of the case back against the bolt face when fired. The case will form to the chamber without any case loss in the process. I used lighter bullets and standard 6.5/06 powder suggestions to do the fireforming. Hopefully there is an 8 twist barrel on that rifle so you can use the 140 gr to 155 gr bullets in your Gibbs. What is the barrel length on your Gibbs? I was duplicationg a 264 Mag with my 6.5 Gibbs with a 30" barrel. Good luck. Darryl [/QUOTE]
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