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6.5wsm or similar for short action? Not saum
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<blockquote data-quote="orch" data-source="post: 1129557" data-attributes="member: 35688"><p>Hey Shawn,</p><p></p><p>I was in the same boat as you.... Really was set on the 6.5 gap, thought about going 6.5 wsm, but the results the 6.5 rsaum guys were having with barrel life made it impossible for me to pass on.... Rifle is currently at the smith waiting to be built so I don't have any personal results yet...</p><p></p><p>I have been gathering supplies in the meantime... Scrounged 50 nosler 300rsaum brass from a buddy that shoots a 7rsaum... Then Couldn't find any rsaum brass anywhere in Manitoba... Then I found out you can form rsaum brass from wsm brass.... Started looking for wsm brass.... One box of 25 270 wsm in all of Manitoba!?!!?!!?? It's a lot more work than just sizing necks down but it works...</p><p>Was out in Alberta last week and all I could find in Edmonton was 2 boxes of 300 rsaum brass... No wsm brass anywhere...</p><p></p><p>Anyways the moral of the story is no matter which way you go rsaum or wsm you may have trouble finding any...</p><p></p><p>One plus of the rsaum is you can make it from either when u find it....</p><p></p><p>I have checked on some of the other online stores like x-reload in Quebec and grouse river in BC and they had either nosler or Norma rsaum and wsm brass Of various calibers as in stock....</p><p></p><p> I think I have enough brass on hand for myself to last a while so at least I won't be competing with you for brass... I'm also hoping to get my hands on some of the 6.5 rsaum head stamped Hornady brass that GAP has in the works but like most things awesome in the gun world, I doubt we'll see any in Canada anytime soon.</p><p></p><p>Good luck</p><p></p><p>Orch</p><p></p><p>Edit: reread your original post saw you were thinking of maybe wildcatting the wsm by pushing the shoulder back 0.150" or so... I'm pushing the wsm shoulder down something like 0.164" to get rsaum brass... If u have already considered going through the trouble of wildcatting it down 0.150" and trimming and turning the necks I would say definetly go 6.5 rsaum and u can just use 7mm rsaum bushing dies, no custom die or shaving metal off a die etc...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orch, post: 1129557, member: 35688"] Hey Shawn, I was in the same boat as you.... Really was set on the 6.5 gap, thought about going 6.5 wsm, but the results the 6.5 rsaum guys were having with barrel life made it impossible for me to pass on.... Rifle is currently at the smith waiting to be built so I don't have any personal results yet... I have been gathering supplies in the meantime... Scrounged 50 nosler 300rsaum brass from a buddy that shoots a 7rsaum... Then Couldn't find any rsaum brass anywhere in Manitoba... Then I found out you can form rsaum brass from wsm brass.... Started looking for wsm brass.... One box of 25 270 wsm in all of Manitoba!?!!?!!?? It's a lot more work than just sizing necks down but it works... Was out in Alberta last week and all I could find in Edmonton was 2 boxes of 300 rsaum brass... No wsm brass anywhere... Anyways the moral of the story is no matter which way you go rsaum or wsm you may have trouble finding any... One plus of the rsaum is you can make it from either when u find it.... I have checked on some of the other online stores like x-reload in Quebec and grouse river in BC and they had either nosler or Norma rsaum and wsm brass Of various calibers as in stock.... I think I have enough brass on hand for myself to last a while so at least I won't be competing with you for brass... I'm also hoping to get my hands on some of the 6.5 rsaum head stamped Hornady brass that GAP has in the works but like most things awesome in the gun world, I doubt we'll see any in Canada anytime soon. Good luck Orch Edit: reread your original post saw you were thinking of maybe wildcatting the wsm by pushing the shoulder back 0.150" or so... I'm pushing the wsm shoulder down something like 0.164" to get rsaum brass... If u have already considered going through the trouble of wildcatting it down 0.150" and trimming and turning the necks I would say definetly go 6.5 rsaum and u can just use 7mm rsaum bushing dies, no custom die or shaving metal off a die etc... [/QUOTE]
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