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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 714104" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I know a small handfull of fellows that shoot the .270WSM, and all seem to like it a lot. Altough most of these guys have never been able to quite reach the advertised velocities we often hear about. But it's a good round. There a little better bullet selection for the 6.5 bore for sure, but we are starting to see some nice bullets in the .277 bore finally. I shoot the .270 mag, and had bullet problems at first, but think those days are gone.</p><p> </p><p>The nice thing about doing the 6.5WSM is that if your carefull in your necking process you won't end up with a false shoulder, and that's about all there is to it. Have the gunsmith cut the chamber on the minimum side to give you a very solid head space. Then your ready to fireform the brass. The next issue you'll run into is getting a set of dies. Bushing dies are nice, but you still need a full length die of some kind. If the round was bigger than the .270 you'd simply open the bore up a few thousandths, but in your case you can't add metal to the bore. In the end you may need a body die and the bushing die unless somebody like Redding can supply your needs. Seater is easy! Buy a Forster seater in something close to what you want but still smaller. Have him run the chamber reamer thru the sliding sleeve, and your pretty much done. I think I'd start with a 25WSM seater and rework it. You'd have thought that somebody like Hornaday & Savage would have put their heads together on this round.</p><p> </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 714104, member: 25383"] I know a small handfull of fellows that shoot the .270WSM, and all seem to like it a lot. Altough most of these guys have never been able to quite reach the advertised velocities we often hear about. But it's a good round. There a little better bullet selection for the 6.5 bore for sure, but we are starting to see some nice bullets in the .277 bore finally. I shoot the .270 mag, and had bullet problems at first, but think those days are gone. The nice thing about doing the 6.5WSM is that if your carefull in your necking process you won't end up with a false shoulder, and that's about all there is to it. Have the gunsmith cut the chamber on the minimum side to give you a very solid head space. Then your ready to fireform the brass. The next issue you'll run into is getting a set of dies. Bushing dies are nice, but you still need a full length die of some kind. If the round was bigger than the .270 you'd simply open the bore up a few thousandths, but in your case you can't add metal to the bore. In the end you may need a body die and the bushing die unless somebody like Redding can supply your needs. Seater is easy! Buy a Forster seater in something close to what you want but still smaller. Have him run the chamber reamer thru the sliding sleeve, and your pretty much done. I think I'd start with a 25WSM seater and rework it. You'd have thought that somebody like Hornaday & Savage would have put their heads together on this round. gary [/QUOTE]
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