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My .260 died - need to pick a new 6.5 for Africa!
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<blockquote data-quote="WindTrax" data-source="post: 195064" data-attributes="member: 2606"><p>Yes, totally understand. Had a couple built before. So, the good news is that actually I have 2 Lilja 1-in-8 twist, 3-lands barrels to choose from, and the smith has the stock and about 20 spare stainless actions he just got in 1 lot, assorted configs. to choose from. Even better, the smith has a private source that can turn around a reamer and dies in only 2 weeks if I want to try shortening a WSM case down to get around 49 to 53 grains of powder in a case considerably shorter than the .260 I was using before - and getting a bit more velocity in the process. </p><p></p><p>My only concern with the .260 is that when loaded with 140s to feed from a short action, they do have to be fairly deeply seated into the boiler room down past the neck/shoulder junction, taking up case capacity. Because of the reduced case capacity, out of a 24" barrel I'm estimating it will put me at only around 2700fps. Love to hear though if folks are seeing to the contrary using 140s on a *short action* and with a barrel that's only 24 inches. Thanks for any feedback and velocity numbers folks may have -especially if they are around that length of barrel!</p><p></p><p>Anyone here by chance have any velocity numbers for a 6.5-25WSSM around that length of barrel? I'm guessing it may still put me a bit shy on powder capacity - probably around the 6.5XC and 6.5x47... but I'd be happy to be wrong <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Thanks again for any info.</p><p></p><p>Scott</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WindTrax, post: 195064, member: 2606"] Yes, totally understand. Had a couple built before. So, the good news is that actually I have 2 Lilja 1-in-8 twist, 3-lands barrels to choose from, and the smith has the stock and about 20 spare stainless actions he just got in 1 lot, assorted configs. to choose from. Even better, the smith has a private source that can turn around a reamer and dies in only 2 weeks if I want to try shortening a WSM case down to get around 49 to 53 grains of powder in a case considerably shorter than the .260 I was using before - and getting a bit more velocity in the process. My only concern with the .260 is that when loaded with 140s to feed from a short action, they do have to be fairly deeply seated into the boiler room down past the neck/shoulder junction, taking up case capacity. Because of the reduced case capacity, out of a 24" barrel I'm estimating it will put me at only around 2700fps. Love to hear though if folks are seeing to the contrary using 140s on a *short action* and with a barrel that's only 24 inches. Thanks for any feedback and velocity numbers folks may have -especially if they are around that length of barrel! Anyone here by chance have any velocity numbers for a 6.5-25WSSM around that length of barrel? I'm guessing it may still put me a bit shy on powder capacity - probably around the 6.5XC and 6.5x47... but I'd be happy to be wrong :) Thanks again for any info. Scott [/QUOTE]
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