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I am building a 6.5-06 today.
I cut the chamber and crown last night by altering drill, boring bar, and reamer in 1/2" steps.
I cut an inch off each end of the barrel.
24" barrel now.

*Dumoulin Mauser action [front and rear rings flat topped]
*Shilen select match #3 taper 8" twist ratchet stainless barrel.
*Starting to fit it in a Boyd's pro varmint stock.
*I am going to make a combination front pillar / recoil lug milled out from a block of Aluminum alloy, and rear pillar from 6061 round stock. I will glass bed them into the stock with them pre compressed with the action screws. The clamping force of the front action screw will be opposed only by the bottom of the recoil lug, not the receiver flat bottom and first inch of barrel. This will be a low compliance path for the rifling twist torque reaction to couple to the stock mass without placing a lengthwise bind on the action.
*I made the flat bottom scope bases from Weaver steel #46 and #54 by milling the undersides flat. The fixture was two modified V blocks held in the mill vise.