My 6.5-'06 is a custom Rem M700 with a 23.6" Shilen No. 3 contour, 9" twist barrel, aluminum pillar bedded in a McM. synthetic stock. It has an ADL type blind magazine. I have had a variety of scopes on it, latest is a VX3 2.5-8X.
I make brass from .25-'06 or .270 Win cartridge cases, and my favorite hunting load uses 125 to 140 gr pointed bullets with a case pretty full of Norma MRP powder. I am still shooting a powder lot I bought from a going out of biz gun shop so I won't quote what I use. By current standards it is quite accurate and fast.
This photo shows this rifle with its sister in .280 Rem on a scope testing session on my indoor range (I shoot there, don't own it).
The 6.5-'06 is for rifle loonies, it is much easier to go with a .270 Win...jim
LCDR Jim Dodd, USN (Ret.) "If you're too busy to hunt, you're too busy."