If Lapua or even Winchester made proper stamped brass, I might be game for one....not that good brass cannot be formed.
Yet formed 6.5x55 (I know not proper head size/base dia., etc) from Hornady 270 and 25-06 cases, ALOT of variance in case capacity can be had even in the same mfg. brass, w/different stamps, though all 06 siblings. I'd rather not fiddle w/so many variables, inc. neck wall thickness.
SU - I hear ya, a Looney cannot ignore the benefits of the 6.5 bullets....
For me, what DOES make sense is the '06 powder capacity under a 6.5 bullet/bore yet in the nomenclature of 6.5-284 or 6.5 RM
Long actions will give more COL latitude, as would bbls longer than the latter carbine intro of the 600/660s.
Nothing bad to say conceptually about the round or performance. About the only bad 6.5 round I will argue against is the STW and WSM variants......simply due to a bore life that gives little room for load development...can you say 'OVERBORE' ?? Lol.
