I never ever considered long barrel life as part of the deal.
Most any 130 or 140 6.5 bullet seated so it's base is above the neck/ shoulder angle won't fit in a 2.80 magazine box.
The 25 saum just barely fits with a 115 bt, and won't fit with a Berger.
I put the 6.5 in an old 7mag 700. A straight .264 would have been simpler. Shove 60+ grains of powder thru a 6.5 hole and I'd quess torching out a throat is going to happen no matter the shape of the case.
I've sort of lost my infatuation with short actions and fat cases.All that I own have long thick barrels anyway. AND,,,, you get to buy a special reamer too, that you probably won't ever use again, except when you have to set the barrel back after a few hundred rounds.
