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Also I would get the 6.5-55 and use Lapua cases and Forster BR dies. Very tempting. Lapua 6.5x55 brass, for Lapua, are actually some of the less expensive Lapua brass. Same goes for the Redding or Forster die set. I love bushing dies. I hate case trimming and like sharper shouldered cases, not so much for the added volume=pressure=velocity but for the reduced trimming. It's hard to find "modern" velocity numbers for the 6.5x55 in "modern" steel rifles where folks don't adhere to the pressure limits of the older rifles. What kind of 140 gr class velocities are we talking about? Alan
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Also I would get the 6.5-55 and use Lapua cases and Forster BR dies. Very tempting. Lapua 6.5x55 brass, for Lapua, are actually some of the less expensive Lapua brass. Same goes for the Redding or Forster die set. I love bushing dies. I hate case trimming and like sharper shouldered cases, not so much for the added volume=pressure=velocity but for the reduced trimming. It's hard to find "modern" velocity numbers for the 6.5x55 in "modern" steel rifles where folks don't adhere to the pressure limits of the older rifles. What kind of 140 gr class velocities are we talking about? Alan How 'bout the 6.5-06AI? Should tick all the boxes, if you don't mind case forming.
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...... I want 2900 fps, with ease, with 140 class bullets. 6.5/284?
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Bob,
I thought about building one of those on my 700 LA that I have sitting here. But am going to build my first "Campfire" classifieds rifle:
700 LA 25-06 sporter ADL walnut
Original trigger with bolt locking safety
McMIllan KS stock in Edge ADL
just bought SU35's 280 Rem factory takeoff
I'm thinking the plain Jane 280 might just fling a 150 Scenar pretty well...
“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
ALDO LEOPOLD
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Marty the 280 flings anything well....  That sounds like a fun project in a great all round cartridge. Pretty tough to beat a 280.  Always liked it.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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So, i've got the Proof Research Sendero taper barrel and the D'Arcy Echols Shrike stock, for the Rem 700 LA, in hand and I just don't feel they are going to fit together.
This brings me to a dilema. An all steel barrel. I've run Broughton, Bartlein, Krieger, Pacnor and Lilja. All great. The issue is not so much which brand but which contour. The Shrike stock can take up to a #3, actually a #5 per D'Arcy but the one in hand is already cut for a #3. I run a #3 on both a 6.5x47 and my 9.3x62. For their intended purpose, they work great. I want lighter but not so light I can't shoot the darn thing a lot due to barrel heat and POI shift. I was hoping several folks here might have either 1st hand experience or 1st hand knowledge of how their light, #1 or #2 barrels stand up to a bit of sustained shooting; what ever that is, LOL!
I'm planning on 24". For me that's long enough for a bit extra speed yet not so long it's catching on tons of branches.
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The Shrike stock can take up to a #3, actually a #5 per D'Arcy but the one in hand is already cut for a #3.
Alan If you want the barrel to fit the inlet and still save some weight you could go with a #3 contour fluted.
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Didn't realize any barrel maker would flute a #3 barrel. I've been told by many barrel makers they won't consider anything less than a #5.
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A #3 Hart is about the lightest #3 out there and can also be fluted. Fits perfectly in my new macmillan hunter stock (sako hunter).
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utah708
Has the plan.
Build something you can buy ammo anywhere in the world.
Put a set of iron sights on it. Your scope can be destroyed.
30-06 don't sound very exotic but it is a great round.
Try to keep at seven or below. You will carry it a lot.
Shoot it a little. Kenny
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