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6.5X444 Improved! #11533696 10/27/16
Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 23 P PR6284 OP New Member
OP PR6284 New Member P Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 23	This is a Remington 700 set-up as a single shot, and chambered in 6.5X444 Improved. To make the 6.5X444, start with new 444 Marlin brass, neck it down to 6.5, fire-form and you're good to go... For comparison, the 260 Remington is on the left, 6.5X444 Improved in the middle and then the 6.5-06 on the right... Case capacity between the three cartridges with a small stick powder is as follows: 260 Remington - 46.0 gr... 6.5X444 Improved - 53.0 gr... 6.5-06 - 58.0 gr... So why build such an odd cartridge in a Remington bolt action? At least for now, we still have the FREEDOM to do what we want! To God Be The Glory!

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Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11534922 10/27/16
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,096 Likes: 5 Canyon Ferry, Montana M MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger
MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger M Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,096 Likes: 5 Canyon Ferry, Montana	Looks like it might be pretty close in volume to the 6.5x55 Swede.

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11534931 10/27/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,520 Helena, MT elkchsr Campfire Regular
elkchsr Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,520 Helena, MT	I wonder how it compares to a 256 Newton?

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! MontanaMarine #11534932 10/27/16
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,825 Likes: 3 Alaska/Texas A APDDSN0864 Campfire Ranger
APDDSN0864 Campfire Ranger A Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,825 Likes: 3 Alaska/Texas	Looks suspiciously like a 6.5 JDJ... I'd love to get the range report! Ed "Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! elkchsr #11534969 10/27/16
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,457 Stuck in Folsom Prison H haverluk Campfire Regular
haverluk Campfire Regular H Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,457 Stuck in Folsom Prison	Originally Posted by elkchsr I wonder how it compares to a 256 Newton? or a 6.5x284? Semper Fi

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Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11534988 10/27/16
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,912 Likes: 13 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,912 Likes: 13 Southern Oregon USA	I was thinking it looks a boat load like the size of my 6.5 x 57.....the AI version should have about the same case capacity if the 6.5 x 57 doesn't....

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11535350 10/27/16
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OP PR6284 New Member P Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 23	It is pretty close to the 6.5X55. Don't know anything about a 256 Newton. The 6.5 JDJ is based off the 225 Winchester case. More like a 260 Remington Improved on steroids! The 6.5-284 has greater powder capacity. To God Be The Glory!

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11535396 10/27/16
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Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,359 Likes: 9 Oregon	I like odd shiet so that's cool. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11535490 10/27/16
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,662 Likes: 2 Wyotana Cowboybart Campfire Tracker
Cowboybart Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,662 Likes: 2 Wyotana	Oddly I had a reamer made for something very similar about 5 years ago. I called it the 6.5 Clark. I actually planned to use it as a 35 cal, but ordered the reamer with a 6.5 pilot. This way I can bush it up to anything larger. Mine used the standard shoulder angle for a 260 (or 7-08/308/358...) but the shoulder was moved forward only giving a .250" long neck. I did this so I wouldn't have to deal with custom dies. Base size with a 444 FL die with guts removed. Neck size (and shoulder bump if needed) with a 260 dies. Seat with 260 dies. I ordered the reamer for use in a Contender, but never got around to using the reamer. I thought maybe someday a #1 or drillings that needed a some attention would get the reamer used on it. Nothing so far. I don't have a desire to have a bolt gun with a rimmed case, but if it works - why mess with it! Some is Good---More is Better----Too Much is Just Right

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11535591 10/27/16
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 4,088 Likes: 1 WA to NM erich Campfire Tracker
erich Campfire Tracker Joined: May 2002 Posts: 4,088 Likes: 1 WA to NM	Looks like you just recreated the 6.5x57R and improved it a little, it's been around for over 100 years. After the first shot the rest are just noise. Make mine a Minaska Heaven has walls and rules, H-ll has open borders

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Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11535639 10/28/16
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,198 Likes: 7 MonDak V viking Campfire Ranger
viking Campfire Ranger V Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,198 Likes: 7 MonDak	Ok. Why. It looks snazzy enough.

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11537477 10/28/16
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OP PR6284 New Member P Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 23	Why?!?! Just to have something a little bit different, and something that not everyone else out there has. To God Be The Glory!

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! PR6284 #11537727 10/28/16
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,182 Northern California Hammerdown Campfire Ranger
Hammerdown Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 17,182 Northern California	Have fun with that. Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! Hammerdown #11539127 10/29/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC hillbillybear Campfire Ranger
hillbillybear Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 27,692 Western NC	This would be slick in a Ruger Number One. Member: Clan of the Turdlike People. Courage is Fear that has said its Prayers �If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.� Ronald Reagan.

Re: 6.5X444 Improved! hillbillybear #11539301 10/29/16
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OP PR6284 New Member P Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 23	Originally Posted by hillbillybear This would be slick in a Ruger Number One. I have put several of these in a Ruger #1, and in everything from 6mm up to .35 caliber. I have found the Ruger #1 does better when set up with a rimmed cartridge, and rounds that I have that are based off of cases like the 30-30, 444 Marlin and 9.3X74R are all very accurate from these types of falling blocks. To God Be The Glory!

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