Originally Posted by Jeff_O
Originally Posted by 260Remguy
Originally Posted by Slope77
My attraction would be that 270 performance in a short action. You are probably right - 270 performance, which would be pretty neat in a short action and more compact rifle. Actually maybe a little better because of better BC in 6.5mm. I have never shot a creedmoor or a 260, so I am sure not trying take anything away from those rounds. I just think 270ish performance in short action would be kind of neat. In a way, a fast 6.5mm in a short action fills a similar position in short action cartridges as does the 7mm mag in standard action - fast, flat, good bc and sd. Not the the equivalent of 7mm, more a like a counterpart in SA. I haven't been around the wsm cartridges - 6.5 wsm may be great or a little too much of a good thing

I have heard of a new one Hornady is working on 6.5 PRC. There were rumors of Ruger chambering it a while ago.


You're going to run into COAL issues with longer VLD bullets in a Remington short action if the case length is greater than 47mm. The 260, 6.5-284, 6.5 SAUM, and 6.5 WSM all have cases longer than 47mm.

The 270 WSM, 7mm SAUM, and 7mm WSM all approximate 270 WIN/280 REM performance in a short action and while the longer 6.5mm VLD bullets have superior BC numbers, they may be too long to fit into the SA magazine.


Just as an FYI, and I know you are generally aware of this Jeff but just to clarify... that can be addressed a few different ways. First, proper spec of the throating cut on the reamer... by way of example, my 6.5 SAUM on a Rem SA kisses the lands with a 140 ELD @ 2.820 COAL, because that's how Gardner at GAP spec's the PTG reamer I used. Second, it's really easy to modify a Rem SA action for a Wyatt's extended box... on my 7 WSM that's built on a Rem SA, I get 2.925" COAL. A guy could literally modify the action cleanly with a file, though I used a mill. Third, if you use a DBM/AICS mag setup you can get over 3" of COAL.

Remington short actions are wonderful things (I know we agree about that smile ) capable of superb accuracy and with the short mags, they don't give up much that matters to a LA chambering... if a guy addresses the COAL issue through a combo of the above 3 methods it's smooth sailing...


What you say is true, but how many Remington 700s have Wyatt magazine boxes or a DBM/AICS magazine setup installed? I didn't get the impression that Slope77 was looking for a complicated answer to the question "I just think 270ish performance in short action would be kind of neat.".