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iambrb-

There was a recent thread on the 6.5x50 in the Reloading Big Game Rifles forum in December 2007.

I think THIS LINK will take you there.

As a followup to that thread: Some posters on reloading forums on surplus rifle boards describe another trick to minimize the problem of bulging 6.5 Arisaka cases. It involves wrapping a band of scotch tape around the circumference of the case just ahead of the extractor groove, before initial firing. This allows the case to expand a bit, but it doesn't all happen on the weaker side of the case. Warning: I've never tried this, and don't know whether it works as described.

It sounds like a nifty rifle. Good luck with it.
--Bob

--Bob