Mule Deer,

What you point out about the remington 700 long actions being a little too long and longer than the ruger 06 actions...
I had never read that before, nor had I ever noticed it. Interesting.

The closer I look at the 6.5x55 I could really like it but after a brief perusal of Buds and Davidsons there are no new factory rifles chambered that are readily available.

If you get a gun smith to convert a Ruger 30-06 to 6.5x55 does the bolt face have to be cut mo bigger? Do they feed nicely after conversion without a lot of fiddling?

Thanks for all the feedback.

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