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Look forward to hear how it shakes out for you!

For the type of hunting you'll be doing my choice would be a 25-06 or .280AI.

If this isn’t an issue, and if you’re looking for some extra velocity, I’d be looking at the 6.5 RPM .

On the other hand a 6.5 - 280 AI has a similar velocity profile,
with easier brass sourcing.

Either way it’s not too hard to extend the mag length a bit.

My 9.3 is built for the 286 NP. My 275 Rigby is being built for the 175 NP. I'm gathering components for a 338-06 which will be built around the 210 NP.

SKane, Thanks, I will report right here.

gunswizard, you can read in this thread I already have an 8 twist 7mm Mashburn, heavy barrel 300 Win mags that fire 210gr ABLR's and 230gr Bergers, also have a big 33 that chunks 300 grain Accubonds out at 3000 fps, I have it covered, this build was to fill a small niche in the lineup.

bluefish, sounds good, I bought a pre-64 270 with a rusty bore, sent it to JES for a rebore to 338-06, oddly enough I chose the 210gr Partition for that rifle, with H-380, it will fire half inch three shot groups at 2800 fps bedded nicely in an old Rimrock stock, it's a hell of a lightweight hunting rifle.

Yes, indeed. And also the pics!!

You bet, i'll have Wife e-mail some pics to Beretzs or DirtFarmer, maybe they can post em for us, I'm going out on a limb and saying 'll get an accurate 2900 fps from the 147 ELD's or 150gr SMK's, the 28 inches of barrel and tough Lapua brass, along with H-1000 and Retumbo will certainly help that effort.

Looking forward to the pictures Gunner!

Hey big Buddy, got the rifle off the truck, three pics on the way to your e-mail from Wifes cell phone.

gunner,

There's still some daylight - let's see some targets.

LOL, i've been at it since 3 a.m. this morning, Wife just set a chicken and a pile of baked beans and coleslaw in my lap that would choke a bull elephant, I'm starving ; ]

Okay, three quarters of a chicken down and a big Samuel Smith Imperial stout in the furnace.

I went with the heaviest bullet I have for testing this new build.

New 6.5 Swede Lapua brass
52.5 grs H-1000
150gr Sierra Matchking
BR-2
c.o.l. 3.200" kissing, have mag box length of 3.400 to chase throat.
vel 2892 fps from 28 inch stainless #15 Kreiger 7.5 twist, .820" at muzzle.

Fired another round through chrono right quick, went 2894, may be a fluke, but looking good, didn't even get to the Retumbo or H-4831 sc, the 147 Hornadys will be that speed and then some.

Will fire for accuracy tomorrow.

BTW, unfired new cases miked .477 at the casehead.

50gr H-1000 went .477"
51gr went .447.5"
52.5 miked .448"

All cases fell from the rifle.

Sounds like a winner!

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Sounds like you have a long action and no aversion to something a little unusual. My buddy is in the process of building a 6.5 Sherman, which is kind of a 6.5-06 Improved with the shoulder slightly forward. You could look into that if 6.5-06 is too boring...
Sounds like you have a fun project going on.
Cheers,
Rex
EDIT: I posted this after reading the first page of this thread without realizing there were 8 more pages. My post is likely totally irrelevant - Now I get to read the other 8 pages.

I was a long action guy for LR until I saw a 7 RSAUM - damn thing matches my 280AI ballistics in a tighter package.

Any guess what my next build is.

Looks great! Why not move that rear scope ring back a couple of notches. Ring spacing is a scope’s best friend.

Thanks Buddy, I hope so, and many Thanks for posting the pics to Sir.

TRex, you bet, were I to build any 'medium' 6.5 Swede, 257 Roberts, 7X57, I'd always use a long action, just more room to work with.

LOL, and no flies on the 7 RSAUM either, good luck with the build.

Thanks Jordan, will do, had Karl install them for me so he could bed the rail, I may move both fore and aft before I'm through.

Dang SKane, I should have took your advice and shot last night instead of having supper, was out at first light this morning to shoot, saw a lot of traffic at church 400 yards South out next to the HWY, called a Bud that goes to church there and ask what's up at the church, they're having some kind of all day church service in shifts, PLUS having some sort of memorial service for some poor dear recently departed.

I may be an asswipe sometimes, but wont shoot during church services on Sunday, so have to wait till tomorrow, rains will be here by noon.

So cant shoot, Wife and me loaded several meat boxes and a few handguns and went to give some of both to some old folk my parents know, they are scared, and scared to go to the grocery store, maybe those old folks with a revolver/shotgun and some beef/deer/elk/buffalo/axis/nilgai/wild pig breakfast sausage will be doing a bit better through this cluster FU-K gift from china!