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Re: My 6.5's HalH #16841059 01/15/22
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska S Swamplord OP Campfire Tracker
OP Swamplord Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska	Originally Posted by HalH Swamplord What a great write up. Wildcatting at the highest level. Who makes your custom brass, is there a minimum order and if you don't mind ,what's a run of brass cost? Hal It all depends on the size (yup, size matters) of the case and if it has an existing parent for ease of manufacture, my big dogs the 400 Warlord & 375 Mercenary weren't cheap at $10-$12 per pc of brass, when's the last time y'all bought 100 pcs of brass for $1,205.00 ? lol ! plus initial program set up fees @ $250.00 .... RCC ie Roberson Cartridge Company in Amarillo, Texas make me the brass per my specs plugged into their programs .... Brass is made from super strong hammer forged C272 brass, partly responsible for the high price but well worth it for the 25 firings on a pc of brass at max pressure, contact RCC for pricing on your case design as costs vary greatly based on a number of things .... see links below ... The first two pics are from the RCC website where anyone can order the brass direct, reamers can be ordered directly from PT&G or JGS, the other pics are for the website I'm setting up and are also found on my Precision Rifled Ordnance page on Facebook 400 Warlord RCC brass 375 Mercenary RCC brass "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".

GB1

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16844183 01/15/22
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 508 Montana H HalH Campfire Regular
HalH Campfire Regular H Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 508 Montana	Swamploard I really enjoyed your write up. The only thing better is your photography work. Top notch all the way. Keep up the great work. Hal

Re: My 6.5's HalH #16844320 01/15/22
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,090 MonDak V viking Campfire Ranger
viking Campfire Ranger V Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,090 MonDak	Originally Posted by HalH Swamploard I really enjoyed your write up. The only thing better is your photography work. Top notch all the way. Keep up the great work. Hal Right, you’ve said it all right there.

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16844496 01/15/22
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,980 C Castle_Rock Campfire Regular
Castle_Rock Campfire Regular C Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,980	I really like the idea of that 6.5

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16845281 01/16/22
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana 65BR Campfire Ranger
65BR Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana	Originally Posted by Swamplord Thought I'd share my 6.5 mm wildcats with y'allz I know most guys here will feint from terror & fall on their face over the "barrel burner" hysteria that seems to turn grown adult males into vaginas ..... Well, all I got is ... y'all stink like old shrimp, hahahaha just having a bit of fun, cool ? I always get a bunch of flak from terror stricken 'ginas and have grown quite numb to the dumb, lmao ! The big ones are my fun guns and I have several extra barrels for all of these on hand, got Bartlein & Rock Creek 7 twist barrels that stack bullets on top of each other A lot of folks go apes hit bananas over the Hornady 143 gr ELD-X (2nd photo) but they were the bullets that I experienced the most catastophic bullet failures I have ever witnessed ... 15 times in a row on water jugs at 100 yards at 3500 fps, bullets disintegrated into a million pieces every single time into the first jug, where is that highly vaunted wHorenady redesigned & improved new "Interlock" design that's supposed to hold the bullet together ? buncha BS pos bullet, sold the remaining 9 unopened boxes I had, never again but kept the last 5 loaded rounds for my collection and as a reminder of bad juju ....., problem was solved via Cutting Edge MTH & Lazer bullets Some of these predate the 26 Nosler, 6.5-300 WBY & the 6.5 PRC ... been there, done it & still killing them .... Jus got some new stocks for a couple of these rifles, once I get them bedded/installed I'll take some pics & post them here 6.5 Skuldryl 150 gr Bullets @ 3550 fps my max improved style of wildcat, 6.5-300 Norma Mag Improved, for drilling animal skulls from the grassy knoll far, far away, this ain't your mamas creedwhore ! 6.5 Prometheus 143 gr bullets @ 3500 fps my 2010 wildcat, 6.5-300 Norma Mag Imp with long neck the original Bringer of Fire 6.5 Mighty Mouse 140 gr bullets at 3300 fps in a short action 300 Norma Mag case cut down to 1.9" and necked to 6.5 mm, smokes & kills every single 6.5 sa cartridge on the planet with ease 6.5 Wolfkiller 140 gr bullets at 3150 fps 6.5x55 Swede Improved, maxed out case my style built on a 6.5 lb Tikka T3 Lite with 24" Bartlein bbl, my wolf killing rifle ... Nice camera work - what is the neck length on the SE-AI ?

IC B2

Re: My 6.5's viking #16848400 01/16/22
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska S Swamplord OP Campfire Tracker
OP Swamplord Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska	Originally Posted by viking Originally Posted by HalH Swamploard I really enjoyed your write up. The only thing better is your photography work. Top notch all the way. Keep up the great work. Hal Right, you’ve said it all right there. Pics are all taken with a current iphone, on the kithchen countertop or table, usually the basic model at time pics were taken ... Always impresses the gal to find her kitchen turned into a temporary photography studio for brass & bullets, lol ! I've always hated the pics posted on forums where you couldn't make out crap, can't tell what you're looking at, figured if I'm gonna post some pics they'd better be up to snuff Wildcatting was borne of necessity which quickly became a hobby then an obssession, eventually a form of madness ... I often get asked "How much $$money$$ do you spend on that crap "? My response is "All of it, can't take it with you when you're done here" .... "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16851642 01/17/22
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana 65BR Campfire Ranger
65BR Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana	What is the neck length of your SE-AI ?

Re: My 6.5's 65BR #16867827 01/21/22
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska S Swamplord OP Campfire Tracker
OP Swamplord Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska	Originally Posted by 65BR What is the neck length of your SE-AI ? full caliber length at .264" & 35 degree shoulder throated to seat bullets up to 150 gr with no impact on case capacity and still function smoothly in Tikka factory 3 & 5 rnd mags the WS2 tungsten coated 143 gr Eldx bullets are seated here with only the boat tail past the neck/ shoulder junction and they scream outta there at 3100 fps ! 6.5 PRC ? never heard of that byatch, ha ! ... "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16868083 01/22/22
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,090 MonDak V viking Campfire Ranger
viking Campfire Ranger V Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 17,090 MonDak	Dude, your like the Elon Musk of cartridges.😂 Keep up the great work and updates, this is awesome.

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16868577 01/22/22
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana 65BR Campfire Ranger
65BR Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana	Thanks, no doubt the results in your target show you have sufficient neck length for accuracy. I may have missed it, but what twist are you running in that one?

IC B3

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16868748 01/22/22
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,761 rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter
rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,761	Cool pics and amazing wildcats! Which powders do you use in each application? Originally Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16868833 01/22/22
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska S Swamplord OP Campfire Tracker
OP Swamplord Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska	Barrel is a 25" #3 1:8 twist 5R Bartlein, originally supposed to be @ 26" finished length but gunsmith picked up a chip when chambering and made some unsightly spiral scratches in chamber that showed up on the initial cases I fireformed, wasn't having it and had him redo, he chopped an inch off the fat end before consulting with me, lol ! Tikka on a Manners stock looks hot, but can really use a better scope though, that Vortex PST 2x-10x44 is a decent scope and worked well enough but gonna go on my Ruger 10-22 that has an early '80's 2x7 Redfield Tracker on it Need to get that painted stock on it this weekend and do some shooting with the 150 gr ABLR's I just picked up 5 boxes of .. "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16868857 01/22/22
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,295 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger
beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,295 Northeast USA	You’re right. That Tikka looks great! They’ve got to be about perfect builders for the 6.5x55 case. Magazines and everything are tailor made for pretty optimal length. Great stuff. That looks like a screaming set up! It’s kinda funny, I have a 270 Win Superlite I don’t do beans with. A 6.5 barrel screwed onto it would be most useful. You got the gears grinding. Semper Fi

Re: My 6.5's beretzs #16869411 01/22/22
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska S Swamplord OP Campfire Tracker
OP Swamplord Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska	Originally Posted by beretzs You’re right. That Tikka looks great! They’ve got to be about perfect builders for the 6.5x55 case. Magazines and everything are tailor made for pretty optimal length. Great stuff. That looks like a screaming set up! It’s kinda funny, I have a 270 Win Superlite I don’t do beans with. A 6.5 barrel screwed onto it would be most useful. You got the gears grinding. Tikka 5 round mags were only $60 direct from Beretta, with a 3.1" coal using 140 gr Berger Hybrids and Hornady 143 gr ELD-X bullets at 3100 fps, there is still enough room and bullet meplats don't get battered and deformed .... can shoot all 5 rounds without concern of bc change & accuracy issues from tips getting progressively bashed after every shot Here's the chamber dims I drew up in Quick Design, reamer reflects same numbers .... ... "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16870465 01/22/22
Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 136 Central PA F Fuelman Campfire Member
Fuelman Campfire Member F Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 136 Central PA	What an awesome post, the pics,writing, and especially the information! This made my evening, thank you, Swamplord.

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16871572 01/22/22
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,295 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger
beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,295 Northeast USA	Originally Posted by Swamplord Originally Posted by beretzs You’re right. That Tikka looks great! They’ve got to be about perfect builders for the 6.5x55 case. Magazines and everything are tailor made for pretty optimal length. Great stuff. That looks like a screaming set up! It’s kinda funny, I have a 270 Win Superlite I don’t do beans with. A 6.5 barrel screwed onto it would be most useful. You got the gears grinding. Tikka 5 round mags were only $60 direct from Beretta, with a 3.1" coal using 140 gr Berger Hybrids and Hornady 143 gr ELD-X bullets at 3100 fps, there is still enough room and bullet meplats don't get battered and deformed .... can shoot all 5 rounds without concern of bc change & accuracy issues from tips getting progressively bashed after every shot Here's the chamber dims I drew up in Quick Design, reamer reflects same numbers .... ... Dig it! Semper Fi

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16872768 01/23/22
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana 65BR Campfire Ranger
65BR Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 16,512 Louisiana	Good stuff.

Re: My 6.5's rcamuglia #16872799 01/23/22
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,761 rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter
rcamuglia Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 10,761	Originally Posted by rcamuglia Cool pics and amazing wildcats! Which powders do you use in each application? Originally Posted by Bristoe The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.

Re: My 6.5's Swamplord #16872826 01/23/22
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 150,910 Texas hanco Campfire Savant
hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 150,910 Texas	Originally Posted by Swamplord The 6.5 Wolkiller gets a Manners Tikka stock with a winter hunting camo pattern featuring mean wolf faces in the snow I know that the camo scheme is plain old fashioned vanity but I couldn't resist at $85 extra, lol ... That is cool , love that

Re: My 6.5's rcamuglia #16874545 01/23/22
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska S Swamplord OP Campfire Tracker
OP Swamplord Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,011 Alaska	Originally Posted by rcamuglia Originally Posted by rcamuglia Cool pics and amazing wildcats! Which powders do you use in each application? It all depends on the cartridge I'm working with , I usually buy 8lb jugs x2 for each powder and if not the same lot I'll mix the powder to standardize the burn for all future loads, same if I get 10-12 1lb cans of mixed lot powder, I could not get 8 lb jugs of N570 but ended up with 27 1 lb cans of mixed lots right before the plandemic hit, just used a tote and mixed it all up then put back into the 1 lb cans I burn 20N29, N570, Retumbo, H1000, Reloder 50, 33 & 26, lately have been messing with LRT, IMR 8133 & 7977 note that I have cartridges with capacity from 65 gr up to 230 gr (416 SLAYER = top secret, lol) powder & primers are hard to get now but I'm reasonably set up for a bit ... "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants".

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