6.5-06AI advice needed
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A belated welcome to LRH, and enjoy! You can also use .280 RM/AI. The .280 AI might be the easy button.
Well depends on what brass you want to use. Lapua 30-06 brass is in stock places, if you are going to turn necks and go through the process of all that I would use lapua, might not have too either. Smith might have chambered it using a no turn neck. Unless you are 100% sure you need to turn.
25-06. Load and shoot, instant 26-06ai.
There is 2506 out there. Well neck up first.
Hope this helps.
There is 2506 out there. Well neck up first.
Hope this helps.
I just formed 100rds of 6.5 Sherman which is very similar to the 6.5-06. I used Petersen .280 AI brass and it was very easy. Simply neck straight down to 6.5 with a bushing die and then loaded a 140gr Berger with 60.0gr of Retumbo and a 210 Federal primer. It made for a well formed piece of brass without any pressure symptoms.
MagnumManiac
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Necking up is always easier than necking down because the brass in the neck CAN thicken when necking down.
However, this is not a given with every brass brand.
Necking up 25-06 brass is the way to go for simplicity.
I have tried 35 Whelen brass to form my 338-06 and necking up 30-06 brass was more successful in the fact the Whelen brass ended up inconsistent in neck thickness.
Your choice.
Cheers.
However, this is not a given with every brass brand.
Necking up 25-06 brass is the way to go for simplicity.
I have tried 35 Whelen brass to form my 338-06 and necking up 30-06 brass was more successful in the fact the Whelen brass ended up inconsistent in neck thickness.
Your choice.
Cheers.
