Post by: hogslayer on November 13, 2016, 08:55:09 PM
Post by: Dan-o on November 13, 2016, 09:13:46 PM
Post by: hogslayer on November 13, 2016, 10:19:43 PM
Post by: rbros on November 14, 2016, 06:23:48 AM
Post by: b23 on November 14, 2016, 07:11:55 AM
It has the same case capacity as standard 7mm Rem Mag (82.5gr H2O) and slightly more than the SAUM and WSM. The case is longer than the WSM but not quite as long as a 7 Rem Mag and not as fat as the WSM but fatter than the Rem Mag. Norma makes the 7mm Blaser Mag brass and it's easily available from online sources just google 7mm Blaser Magnum brass for sale.
I just had a 7mm Blaser Mag built and used a Remington LSS 300 win mag as the donor gun and had a HS Prec. detachable mag system installed, it feeds very well and has plenty of length for the 180 Bergers I'm shooting.
Post by: Bill W on November 14, 2016, 08:03:30 AM
I imagine plenty of people have already taken a 7MM Rem Mag down to 6.5 MM, but that would be pretty cool......
Winchester did that back in 1959. .264 Win Mag.
Post by: b23 on November 14, 2016, 11:35:21 AM
I imagine plenty of people have already taken a 7MM Rem Mag down to 6.5 MM, but that would be pretty cool......
Winchester did that back in 1959. .264 Win Mag.
To bad they didn't remove the belt from the case design back then, too. :tup:
Post by: theleo on November 14, 2016, 11:59:05 AM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on November 14, 2016, 12:21:14 PM
I might be off base but You might be able to do a 35 STA.:drool:
Post by: jdb on November 14, 2016, 04:33:57 PM
Post by: hogslayer on November 14, 2016, 08:11:20 PM
stick with a long action magnum case. It will feed a little better than the short cases in a long action.
I have thought about that to. Only issue I see is that right now at 3.336 coal I am at max magazine and already filed it down big time. I was thinking of going to a 30 cal mag, but with high bc bullets it wouldn't fit. I already had to find the second sweet spot for the bergers at .80 thou off the lands to get them to fit. Otherwise it is single shot.
Post by: 12Gauge on November 14, 2016, 08:18:40 PM
I imagine plenty of people have already taken a 7MM Rem Mag down to 6.5 MM, but that would be pretty cool......
Winchester did that back in 1959. .264 Win Mag.
And it became a legend as a barrel burner. The velocity was to fast at around 3400 FPS, barrels did not last long and they were shot out.
Post by: yorketransport on November 14, 2016, 09:23:37 PM
If it were me, I'd go with a larger bore. The 6.5 and 7mm are so close that it almost seems like a waste. A 358/375 Ruger would fit perfect in there and will almost match the performance of the 358 STA. :twocents: I'm a huge fan of the 338/375 Ruger and I'be had 5 of them over the years. Either the 338 or 358 would make a great 20-22" barreled hunting rifle.
Post by: Dan-o on November 14, 2016, 09:55:17 PM
(Your new ultimate antelope rifle)
Or a 22/7MM Rem Mag
(Your new ultimate predator 3,800 fps round)
Post by: hogslayer on November 14, 2016, 10:03:46 PM
Post by: yorketransport on November 14, 2016, 10:27:28 PM
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Post by: b23 on November 14, 2016, 10:47:54 PM
I like the 6.5 Blaser idea!
If nothing else, you'd likely have the only one in existence and that alone would make it worth it. ;)
Post by: RadSav on November 15, 2016, 03:26:13 AM
I also think the 30-338 Win is an even swap with both magazine and bolt head. I spent a good bit of time with a 308 Norma and loved it! 30-338 should be dang near identical to my old Norma, but I think it gives you about .050" more room in your magazine.
Post by: theleo on November 15, 2016, 07:31:33 AM
Post by: Bill W on November 15, 2016, 08:00:30 AM
I imagine plenty of people have already taken a 7MM Rem Mag down to 6.5 MM, but that would be pretty cool......
Winchester did that back in 1959. .264 Win Mag.
And it became a legend as a barrel burner. The velocity was to fast at around 3400 FPS, barrels did not last long and they were shot out.
I don't know if you ever owned a .264 as it doesn't seem so. People used to talk about how the .220 Swift burned out barrels and how bad the .17's fouled. Most of the talkers never owned one.
At one time I had 3 .264's. Two pre-64 Model 70's and 1 Remington 700 Classic. I don't know where Winchester got their velocities that the original claims were based on. Later the published velocities were revised downwards. The 140 grain ended up with a published velocity of 3030 fps, downwards from the original 3200 fps. I do not know where the 100 grain factory load ended up. Originally it was at 3600 fps.
Any high powder capacity, overbore cartridge has the potential to burn out barrels. Even a .223 will burn out throats if the shooter gets it hot enough.
If I had to do it all over again instead of a .264 I would have purchased a 7mm Rem Mag as there was lots better bullet choices in the past. Now it doesn't seem to matter what caliber one has. There are lots of options and premium bullets available.
Post by: slm9s on November 15, 2016, 08:34:06 PM
There's the new 6.5x300WBY.
Post by: bullfisher on November 15, 2016, 09:24:10 PM
I am having a 28 Nosler built my Michael at Hells canyon armory. I have a sako 7mm mag that I am wanting to re-barrel in something else. Leaning towards a 6.5 SAUM, or 6.5 wsm. I would like to use my same action and bolt. Curious what other people have done with building off a magnum action?Are you having it built to 195gr berger mag length? You will eventually gravitate towards the 195's and they end up about 3.7+" in the 28 i believe.
Post by: hogslayer on November 16, 2016, 07:38:40 PM
Post by: theleo on November 17, 2016, 10:43:18 AM
But already bought 200 rounds of 180 hybrids and 10 lbs of retumbo. Let's just say I am going to make that combo work! :chuckle:Or have a lot of 180 Hybrids and Retumbo sitting next to the reloading bench.