Thread: 6.5x55 necked up to a .308

Originally Posted by Neckshot

my small stick just keeps tipping them over though i cant work it out

You mean bending them over ?

Originally Posted by Steveh054

Hit it with a hammer to set the shoulder back, or fireform it by putting it in the Log Burner or open fire for about a while, then fill it up with powder and fire it in the rifle you don't have and lie about the velocities and accuracy, which of course will be super sub MOA Then someone on the forum (that doesn't have one either) will tell you it's shit and some one else (who also doesn't have one) will tell you how much better their one is and how their one will put 10 shot groups into a 1" group at a gazillion yards using open sights, which of course will be replaced by a $60,000 scope from the USA which will allow them to shoot 5mm at 2 gazillion yards etc. etc.
Go for it Toby..... hate to see you die of boredom after all you've been through

Cheers SteveH, thats the best laugh i've had all week.....brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Toby

What do you experts think it'll get?

Originally Posted by Wildman

It would be similar to starting loads in a 30-06...

Yes I am an expert. In what, I don't know...

What do you call similar? Cause I wouldn't call a 7.5swiss and 30-06 similar yet that's what I have been told its similar too.....

Here it is again, .308win 6.5x55 then "it" Thinking 30 Tobinator

Well the 308 will drive a 130 Barnes at 3150-3200 normal 150s 2850-2900 168s 2750 odd

Looks a bit bigger so a bit faster if brass is good?

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Ok look, before you get too carried away

I know there are a bunch of dudes on here with ~*custom rifles*~ in weird wildcat chamberings, and it's super cool and you want to be like them, but I think you should really have a very good understanding of exactly what you want to do with a wildcat cartridge, and how you will modify a case to achieve that, before you go down that path, and I also think that there are very few cases where an existing factory cartridge won't already do the job, practically speaking.

It could be a good way to learn things, but it is also highly likely to be a lot of money wasted and frustration to get a cartridge that is a waste of time


As far as this idea goes, I can't think of anything much stupider honestly. There's no reason to do it. The x55 case is a bit oddball in that it has a slightly different rim dimension, it isn't super common and it has a lot of taper. You could neck it up to .30 and blow the shoulder out, to decrease taper for case life/reduced bolt thrust and to increase capacity and end up with.... a weirdo wildcat gun with no resale value in a slightly obscure case that performs exactly the same as .308 or .30-06 in "the real world", which is pretty boring and shitty anyway, which you have to fireform brass for and get custom dies and reamer and blah blah blah


Call me a dick or whatever but fuck, c'mon

Most wildcats are pointless then from your veiw. I dont look at guns and think I wonder what I can sell that for.

Dont need to tell me its pointless again. Got that clear on the first page

Originally Posted by Scouser

Cheers SteveH, thats the best laugh i've had all week.....brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliant

Originally Posted by gimp

Call me a dick or whatever but fuck, c'mon

Well its not a very nice thing to do and I don"t mean it but OK

You are a dick or whatever but fuck.

(hope that helps)

Originally Posted by Toby

Most wildcats are pointless then from your view

Well, yeah

Steve's post has to be one of the best for a long time. Funny but accurate. I reckon I fit in there several times over but we have to be able to laugh at ourselves and check our shit is in order every now and then.

Gimp you would make a great communist! Didn't you own or still have a .223 AI? Arguably made redundant by a .22-250 or similar.
Some people just get bored with easy.
Good on ya Toby. Keep at it.

So you cant ream out a .308 barrel then because of the taper. It'd have to be a blank barrel?

Originally Posted by R93

Steve's post has to be one of the best for a long time. Funny but accurate. I reckon I fit in there several times over but we have to be able to laugh at ourselves and check our shit is in order every now and then.

Gimp you would make a great communist! Didn't you own or still have a .223 AI? Arguably made redundant by a .22-250 or similar.
Some people just get bored with easy.
Good on ya Toby. Keep at it.

Had being the operative word.

Key points:

-I built it because I had a .223 action already
-Real world performance was nothing more than a normal .223
-Fireforming is fucking annoying
-I bought into retarded internet hype about custom rifles and wildcats
-I lost a shitload of money on it when I sold it
-Varmint rifles are pretty redundant anyway


At the end of the day it's a tube of brass that contains an explosion to propel a piece of copper and lead, any emotional properties you ascribe to them like ~*oh it's different*~ are entirely imaginary

Originally Posted by Toby

So you cant ream out a .308 barrel then because of the taper. It'd have to be a blank barrel?

If you blow out the shoulder you could probably rechamber a .308

You might be able to ream a 308 barrel but you would need a long action to fit the case. The x55 case is short in a long action so you are wasting a bit of potential there.
This page may help you, page8d.
These do custom reamers but you may want to investigate cost.
You might want custom FL dies which = $$$. You could get away with neck sizing, maybe.

I'm all for something different Toby but this is going to cost you. I guess a saving grace is that a new owner could just get it re-chambered in 30-06.