Thread: Rifle Builds

12g slugs would be the go on the island, just a shame most of the hunting is on doc land. big hole in a little deer!

One of my latest projects it was a Rem 700 Titanium 7-08, now its a 7-08 improved.



Terminator Products Cedar stock, Limbsaver recoil pad, light weight firing pin, DPT suppressor.

I have a bit of a build dilemma at the moment. I have a Rem Model 7 in 300SAUM that's basically factory right now and has the 22" barrel on it, I also have a 24" trueflight I bought with the rifle that's been chambered in 300SAUM also, the plan being the have that fluted and screwed into the action and threaded for a brake, and bed it all into a laminate stock. I have also wanted for a while now to try out one of these new Howa Mountain rifles, my idea was to get one in 6.5cm and have it rechambered to 260, or 260ai.
I also want to buy a 85 Bavarian in 6,5x55, but all these wishes outweigh my available funds.

Soooo.... now im thinking:

Just stick with the factory action/barrel in 300SAUM for now, play around with it for a bit and see if I like the cartridge, with a view to possibly selling it and buying a Rem 700 action and building off that with the trueflight barrel, allowing me to seat projectiles longer and still mag feed etc.

Toss up between buying a Howa Mountain rifle and have it chambered/rebarrelled in 260/260ai or buying a 85 Bavarian, cant afford both unfortunately

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

...my idea was to get one in 6.5cm and have it rechambered to 260, or 260ai...

Rechambering a 6.5cm to 260 would be pretty pointless wouldn't it? 260AI would get you a bit more velocity I guess.

+1, I m not sure if the standard 260 remington reamer body would clear the wider 6,5 creedmoor front body, you might end up with a ring around the case body of your 260 rounds, If they ever extract!
The 260 AI reamer should clear the 6,5 creedmoor chamber easily without having to set back the barrel.

Originally Posted by Friwi

+1, I m not sure if the standard 260 remington reamer body would clear the wider 6,5 creedmoor front body, you might end up with a ring around the case body of your 260 rounds, If they ever extract!
The 260 AI reamer should clear the 6,5 creedmoor chamber easily without having to set back the barrel.

Have talked to a gunsmith about this and yes a 260 reamer will just clear a cm chamber

For Mauser action users with scopes fitted a nice modification is the Dakota Arms 3-position M70 style safety. Replaces the rear shroud whilst retaining the same settings as the original with a locked down bolt in the third position.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Have talked to a gunsmith about this and yes a 260 reamer will just clear a cm chamber

Go for the .260AI I love mine shoots bloody well.

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Originally Posted by GravelBen

Rechambering a 6.5cm to 260 would be pretty pointless wouldn't it? 260AI would get you a bit more velocity I guess.

260 will outperform 6.5cm, every little bit counts, plus I have experience with the cartridge , tonnes of brass, dies, load recipes etc, this thread is about builds, and one of the things about built rifles is having something that's entirely yours and not the same as every other rifle.

DPT Suppress the saum and see if it will throw 208 amax

If not then the 178 amax

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