Thread: Rem 700 6.5 Saum

How would one go about converting a 260 to a 6.5 saum? Is it possible and if so what is cost? Brass not too hard to get and is it a barrel burner?
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What rifle? Barrel would have to be set back and rechambered, bolt face opened up and mag modified to feed (Saums and wsms can be particularly difficult to get to feed properly)
Yes it will burn the barrel a lot quicker than a 260

It is a tikka but nevermind think I will leave it as after reading that haha.

Originally Posted by superdiver

It is a tikka but nevermind think I will leave it as after reading that haha.

If you rebarrel it it will work easily enough, can't/won't rechamber Tikka barrels

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

The next time I'm in Nelson I'll need to schedule a meeting.

Me too.


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If you are going to fall in love with a rifle or a stock, that is call a date, not a meeting ;-)

Took it up the range yesterday to check some loads before sending it to the customer



Looks to be a little happier after I bedded it

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Took it up the range yesterday to check some loads before sending it to the customer



Looks to be a little happier after I bedded it

What's the barrel length Greg.

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That is nice. I was thinking about purchasing something like that. What would the build cost be roughly from scratch?

That is nice. I was thinking about purchasing something like that. What would the build cost be roughly from scratch?

Originally Posted by 25/08IMP

What's the barrel length Greg.

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Its a Bartlein 1-8 Rem Mag profile finished at 24"

The action had been severely blueprinted/played with before I got it

Unfortunately as is usually the way it wasn't done properly & is lacking enough primary extraction for it to show its full potential velocity wise.....plonkers playing with things...

Another reason to invest in a Defiance action

Originally Posted by Gkp

That is nice. I was thinking about purchasing something like that. What would the build cost be roughly from scratch?

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Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

If you rebarrel it it will work easily enough, can't/won't rechamber Tikka barrels

Whys that? out of curiosity.

Originally Posted by Willus

Whys that? out of curiosity.

The steel is "funny", it picks up even with a new reamer, creating rings etc in the chamber & its hard on the reamer.

It is bad enough cutting a thread on it, very few will re-chamber them, the failure rate is too high.

For some reason we haven't had that trouble rechambering 223 to 22 Terminator, yet, maybe we have been lucky...