Thread: building a 6.506 what do i need to know

Getting Ready

Dressed and set to dance

1990 manufactured Remington BDL action
Bell and Carlson Alaskan 11 Stock
Bartlein 2B 26" barrel
Nightforce 10 Moa steel rail.
Schmidt and Bender PM11 Scope
DPT Suppressor.

looks sexy as when do you get to fire it

Next weekend, need to sort some loads during the week.

what profile is a 2b are you going to take it hunting or is it more a target gun

Not too big however it weighs a bit once all the go fast parts are added
Never was going to be a hunting gun, gong and longer range wallaby gun was the intention.
Have numerous other hunting carry

Very cool - you’ll enjoy it for sure. The 2b is a great option for hunting or gongs. With the overall size and weight you could easily use it without the suppressor, recoil is pretty mild in 6.5 06

Hey NICE - I think @Fireflite could be looking for something like this . . . .

Originally Posted by Tentman

Hey NICE - I think @Fireflite could be looking for something like this . . . .

NO he isn't.

"Let's just say the shooting was the easy part. "- yep me too- i have to really force myself to shoot at any deer over 400, cos my Knee brain says "noooooooooo dont do it"

Originally Posted by R93

I miss my one. As DS says they're nice to shoot.
Very easy to load for.
I loved the 130 scirocco. Had it going 3100 thru a 26" barrel on my blaser.
Mate got a 24" for his blaser and it has it also doing 3100fps.
I have only ever made 3 LR shots on animals beyond 500 m. All with the 6.5-06 and it handled them as expected. Longest being 870m

I was put off LR shooting animals after that. Let's just say the shooting was the easy part.


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the ball has started rolling dies turned up now just wait for the dust to settle over our current bullshit to determine where we go with this got donor rifle ready to go got optics so its a waiting game for a bit got 3006 brass to swap for 2506 if anyones interested

Donor is getting sent to true flite this weekend going for a 26 no4 profile

no 4 is pretty heavy, I went no3 on my 65-06ai and found it a good balance in weight vs accuracy trade off. Did same on a 280ai but fluted as well & its a lazer.

Is no3 good for target work be good to shoot animals with it but it will realisticly sped more time on targets got the tape measure out as well 26 is a long barrel

I dont ever put long strings down the barrel on any of my boom sticks, at most 3 -4 shots in a row then wait plenty of time for cool down. The 3 or 3 fluted has proved itself plenty capable for this whether its targets or animals - provided the nut behind the bolt is on form. If you were going to run longer strings then the No4 would help as it provides a larger heat sink, but then again once its hot its going to take longer to cool down too.

I run a #4 Shilen at 24.5" on my 260, I had Gunworks do an 8 flute job on it which looks sweet. I shoot it mainly on targets and steel. It comes out at 3.6kg on a Tikka action scoped etc. I have 2 other rifles running #4, I like having a bit of weight up front.