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As I was sitting at work i got thinking, yes a dangrous and expensive propistion, that since I now have 2 .30-06's I should try and do something interesting with one of them. So after pondering this question I came to the solution that I could use a 6.5-06, being that I have Gobs of 06 brass lieing around waiting to be put to a good use. This brings up the newbie question. How does one go about converting .30-06 brass to 6.5-06 brass? Can you just take the .30 cal brass and stick it in a 6.5-06 die or do I need an intermediate step? And as i was looking at 6.5-06 die set most where labled 6.5-06 A-Square and one was labled 6.5-06 springfield. is one better for wildcatting purposes? or does it not matter so much as long as I get the chamber cut to match, or probly more correctly get the dies that match the chamber? thanks | ||
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I've taken 30-06 brass to 25-06 without a step. Dedending on the chamber dies etc you might need to reamer or turn the necks to reduce thickness. As Oddballs says it is easier to neck up. I think the 6.5-06Springfield and 6.5-06A square are the same. Maybe someone knows for sure. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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I like the way you think. It is much easier to form 25-06 into 6.5-06. Just run them through the fl die. | |||
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Your going to need a new barrel. Those 6.5 bullets seem to rattle around a bit when shot through a .30 cal barrel. Mink and Wall Tents don't go together. Especially when you are sleeping in the Wall Tent. DRSS .470 & .500 | |||
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So thats what I've been doing wrong. thanks that explains so much So it sounds relativly straight forward. but easier to go from small to large, makes sense. Its a shame I dont have large quanties of 25-06 brass lying about. But we work with what we have. So take it slow and be careful and it should work all right. | |||
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Since you have two 30-06 chambered rifles now. If it were me I would use 25-06 brass just so the headstamp would be different. I would also not start with fired brass from anouther rifle. It's a new custom rifle give it new brass of it's own. You can pick up 100 win 25-06 brass for $30. They should last you for years. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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I did the same conversion you are considering, although I built a pair of rifles at the same time (a .280 Rem for metallic silhouette and a 6.5-'06 for hunting). I will always have an '06, so I reserved the '06 brass. I bought a case of WW .25-'06 brass, and I just neck that up. It works fine. jim if you're too busy to hunt,you're too busy. | |||
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I suppose that would be a good idea. Makes sense to keep all that stuff seperated somehow. thanks for the tip. | |||
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