Anyone on the 6.5 SAUM facebook page?
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Great thanks. Any CGN dealers carrying these mags?
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I have a Bartlein barrel and 100 brass for a 6.5 saum build. I was thinking of using a Tikka 300wm for the build, the wm over the wsm to allow a longer coal. Would like to use an original reamer. Plus I have plans for the take off barrel.
Does anyone have an opinion on why this would or wouldn't work. Same bolt face, .018 difference in diameter. First rifle build so doing lots of research.
Or could the 30/06 mag with tweaking be a better option due to intermediate coal. Have a few other parts on order, just not sure on which Tikka to build. And would like recommendations on your gunsmith who built your 6.5 saum rifle for you, PM's are fine
Thanks
Does anyone have an opinion on why this would or wouldn't work. Same bolt face, .018 difference in diameter. First rifle build so doing lots of research.
Or could the 30/06 mag with tweaking be a better option due to intermediate coal. Have a few other parts on order, just not sure on which Tikka to build. And would like recommendations on your gunsmith who built your 6.5 saum rifle for you, PM's are fine
Thanks
When I burn thru them, I will have to dip into my 300 SAUM brass
Funny, me too. Bought a .325 bushing for the 1st stage of necking down if that day comes.I'll have two 6.5 SAUM's to feed here soon. A Tikka T3 & a Benchmark barrel are at the smith right now waiting for chambering.
Bighorn Sales, Houston, B.C., Gary Eakin
I'll have two 6.5 SAUM's to feed here soon. A Tikka T3 & a Benchmark barrel are at the smith right now waiting for chambering.
Are you going to use Tikka mags? if so which one,
PM sent.
Now, I'm not 100% sure on this but I think this is what GA Precision does with the Xtreme Hunter.
Use an American Precision Arms Detachable bottom metal with Accurate WSM mags. The APA mag release is integrated into the trigger guard. No lever sticking out like the Accurate Mag bottom metal has. Prophet River stock American Precision Arms.
- AC Douglas Gunsmithing, Craige Douglas, Saskatoon, Sask.
- Bighorn Sales for a Benchmark
- Prophet River for everything else.
Craige doesn't Cerakote. I'd like to mention that ATRS did an awesome job with the Cerakote on the McMillan stock. Burnt Bronze & FDE sponge pattern.
Hey guys another update for those not on facebook, I saw there was another post on there that George Gardner was saying he met with Hornady and they will begin producing brass for the 6.5 SAUM 4S and expect it to be ready by sometime mid to late summer. Not sure if I should edit the first post of this thread so that all of this information is front and center rather than everyone having to hunt through this thread to find it.
Awesome. Thanks for the update.
Just did barrel break in so far but I was getting .8 Moa with 140 amax's and 140 berger's using H1000 and running them 10 thou off the lands with no load development and cleaning all the time
Specs please, who put it together for you?
I think you'd be good with a 300 win mag tikka using a 338 win mag magazine or modifying the bolt stop on wsm action but the WSM mag is a bit too short still. If your not hung up on the 6.5's matrix bullets makes a 165 grain .277 vld with a real good BC to launch from a WSM.
Mine is a stiller predator action, 8 twist fluted benchmark at 24-1/2 with a turned down side port brake, mcmillian htg adjustable, Jewell trigger, ptg bottom metal and Wyatt extended box mag.
Bare rifle is 9lbs
Parts were from bighorn, I ordered the .081 freebore reamer from ptg and Corlanes put it together.
Mine is a stiller predator action, 8 twist fluted benchmark at 24-1/2 with a turned down side port brake, mcmillian htg adjustable, Jewell trigger, ptg bottom metal and Wyatt extended box mag.
Bare rifle is 9lbs
Parts were from bighorn, I ordered the .081 freebore reamer from ptg and Corlanes put it together.
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