Finished the 6.5-06

My 300 WM was starting to fall off on accuracy,so I decided to build it into a 6.5-06 for a change.

110 FLP flatback action trued
McGowen 26" Stainless Match 1-8 twist- 5.5 Shilen contour - 11* crown - bead blasted
PTG .250 recoil lug
Northland trued barrel nut
SSS Competition trigger
Boyd's LH Featherweight Thumbhole stock - Royal Jacaranda - Pachmayr 1"pad - unfinished
I shaped,inletted the barrel channel,and then applied 10 coats of hand rubbed Tung oil for the finish
EGW 20 moa base
30mm Burris Signature Zee rings - Medium
Sightron SIII 6-24x50 LRMD scope

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Wow beautiful rifle and great caliber choice.

Nice!!

Wow, indeed!
I think their website says the Featherweight Thumbhole can't be inletted for the heavier barrels. You showed us they can.
That is really, really cool.

I inletted another one several years ago for my 12 FLVSS 223 that I bought from Stocky's when they were the only ones that had LH Boyd's stocks.

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Very nice.

That turned out right nice. She'll turn some heads at the range for sure.

That is a great rig.

Really good looking set up , and a great choice in caliber , long live the "6.5-06"

Can't beat any 06 based chambering, they will still be here when, all those other cartridges of the week have come and gone, mazel tov looks good too.

Dean

The 6.5-06 keeps drawing me to it.... Little more than a 260 but not the barrel burner of the mag 6.5's

That will be my next build after the .308 is finished now I want a Jacaranda stock

You should follow the directions a little better the next time, you seem to have put the bolt on the wrong side of the action......Seriously though that's a nice looking rifle. Out of curiosity what twist rate is it?

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You should follow the directions a little better the next time, you seem to have put the bolt on the wrong side of the action......Seriously though that's a nice looking rifle. Out of curiosity what twist rate is it?

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It's on the correct side!!

What is the twist rate?

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You should follow the directions a little better the next time, you seem to have put the bolt on the wrong side of the action......Seriously though that's a nice looking rifle. Out of curiosity what twist rate is it?

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It's definitely on the correct side!

That is an awesome looking rig...wow!

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What is the twist rate?

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Well,I guess I did leave that out!
It's a 1-8 twist rate. I built a 6.5 Creedmoor last year,and also have a DPMS LR-260H,so it was a no brainer to use this long action for a 6.5-06.

I finally was able to go shoot some test loads. Since I plan on using this rifle as a hunting rifle,I just loaded the rounds out to 3.385" OAL to fit in the magazine. I shot some Hornady 140 grain A-Max and Match BTHP bullets for this test session. I wasn't impressed with the A-Max's,but I probably need to load them out near the lands for improvement.
The rifle liked the 140 gr Match bullets with H4381. It shot several 5 shot groups in the.4's,but the best was this one-

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Not too shabby for the first test session,and that was with the factory trigger. I had to send my SSS trigger in for repair,the trigger return spring was having some problems.
I got it back yesterday,so I'll put it back in for the next test session.

Very nice rifle and it looks like a shooter also. What velocity are you getting?
Thanks,
Jon