25-06 to 6.5 something

[jeffman3]

I'm looking into re-barreling my 25-06 (for several reasons), and am looking at the 6.5 Creedmoor, or the 6.5-284. My Question is about the feeding of the rounds through the internal mag. I may replace the stock as well with this rebuild, if funds allow that luxury. I am working with a Stevens 200 long action. I don't think it would be an issue with the bolt face, but I welcome any input you might have on this conversion.

Thank you in advance,

Jeffman

[nsaqam]

Since you're building on an LA I see no reason not to go with the 6.5-284.

The Creedmoor is optimized for SA's and the 6.5-284 in the LA mag will allow you to seat the very long, heavy for caliber 6.5mm bullets way out there.

[stomp442]

Why not go with the old 6.5-06. Already got all the brass you need, just neck up the 25-06 stuff and you know its going to feed relaibly. The 6.5-06 is the ballistic twin of the 6.5-284 while being just a touch more efficient. I just built one for a friend of mine with a sporter contour Shaw barrel and its running 48.5 grains of H4350 pushing a 140 grain Berger at 2950 fps into 1" groups at 200 yards.

[jeffman3]

I should have included the 6.5-06 in the chamberings I was looking at! :) My concern with the 6.5-06 is that we have another 25-06 rifle, used by other family members when we hunt, and I was concerned about my wife and/or kids getting ammo mixed up. It "shouldn't" chamber, but they really aren't that far off. Do you think A 6.5-06 could close on a 25-06 chamber?

[MZ5]

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[CJnWy]

Converted a 30-06 110 Savage to 6.5-284 and it feed through the stagered internal mag just fine. The Axis will also convert from 25-06 to 6.5-284 and feed from the clip with just a little adjustment.
Good idea to use a different case. It can be easy to mix them up.....I used to use a 6-284 and a 6.5-284 for long range prairie dogs. I shot MKs in the 6 and Amaxes in the 6.5 so you would think it wouldnt be hard to keep them seperated. Luckily the only mix up I had was a 6 going into the 6.5, the other way around and it could have gotten real interesting!!!!!

[jpdown]

I converted my Savage LA hunting rifle from factory 30-06 to 6.5x284 with a CBI light varmint barrel. No problems with feeding or ejection. Very accurate and a pleasure to shoot. Impressive down-range ballistics and energy with RL-17 and Berger 140 gr VLD's.

[stomp442]

Well you could always neck down 30-06 or 270 cases to the 6.5 that way they have different head stamps. Honestly though the 6.5 loaded with a 140 Berger looks nothing like a 25-06. That long skinny bullet sticking out there looks quite a bit different.

[jeffman3]

I converted my Savage LA hunting rifle from factory 30-06 to 6.5x284 with a CBI light varmint barrel. No problems with feeding or ejection. Very accurate and a pleasure to shoot. Impressive down-range ballistics and energy with RL-17 and Berger 140 gr VLD's.

Was your rifle a center feed internal mag or the detachable variety, and do you think that would matter at all?

[jeffman3]

Well you could always neck down 30-06 or 270 cases to the 6.5 that way they have different head stamps. Honestly though the 6.5 loaded with a 140 Berger looks nothing like a 25-06. That long skinny bullet sticking out there looks quite a bit different.

I had thought about using 270 brass, and the VLD, or other obviously different looking bullet, and that "should" work, but acidents are just that. If...... the chamber would happen close on the round, it could be very very bad.

[peterf225]

Another way to help tell the difference would be to use nickel plated brass for one caliber and regular brass for the other.