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    6.5x47L "Case to trim Length"


    Anyone know the the case trim lenght on the 6.5x47L?

    I can't find this info published anywhere!
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    Re: 6.5x47L "Case to trim Length"

    Being a Lapua round... a search for 'Lapua reloading data' leads to their site, and then you can navigate to this...

    [img width=600 height=399]http://www.lapua.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Relodata/6.5x47Lapua.jpg[/img]

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    Re: 6.5x47L "Case to trim Length"

    Quickload shows case length 1.850" (46.99 mm).

    Someone quoted the PTG reamer on the Benchrest.com forum, as follows:
    The PTG Chamber drawing for the 6 X 47 Lapua shows the chamber to be 1.860". If you have access to the reamer drawing for your chamber you could verify your chamber length, or resort to a cerrosafe chamber cast if you like. I would just shoot them until they get close to the 1.860 length before I trim them at all, and then just about .010 or so (to 1.850).

    So...I would think that 1.850" is correct and max of 1.860".

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    Re: 6.5x47L "Case to trim Length"

    Personally I tend to go with the vendor who brought the cartridge to market...

    I have a 6-6.5x47L, and after necking down I had to trim back to 1.838" to get the cutter to hit the mouth on them all; 1.840" skipped better than 50%. Granted, the necking down process does tend to shorten things up a skosh, but not that much over that small of a change in caliber - 1.850" wouldn't have touched any of them

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    Re: 6.5x47L "Case to trim Length"

    You can barely read it in memilanuk reply, but Lapua states:

    Cases: Lapua, trim-to-length 46,80mm (1.843")

    Thanks for all the reply's, I never thought about going to Lapua's site!
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