Thread: building a 6.506 what do i need to know

I'm in the process as well, I thought it would be done by now but I'm assured next week
Mine is in two bits at the moment, the barrel and everything else. I'm using a 30 yr old BDL action.

I got a Bartlein barrel off Cam at alpine precision, he advertises here, I got the 2B for memory (it's been that long since i've seen it] as I wanted something reasonably portable not as heavy as a truck.
I'm going to use 25 06 Norma brass [ Thanks Distant Stalker], probably the 147gr hornady but thats a maybe as I have others to try.
Southernman has bought me Redding dies out of Canada and Tentman who generously loaned me his dies will now get them returned.

Mark at Waitaki Engineering will cut the chamber and bed it into a Bell and Carlson Alaskan 11 stock, he's just been flat out since Christmas, but it will be worth waiting for.

We shall compare notes as this progresses.