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If you've got a 6x47 body die, you don't need the Forster FL to take the parent down. Just a pass thru the body die then your main dies take over.

I'm currently loading 38.6 of 2209 behind the 105...

Have both :thumbsup:

You could probably get 2800 with a 139 but that'd take something like a 30" bbl/warm load/ high energy powder

The barrel life of the 6.5L is very acceptable compared to many other chamberings. The general concensus is you can expect about 2500 rounds unless you run it really hot. One point worth remembering...

If you're after raw accuracy and pretty much a guaranteed result with no shagging about, the Lapua version is hard to beat. Maybe not ideal if you want a slick feeding repeater but a single stack mag...