AhHa!!! finally!!! a good use for all the RSAUM receivers & .532 bolt face's left over in some warehouse in Illion NY at Remmy's house.

Actually I looked at doing a 6.5RMg off a M70 WSM I was looking at super cheap...and gave up when I could not find any brass. Besides you can do a 6.5WSM off 270/300Whizzum brass mo easier than cutting up 7RMg stuff, but it looks like the WSM brass is drying up too. Don't hear much about the guy in Dayton Texas doing many 6.5WSM conversions these days either.

Seen 3 270WSM's go thru the Pawn Shop I watch in Sherman in the last month so I guess all the kewlkids are dumping them.
Ron

There is a company selling 6.5 SAUM ammo for those that are going to it. $5.85 a round in Remington brass. Velocities being reported are crazy high. I do not see 270 or 300 WSM going away any time soon. The WSSMs stock up if you have one and like them cause they are on the way out.

I am looking at lighter recoiling rounds these days hence the Grendel build, since I have been told blood thinners are a part of life now. Might be seeing some of the real shoulder thumpers in the classifieds before long.

KMon Ah the joy's of living with Plavix et al...Try an OTC herbal called Tumeric - active ingredient is Circumin and can also be labeled under that name. Pull the long Dallas Morning News archived article in the Life section titled "That Golden Powder" for some solid background by a Heart Doc from UTSW's cardio unit looking for a non conflicting Arthritus med for one of his Diabetic patients.

Got my 4 heart "bandaids" in summer '09 and have learned to live with the lifetime scrip of Plavix by using Tumeric...and it helps with all sorts of things beyond just the side effects of a blood thinner, and has no conflicts with all my other meds.

According to my local Sherman VA Clinic Doc can enhance the daily regimen of aspirin I'm on, who boosted my Tumeric daily intake & strongly recc'd double-triple response doses to other medical events too. Can be found at WalMart/Kroger/CVS/Walgreens etc.

FWIW I've been able to avoid an On the Spot decision for a Triple ByPass that was diagnosed during the Survey's surgical proceedure as the solution "but they could try the mesh Bandaids 1st as a temp solutuion that were not expected to solve the issue permanently" ...and have not heard a peep since about it from any one who's looked at me since. BTDT.
Ron

Wiley, you got me to thinking....Hmmm, used WSM chambering rebarreled to 6.5 RM. But, is the WSM action long enough? If so, that might be a good way to get a good rifle to be changed to 6.5 RM.

I started this chat because of a friend's rifle, but the more I look at the round, the better it looks. Norma has the brass, supposedly.

I love the little 6.5 Rem Mag. It's a great round. The main issue is finding brass for it. I did a custom load work up on a 6.5 Rem Mag a few years ago when you could get brass. Now, who knows. If you can find loaded ammo, get that and use the brass to reload it. It is a great little round.

603, Look at a #7 Nosler manual. 6.5RMg has an OAL of 2.80 & a 7mm & 300 WSM's OAL is 2.860...the first 2 I came to just now.

Even a 300 RSAUM's OAL is 2.825 and why I posted the snarky thought about how to use all those left over RSAUM recievers Remmy couldn't sell. Once again brass availability is the issue...but WSM brass is waaay mo easier to find than the 6.5RMg & RSAUM's is.

Charlie Sisk in Dayton Texas is who I saw on line that was doing lots of rebarreled conversions couple years ago in the 6.5WSM's ...and 338 WSM's too, and I still think it's a good idea.

OBTW John Barsness, one of the Editors at Handloader Magazine and an Editor on the Gun Writers board at 24HourCampfire also has developed a 9.3 BS (Barsness-Sisk) aka 9.3x300WSM that is a mild mannered elk / black bear thumper that's s'posed to be waay mo fun than a 338Fed....and lots better bullet selections than a 325WSM's 8mm stuff. FYI Clearwater in Oregon can do cut rifling barrel rebores on 325WSM's into either the 338 or 9.3's prolly for less $$'s than a new barrel will cost & should be no feeding issues either....was told prolly just not enough meat in my 300WSM M70 Fwt barrel contour's for a 9.3 rebore to make it worth trying though.

You can buy pushfeed M70 donors pretty cheap these days on GB if you don't care about condition...but I'm not interested in anything from Remington & haven't paid any attention to whats happening with the RSAUMS.
Ron

Does anyone use it in LR competition?

I meant 6.5 Mag.

Never seen it in my game. Most everybody runs short actions with brake. You are your own spotter, so if you missed and didn't see by how much you got no help. Occassionally you'll see a 284 or a 280, but the majority are running 6 Creedmoor, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 x 47, 260 Rem, and 7mm-08.