250 Savage into 6.5 Creedmore
- Thread starter RSW6.5
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Is the .250 Savage brass new or fired?
If this is new brass I would suggest selling it because you can get a good price for new Savage brass since it is very unavailable right now. Then take your windfall from this sale and buy new Creedmoor brass.
Regards.
Well, seeing as how I have to be ultra specific for some, yes there is Hornady, Nosler and some Jamison brass available. However, there are still many shooters/reloaders who prefer the Winchester/Remington brass which has been unavailable, this being the underlying, unstated intent of my original statement.
(Disclaimer) This statement is made without having checked each and every source on the internet, U.S. or European, so there may be an exception.
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250 Savage brass is readily available.
I have a 250 Savage but have plenty of brass shot in my gun. I only have 5 boxes that were once shot when I got them and those I would like to convert to 6.5 Creedmoor. Would this be a lot of work? I have loaded pistol cartridges for years but all were straight wall. I'm new to rifle reloading.
250 Savage is the parent case for 6.5 Creedmoor. Generally speaking the 250 Savage brass is thicker than 22/250 & thus more durable. Probably not as durable as Lapua 22/250 but will certainly do the job....... One pass through the Creedmoor die and you're ready for fire forming. .......... the 6.5 Creedmoor forum has ample info on this conversion. You'll only be expanding the neck of 250 Savage brass by .014" as opposed to Approx. .040" for 22/250 brass which, realistically, would require a 2-step necking up process. Hope this helps.
Hmmm, looking at the 250 savage dimensions, I've gotta say; why? It's not as bad as converting 375H&H to 308 win; but creedmoor brass is available and I would expect the fire forming of the taper of 250 savage to 6.5 Creed body to cause problems.
Worst case, smelt the brass into disks, repress 6.5 Creed from the results and go forth and conquer.
I would recommend selling the 250 brass and acquiring 6.5 with the earnings.
-mac
Worst case, smelt the brass into disks, repress 6.5 Creed from the results and go forth and conquer.
I would recommend selling the 250 brass and acquiring 6.5 with the earnings.
-mac
Norma now makes 6.5 creedmoor brass
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