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I would say - If other 6.5 x 47 Lapua guys aren't having an issue, then it's gonna be alright. That's a pretty established cartridge, now, and Lapua put their name on it. There's no way it doesn't function, as a developed load/cartridge, by Lapua. Here's good info on "the 3," 6.5 x 47 Lapua vs. 6.5 Creedmoor vs. .260 Rem. http://demigodllc.com/articles/6.5-shootout-260-6.5x47-6.5-creedmoor/?p=3 If it was me - I'd build a .260 Remington. I can make the brass out of .308 Win brass, and I reload. That's what seals the deal for me. 6.5 Creedmoor is based from the .30 TC brass - and finding that is hard, if I wanna convert it, or I buy it (Hornady brass a a buck a round). 6.5 x 47 Lapua is not gonna give you a "parent-case" brass choice - because that's it. You pay buck-30 per round, new brass? That's not bad. My new Hornady Grendel brass is $40-per-50 pieces. All new brass is expensive, Lapua being a little more. Even though the 6.5x 47 :Lapua will go 1000 yards - that's not what it was designed for. This is a quote from the article I linked above: There's alot to think about before getting into this cartridge...

For Big ARs, I reload .308 in 3 of them, .338 Fed for one, and .260 Rem for one - those guns don't eat brass. If I'm shooting the bolt gun at the same time, I can't tell which brass came from which gun, honestly. You build something overgassed or under-recoiled, where the BCG is cycling way too fast - and that's gonna tear up brass. Build it wisely, and it shouldn't be an issue at all... My $0.02.

As long as it's just the tip, and you don't leave it in there too long, you should be safe. Accidents DO happen, though...

You're blood only mixes with alcohol. Wait... I got that reversed. Your alcohol system can barely mix with your blood supply...

@Lane - ^^^ This guy right here... ...He felt guilty about not making a shoot, so he shipped me 50lbs of binary to use up in a shoot... I have 34 pounds left. I was gonna make a "C4 Basketball" until I found out how much tannerite a basketball-carcass will actually hold - it's alot. Pumpkins hold even more. I have 34 lbs for the next shoot - I just need to be creative in "how much goes at one time..." Here's 42lbs vs. Jetta:

Exactly what I'm talking about - which is badass...

Midlength gas system? Gas tube would be around 12-ish inches long, eye-balling with a tape measure? Nevermind- - I read the whole thread again - but which upper are we talking about in this recent pic? The BCA or the PSA (the one in the pic above)?... It's gotta be midlength gas - there aren't too many manufacturers brave enough to try making an 18" rifle-gas barrel.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!! Lurking around website to try to ambush me into something - and you ambushed YOURSELF, brother!!! It just doesn't get any better than that, right there...

Exactly - casual AND formal!...

You literally have alot of irons in the fire, man...

Damn, Cliff! I never noticed you were from Mount Vernon! Until you stated Ohio!... I'm originally from Zanesville. Moved outta there in '86 and haven'y lived in OH since, though.

You're building a 6.5x47 Lapua, just in a semi-auto. It would be better to try to find out the brass life of that cartridge, through bolt guns - which they mostly are - then try to find out if there is a difference in brass life between bolt guns and semi-autos (there definitely is, but I'm not sure if there's a calculation or number to assign to that - a percentage). If you're reloading, and only for one gun - you can get some incredible brass life based on your reloading practices. Reloading the same caliber across multiple rifles - brass won't last as long. Are you working with this rifle here - with a new barrel? - or is this a completely different gun now?

Why are the pivot and takedown pins on this one going in from this side of the gun?...

Damnit - I've already got that barrel, but in bare stainless...

Not the guy I quoted right above your quote here - he posted this 5 hours ago. He stated "Josh" but he was talking about Josiah. That's the tie-in on this thread.

He used Loquacious on you, @DNP... I love it!...

Exactly that.

Cliff, that is FANTASTIC!!! Right on, man!

That is exactly my plan...

Hey, you gotta look at it this way - you're one of the very few that now own an exceptional rail, and that will compliment one badass AR. That's almost like winning the lottery, right there!

You'll hit 600 yeasy with that load you have now, and he 168s will do it with ease. I'm running the Hornady 178 HPBTs in mine now, and they perform excellently. The ELD-Ms will do a little better. It gets to1k, but it's tricky in wind. That load is a little higher than 2600, and I won't shoot it in my ARs, only the bolt gun. The AR load is a little above 2400fps. I've been slowly working with Hornady 195gr HPBTs loaded to 2.800", and they're doing damn well. I definitely need to invest more time into them.

I had a line on one two years ago - for a straight-across trade here. That fell through. You're looking for the balls of the unicorn, here, man. You have to find the unicorn first, and hope the owner will sell just it's balls, only, single transaction. Hate to break it down like that, but reality sucks. At any rate... WELCOME TO THE BOARD, HERE!!! Hit the intro section, and tell us about yourself.

Depends on the projectile, in both of those calibers. Range-trash 150gr .308 Win loads (work quite well in any .308 Win gun I have, bolts, semis, whatever), I run 43.6 grains of RL-15 with the Hornady 150gr FMJ-BT at 2600fps. For the 195gr Hornady HPBT loads (still experimental in a .308 WIN, loaded 2.800 COL), I'm 40.6gr of RL-15, for 2300fps. For my 178gr Hornady HPBT loads - that shiit is magic. It's my secret. That's also RL-15, and it's a screamer. I'm working up loads with Accurate 2495 for all the .308 Win stuff, and it will be better than my RL-15 loads. That's gonna take time, though. I've been in the 5.56 game for a long-ass time. I have 55gr range-trash ammo that does wonders, with H-335 at 25.3gr, moving 3200fps in the 18" guns. it's nuts. It's good for 500 yards, but it take a serious nose-dive at 600 yards. It's the projectile, and the distance, at that distance. It can't keep up. That's it's max. For 5.56 heavies, I've played with the Sierra 77gr MatchKing for a long time. I switched to the Hornady 75gr HPBT. There are very m inimal accuracy differences between the two, and I've seen the Hornady outperform the legendary 77gr SMK. I load that thing north of 2750fps with 24.2gr of RL-15, CCI 41 primers, only in Lake City 5.56 brass. On those things, the magic really starts to happen when you hit 2750fps of muzzle velocity. I use to use Varget for all these loads - but that shiit disappeared off the planet in 2012. I found others, in it's absence, and RL-15 was almost the universal answer... I'll be trying Accurate 2520 to get to 2800fps in my 5.56 heavies - that experiment will take time. There's my shiit - all out in the open - minus my .308 178gr load data. That's my secret, and it works. If I get these 195s running at distance, I'll abandon the 178s completely. These 195s have something going on, I just need to play with them more in the .308 guns... Distance is a killer, but projo weight makes up for that, in increased BCs, less wind drift, and longer supersonic ranges - if you can get them to do it...

On Varget and 168s, you can get a max load of 44.0 grains at 2600 fps, 22" barrel. You're pretty close, already. On IMR 4985, you max 2600fps at 43.3 grains. On RL-15, max load is 44.3 gr at 2600fps. At 42.0, you'll be under 2500fps. There's room to grow on that one, maybe hit another accuracy node on the way up. It's all about risk-aversion - if you're getting 0.662" with 42.0gr of RL-15 - I'd stick with that one.