The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Need another source for 6.5mm Rem Mag brass

JerryM · February 1, 2012, 02:02 PM

I cannot answer the question, but just yesterday I was looking at the M 660 in 6 MM Rem I gave my son in 1971.
When I bought it a friend who had an "in" with Simmons in Olathe KS, and I went to the store, and they let us go to the warehouse and pick out the one I wanted. The price was wholesale minus 10% to my friend.

I cannot figure out why I was so dumb as not to buy a 6.5 Rem Mag. and a .350 Rem Mag. If the 6.5 was as accurate as the 6 MM, easy mos, it would be a great rifle to lug in the mountains, and the performance should not be far from a .270. I do not like 20" barrels, but still wish I had bought one.

As it turns out I was wondering about the availability of brass. I usually buy 200 - 300 cases with a new rifle.

How do you like it, have you chronographed the loads, and how is the accuracy?

Thanks,
Jerry

February 1, 2012, 02:02 PM	#2
JerryM Senior Member Join Date: April 4, 1999 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,889	I cannot answer the question, but just yesterday I was looking at the M 660 in 6 MM Rem I gave my son in 1971. When I bought it a friend who had an "in" with Simmons in Olathe KS, and I went to the store, and they let us go to the warehouse and pick out the one I wanted. The price was wholesale minus 10% to my friend. I cannot figure out why I was so dumb as not to buy a 6.5 Rem Mag. and a .350 Rem Mag. If the 6.5 was as accurate as the 6 MM, easy mos, it would be a great rifle to lug in the mountains, and the performance should not be far from a .270. I do not like 20" barrels, but still wish I had bought one. As it turns out I was wondering about the availability of brass. I usually buy 200 - 300 cases with a new rifle. How do you like it, have you chronographed the loads, and how is the accuracy? Thanks, Jerry __________________ Ecclesiastes 12:13 ¶Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.