6.5x50 Jap reloading

Jeremy2171

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Over the next few days I will make a post with pics on how to properly convert brass for the 6.5 jap.

Why convert?? All modern ammo for the 6.5 Jap is based off SAAMI specs...these were created postwar long after the 6.5 jap was out of production. Those of you with 6.5 japs that shoot norma or graf/hornady brass in them notice there is a "bulge" on one side near the head. This is due to the cases being made to SAAMI specs which on the small side compared to japanese chambers which can be larger due to wartime easing of the specs or even them being slightly oversize to allow for dirt ..mud etc conditions.

Is it really an issue? Not really....but my OCD really bothers me when I look at my fired Grafs cases and that huge bulge is there right in the open.... I'm not on Tarawa or some other island and need my rifle to extract with a chamber full of coral dust....

Will the bulges affect your case life...yes? By how much?? That I don't know....BUT I do know that your cases are no longer concentric as they will have a distinct "top" and "bottom" after the bulge is formed. Not a big deal if you just want to casually load and shoot them...but I also prefer to compete with them and even hunt if time allows it...

My goal was to make a better fitting case....it's been done before on the web and it'll be done again... I'm just going to post my experience with making this brass over the last 10-15 years or so.

So if you are interested in learning how to do this....stay tuned....
 
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