morcey2
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The 6.5x55 head is about 0.009" larger than a 308/?x57/06/etc, which isn't much. The problem comes in when winchester brass has the same head size as the 308, but the chamber is still larger. It makes brass life very short.I like the sound of a 6.5-06. You may want to consider a .260 and 6.5x55 as well. I'm not looking at specs, but I have some .308 & 6.5x55 brass sitting here and the head dia's look the same.
I assume the x-wsm's and x-284 would be some real barrel burners.
I'm building a 6.5x55 on a spanish 93 receiver and I have a Stevens 200 in 30-06 with a nasty looking bore on layaway that at this point is slated to become a 6.5-06 AI.
Matt