Originally Posted by
TCLouis
TbG
6.5X50 is a great little cartridge in the rifles IF one is willing to ignore an oversized chamber, at least every in every one I have seen. I am assuming they diod that to overcome any dirty ammo issues in combat, because otherwise the machining is first rate.
Trust me the 6.5 JDJ in a Contender will outperform the 6.5X50 in the same platform. Someplace floating around on the internet there is a story about th6.5X50 in the Contender written by "Rich Jake" (RIP).
If one had one of the Type 38s with the oversized chambers, the 6.5X257 or 6.5X51 would be good candidates to correct the chamber.