Questions for those knowledgeable on the subject of throating/finishing a 6.5x55 Mauser large ring barrel, just bought earlier today here in S&S and am planning a build on a Yugo 48 (intermediate) action I bought when they were cheap several years ago with a future sporter build in mind. I've already built two others sporters on Yugo 48's, one barrel was in brand new condition that is still 8mm, had a Brownell's .308 bbl put on another, and now have the 6.5x55 bbl (1:9 twist) still in the white & short chambered from the description. Active group buy for the 6.5x55 MiHec Cruise Missile is the boolit that would be the choice to shoot in it when finished, so rather than fitting the boolit to the rifle, matching the throat to the boolit would be the plan, and also to use either reformed military '06 brass (preferred) or U.S. manufactured brass with the .308/.30-06 rim. Chamber would be fit to both the brass/boolit combination seated to the ideal depth and brass thickness/length pre-determined.
6.5x55 is my favorite cartridge going back to the sporter my Dad built for my first deer rifle on a Swedish M94 carbine (no "Bubba" jokes, Dad was talented at stock work & hand checkering). I also have the NOE Kurtz mold to try in that one, & I used to be able to use the old discontinued Hornady 140 grained RN seated long (very accurate w/H4831!) so the Cruise Missile may or may not work better for the M94, still to be determined.
Any and all thoughts will be greatly appreciated, this is a project that will take place over time and will include selecting a quality Kevlar stock with an aluminum bedding block, if not to be found then glass & pillar bedded composite, Timney trigger, bolt jeweling, drilling & tapping, etc.
6.5x55 is a build I've thought about since my teens so this will be something I want to do right and am in no hurry to see it through to completion. Gunsmiths who specialize in this work used by any of you here that you'd recommend will be something I'd welcome and appreciate.
Very exited & looking forward to building a custom sporter in 6.5x55 specifically designed to hunt with cast boolits, sort of a lifetime dream come true even if it doesn't make sense to most people.