Lapua 6.5/284 brass - what's the current state of play?

johnk · Post by **johnk** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:57 pm

OK, it's deep s**t time now. Nioa has my 200 Lot P00620601 to pass on to Lapua for assessment. Maybe down track I'll get a surprise, but not in the near future because Nioa don't have any brass themselves. I have a barrel, dies, projectiles & powder but Norfolk & cases to expand up and neck turn to give to my gunsmith as a test round. No gun shop in Australia I have contacted is owning up to having any 6.5/284 or .284 brass & Qld Gun Exchange told me that as of today, no wholesaler in Oz is carrying any either. Place your order & wait your turn is the mantra - or buy Lot P00620601 from the Q store.

Has anybody 2 or 3 unfired cases of any manufacture, either calibre that I could use to get the project going? I'm not in a great hurry to finalise all this, just to get it started. In a fortnight my favourite plastic surgeon is going to tighten up my left arm bat wing & put the residue on the back of my left hand, so I'm going into a short seclusion again.

Down track, I'm expecting to acquire some preloved brass to actually run the bugger with, but right now, the project is stalled - and me with a stack of Wilson stainless & Berger stuff laughing at me on the loading bench.

Cheers (cheers, he says. He must be mad) John

ecomeat · Post by **ecomeat** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:39 am

John,
I can give you 4-5 new Norma 6.5 x 284 cases if it would help.
Sorry to hear about your "next" operation and the break from shooting that will follow.
Tony
PS : Do you want a loan of a 270 expander die , to go up in steps ?

johnk · Post by **johnk** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 8:14 am

Thanks, Tony. The brass could come in handy. I'll phone you.

Don't need the expander. I have a .22 to 7mm as well as a 6mm to ,30, but that Lapua went at the shoulder whichever way I expanded. I did sacrifice a new 6br case & it popped up to .30 without any fuss or distortion. Gotta be that particular run of Lapua, I'm figuring.

Cheers

PS: The skin graft should only keep me off the streets for a fortnight or so.

DenisA · Post by **DenisA** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:27 am

Saw these on used guns.

http://www.usedguns.com.au/Product.aspx?p=21925

johnk · Post by **johnk** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:43 am

Thanks.

I was advised the same by PM, but the guy doesn't answer the phone. However, it looks like there's some lurking in Brisbane (at $90something for 50) so I'm off this morning tracking them.

johnk · Post by **johnk** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:03 pm

I finally said the hell with it & picked up 50 Nosler cases from Rebel. I expanded two up straight to .30 calibre without issue, apart from that part of the deal being worth $3.96.

Thanks for all the offers for help, but I look like I'm on my way after adopting the gold standard.

I wonder if they'll hold a load.........

Brad Y · Post by **Brad Y** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:10 pm

John

Keep us posted on how they hold up.

Regards
Brad

johnk · Post by **johnk** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:21 pm

Yep. That is the next question, but I really only bought the buggers so I wasn't bumming of the goodwill of friends.