I performed an experiment

by AaronB, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 09:17 (18 hours, 59 minutes ago) @ AaronB

I figured that, the cartridge dimensions being what they were, one could run a well-lubricated 6.5 Manbun case into a .250 Savage full-length sizing die and voila! Out would pop a newly-minted .250 Savage case with the incorrect headstamp.

Having nothing to lose but one piece of rifle brass, I went ahead and tried it. I had to lean pretty hard on the handle of my Texan single-stage press, but nothing broke or got stuck. The resulting case had a few shallow dimples in the shoulder, but those would fire-form right out upon first usage in a .250 Savage.

So, for future reference, if I can't source .250 Savage brass, in a pinch I can resize the 6.5 Creedmoor and use that. Politics and reloading both are the art of the possible.

-AaronB