Slamfire. Man you got that right. Remington is famous for dumping their own creations. The 6.5 Mag was a good cartridge that came out before its time as did the 350 Mag. I had one in the 600 series rifle. I like the 6.5 round. I quess the 6.5 Swede just took its place in my gun safe. It was one of the first short mags. The hunting world was not quite ready for them at that time. As someone else said, introduction in the 700 model would have made a difference.