6XC or 6mm Creedmoor?
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To add to my previous post;
I forgot I did initially start hand loading for 6mm creedmoor before an accident I had, following this, it’s just been easier to buy factory ammunition.
The point being I was using my 6.5 creedmoor FL neck bushing dies with the bush from my 6mm br dies. I use a neck mandrel for neck tension and also the 6.5 creedmoor seating die with no issue and achieved more than adequate accuracy.
It saved me a few hundred pounds a decent die set costs now days.
Just something to consider if you already have 6.5 creedmoor tools on hand.
You can also neck down 6.5 creedmoor brass if needs be and it’s readily available for a lot less than 6XC. I know once fired brass is a controversial subject but I really don’t mind it on a field gun when brass gets lost in long grass.
I forgot I did initially start hand loading for 6mm creedmoor before an accident I had, following this, it’s just been easier to buy factory ammunition.
The point being I was using my 6.5 creedmoor FL neck bushing dies with the bush from my 6mm br dies. I use a neck mandrel for neck tension and also the 6.5 creedmoor seating die with no issue and achieved more than adequate accuracy.
It saved me a few hundred pounds a decent die set costs now days.
Just something to consider if you already have 6.5 creedmoor tools on hand.
You can also neck down 6.5 creedmoor brass if needs be and it’s readily available for a lot less than 6XC. I know once fired brass is a controversial subject but I really don’t mind it on a field gun when brass gets lost in long grass.
ColinBr
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Brass isn't hard to get.
Not as easy as a 243, but that's stating the obvious.
Would I get a fast twist 243 over a 6mmXC?
No not if I already had the 6mmXC
Would I get a 6mmXC over a fast twist 243?
No not if I already had a fast twist 243
Both are playing the same game.
the prowler
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Got a 6ppc and the 243. As for barrel life on the 243. Probably last me the next 20years. So not really an issue. I've a few caliber rifles.
Ronin
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XC is easy to load for and in the ones I’ve built your looking at accuracy in the .2’s with ease
Supremely capable and effective killing tool allowing surgical accuracy at distance you’re comfortable with
XC is not a barrel burner like 243 win or creedmoor as slightly less powder capacity
Very efficient - 115 dtac at 2950 - easy and proven in my gun in comps out to 1100 mtrs
That would be my choice (and is) for the sole 6mm I own
Supremely capable and effective killing tool allowing surgical accuracy at distance you’re comfortable with
XC is not a barrel burner like 243 win or creedmoor as slightly less powder capacity
Very efficient - 115 dtac at 2950 - easy and proven in my gun in comps out to 1100 mtrs
That would be my choice (and is) for the sole 6mm I own
Are you saying you would not use 243 on reds
Stags would have me thinking about it
6.5shooter
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Another to think about and might not be just as ‘Fashionable’ is the 6x47 Lapua.
It requires necking down 6.5x47 brass but 3000 fps is achievable with a 105 grain bullet and only 40 grains of powder with single digit extreme spread.
Not saying that it’s better but in my experience of having one it’s not to be overlooked either.
It requires necking down 6.5x47 brass but 3000 fps is achievable with a 105 grain bullet and only 40 grains of powder with single digit extreme spread.
Not saying that it’s better but in my experience of having one it’s not to be overlooked either.
There is also 6GT which is about the same size as 6XC but lapua do brass for it.
So many options and to be honest they all do the job very well and you can’t go wrong. You just have to be confident in whatever decision you make and commit to shooting it out because resale value is pretty much nil now days.
So many options and to be honest they all do the job very well and you can’t go wrong. You just have to be confident in whatever decision you make and commit to shooting it out because resale value is pretty much nil now days.
ColinBr
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My 6mmXC will be going nowhere.
I would happily have it as my only rifle.
From Roe to red stags it's been surgical. (I used it solely for about 8 months while my 6.5PRC was being built)
Like you say they all work and work well.
Just put a fast twist 243 barrel on and get the smith to throat it for your favourite bullet. Got that on my AI. The other two aren’t going to give me anything it can’t and with 243 I can run factory when I feel like it.
if I was going to change that it would be for a Dasher.
if I was going to change that it would be for a Dasher.
ColinBr
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Do Tikka not do a fast twist 243 now?
I may be imagining it, but something is ringing a bell
I have its cousin a 6mm BRA and never had any feeding issues in a MDT field stock or LSS chassis and magazine. I sent 75 through it pinging steel out to 1034m with ease the other week. 108 gr ELDMs and N140. Ive driven 95 grain target Bergers around 2950 with little load development, and suspect something like the 80 grain Fox monolithic would be rattling along 3000 plus with no problems whatsoever. All with a charge weight of about 30 grains of powder. SDs all under 9 and ES under 20 which means you have a good idea of where its going.
I think most of the 6mm BR variations would/do make excellent Roe and below general rifles, and perfectly capable of bigger deer. The inherent accuracy means no qualms either, about lighter weight 6mm projectiles and lumpy Fallow. My M12 .243 was capable of that, so no different with these more modern offerings.
I only wish TVP saw it that way. Too many field rifles already was their view, so sadly, my BRA remains a target conditioned rifle only.
Sjambok
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And yet you did.
Leec6.5
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