Which 6mm?

[long_range_rob]

I have a 6PPC and love it but will rebarrel it to 6BR when the time comes.

 

[ColinBr]

I have a 6PPC and love it but will rebarrel it to 6BR when the time comes.

Any particular reason why

 

[long_range_rob]

Any particular reason why

More oomph!

 

[Shaun Goss]

I have a fast twist .243 and have had great results with both roe and fox. I find it very unfussy with bullets and being able to go with heavier bullets means less meat damage especially on muntjac

 

[Klenchblaize]

25X47ASM

K

 

[Klenchblaize]

K

 

[ColinBr]

25X47ASM

K

Yea you've totally lost me there

 

[andychas]

What are the benefits of the 6xc compared to the 6CM?
Less powder, less barrel wear?

The differences are really marginal between the 243, 6cm and 6xc from what I can see, slightly less powder in the 6xc for the same or higher velocity maybe. My choice was based on wanting a fast twist 6mm barrel for a Blaser R8, so that partly made the choice for me, I knew all 3 fed reliably (I’m not suggesting that the others don’t btw) and that they were all accurate. I did like the reputation the 6xc has built and the David Tubbs backstory I suppose, but if I had opened the options out to re barrelling I would have happily looked at a 6cm or a fast twist 243.

 

[Ade8mm]

.243 - "Roe rifle par excellence"
(Richard Prior)
Forget all the fast twist Ackley Improved bullsite. Any .243 will kill a Roe at any range you are competent to shoot.
Fox? See above

 

[Nkawu]

6x45. 223 necked up to 6mm. Very popular in South Africa.

 

[Reloader708]

I'll throw 6x47lap into the pot, mainly because I'm just waiting on mine back from proof and no one else has mentioned it.
Also I belive that's what the great Eric Cortina used for his incredible 1000yd 1.3" 5 shot group which will take some beating!

 

[llwynog]

I really like my 6XC, it replaced a .243, and has shot all UK deer species.
You have to reload for it, but it's simple to load for.

 

[Dave_45]

That 6mm Remington looks fantastic on paper anyway, it's maybe the one to get with a tight twist in case you still need to be 100gr in copper.

 

[scotch_egg]

I'll throw 6x47lap into the pot, mainly because I'm just waiting on mine back from proof and no one else has mentioned it.
Also I belive that's what the great Eric Cortina used for his incredible 1000yd 1.3" 5 shot group which will take some beating!

Wish I had gone with 6-6.5X47 instead of 6mm creedmoor.

I like the smaller cartridge or even 6XC

However I am happy with my 6mm creedbro for now.

.243 is too boring.

 

[Ronin]

X C

 

[scotch_egg]

X C

Come on you love the creed really

 

[takbok]

6x45 is fun

 

[User00040]

6mm PRC

 

[enfieldspares]

Twist, twist, twist, twist, twist. Because if non-lead comes in and, for some parts of the UK the 100 grain weight remains the law then many rifles will not be able to stabilise non-lead 100 grain bullets.

 

[Ronin]

7 twist will stabilise easily non lead

Works admirably in my own XC with 115 DTacs

There wouldn’t be an issue with 100 g non lead with this twist

The other option of course is get a gain twist starting at 10 finishing at 6-6.5 but as there are not any commercially availble non lead bullets over 100 g other than those made by small scale prototypes that’s pretty semantic