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6mm BR is coming !!
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01/10/20 10:30 PM
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TackDriver
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After a year of waiting, my gunsmith calls and says my 6 BR is ready to be shipped. Can't wait and ordering some 105 / 107 grain bullets and powder. The gunsmith had put a 1 in 8 twist 26 inch Bartlien heavy barrel on a custom Remington 700 action, McMillian A5 stock with cheekriser, Jewel trigger with 16 oz break, pillar bedded, with a 20 minute base rail and a rail for the forearm for an Atlas bipod. I'll be adding a NightForce ATAR 5.5-25 Does anyone recommend a great powder for the 6BR? I have used AA-2015 and BenchMark in the past using the 68-70 grain bullets with the 1-13 twist, but this time I'll be using the heavies in the new 1 in 8 twist.
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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#7713979
01/10/20 11:20 PM
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kmon11
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I would try Varget looking at this LINK.
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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#7713988
01/10/20 11:26 PM
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HandgunHTR
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Varget and 8208-XBR is where I would start.
Congrats on the new build!
Last edited by HandgunHTR; 01/10/20 11:26 PM.
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/11/20 02:21 AM
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Korean Redneck
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I would try Varget looking at this LINK.Cool article. I even read all the other 4.
I'm a dude who likes long barrels!
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/11/20 02:35 AM
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I would wait until the rooster lollipop known as Judd pops in.
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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#7714164
01/11/20 02:47 AM
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kmon11
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I would wait until the rooster lollipop known as Judd pops in. Yup, he is the Dasher man on here. Not sure if he uses the heavy bullets 100gr+ in the bench rest game
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/11/20 02:54 AM
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I would wait until the rooster lollipop known as Judd pops in. Once he’s done grinding up his cat poop coffee
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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#7714176
01/11/20 03:03 AM
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Judd uses Varget in his Dashers I recall and would probably use the same in the 6 BR. I'm using 105 Hybrids in my Dasher. Awesome little cartridge.
I was wrong...on anything technical. Fitz............. is right, ya know............
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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#7714183
01/11/20 03:07 AM
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Bee'z
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Forgot you have one of them too Fitz. I texted the jackwagon but thank you for the clarification
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/11/20 03:31 AM
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This is the picture the gunsmith sent me today.
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/11/20 04:00 AM
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Been using H322 in my BR’s but I don’t use the heavy bullets. Mine has a 10 twist Shilen 24”
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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#7714268
01/11/20 04:51 AM
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Mine ended up liking IMR 4166 Enduron with 105VLD’s Been meaning to try ARComp but too busy playing with other stuff.
"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."
Jack O'Connor 1963
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/11/20 05:45 AM
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Congrats, good looking gun.
All I shoot are heavies and a steady diet of hybrids mainly...although 108’s are pretty impressive too. Anyway, the 6br load is 30 grains of Varget and if it won’t shoot that you’ve got a tough one. H4895, ARComp, 4166, 8208, RL15 are all good powders that will work in a 6br but most folks are going to use Varget.
Don't let your ears hear what your eyes didn't see, and don't let your mouth say what your heart doesn't feel
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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#7714391
01/11/20 02:58 PM
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HandgunHTR
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This is the picture the gunsmith sent me today. Very nice! What bottom metal is that? The reason I ask is that I have a short action Remington action that currently has a .223 bolt face bolt, but I have a line on a decent priced .308 bolt face bolt and am considering building a 6BR instead of a 6X45. If I go the BR route, I would need to also get new bottom metal and I would want a mag that feeds reliably as the goal is a lightweight short range hunting rifle.
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/13/20 04:08 PM
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NICE - what a rig when you get the NF sitting on it!
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/13/20 07:36 PM
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TackDriver
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This is the picture the gunsmith sent me today. Very nice! What bottom metal is that? The reason I ask is that I have a short action Remington action that currently has a .223 bolt face bolt, but I have a line on a decent priced .308 bolt face bolt and am considering building a 6BR instead of a 6X45. If I go the BR route, I would need to also get new bottom metal and I would want a mag that feeds reliably as the goal is a lightweight short range hunting rifle. It's the DBM with the AICS magazine.
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/13/20 08:15 PM
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That rifle will be lots of fun to shoot!
Congrats!
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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#7716684
01/13/20 09:08 PM
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Looks great!
Don't look like much fun to carry thought, is that a truck axle lol all in good fun
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: 6mm BR is coming !!
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01/15/20 11:04 PM
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Thanks guys for the nice compliments and advice. Going to post results soon.
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