6mm ?

[shootnJas]

Just picked up a Remington Model 700 Varmit in 6 mm

Was wandering if a 85-90 grain bullet woud be to light? Im shootin the 55 Gr
V-Max in the 22-250 and would like to have just a little more wieght.. Factory said 1:9 twist. Im going to double check that.. Someone told me that they thought the
6 mm would be 1:12 and .243 is 1:9..
Im hoping this rifle is going to be my get way out there. Either way, ive always wanted one.

Oh by the way.. Nobody probably remembers me, its been a while since ive been on here.. Sorry about that..


jas

[versifier]

Too light for what? Target, varmint, deer? As to how well the barrel will stabilize it, try it and see. Every rifle has its own opinion.

[shootnJas]

Too light for what? Target, varmint, deer? As to how well the barrel will stabilize it, try it and see. Every rifle has its own opinion.

O.K. that was a little bit of a loaded question. But im only reacting to what factory told me. Quote: They strongly do not recomend anything lighter than 90 gr...

Duno, i geuss ill just work up my own cunclusion.

thanks

jas

[kodiak1]

The 6MM is a 244 that is rifled to control 90 to 100 Grn Bullets better than the 244 which was rifled for the 70 to 80 Grain Bullets.
The 243 is rifled yo control the 90 to 100 Grain bullets.
If you are shootin coyotes and varmints with the lighter bullets it will handle them okay and if you want to shoot the heavier bullets for deer the 6MM will handle them very well also.

Good shooting with a good gun.
Ken.

[runfiverun]

this is another remington snafu
they mis twisted this caliber initially same thing they did to the 260 rem.
once they recognized their mistake the 243 win had taken off in popularity
and it was doomed........ nearly.
my 6mm rem [which is a 257 roberts necked down by the way]
will handle from 58 gr to 100+ grs with no problem
where remington snafu'ed again was that the best accuracy usually comes with loaded rounds that are too long to feed from the magazine.

[shootnJas]

Thanks for all the info.
It seems to me that there is (not necisarely on this board) that there is some what of a debate on this caliber (as far as twist goes)...Im going to put this rifle on the front burner and try to get some range time and will post results...

Im going to start with the nosler 70 gr balistic...
A friend of mine swears that the ball powders are more accurate, and cleaner, but ive tried ball and have always gone back to the tubular.Specificaly IMR 3031.

I plan on this rifle bieng my coyote getter...


thanks again
will post results


jas

[wildbill49]

I've had a 700-V in 6mm Remington since 1967 and have used the 85 gr Sierra HPBT with good success. It would give me 1/2 inch groups at 100 yards. I used IMR 4350 - 40.0 gr w/CCI 200 in R-P Nic cases. This is not a hot load giving about 2,800 pfs. Because of hunting rules where I hunt here in California I've been forced to switched over to the Barnes 85 gr TXS. I'm still getting 1/2 inch 5 shot groups at 100 yards, but I've kicked up the velocity to 3,150 fps. This uses IMR 4895 - 45.0 grs. with everything else the same. This load was out of my Reminton 600 in 6mm Remington that I got in 1964, it has an 18 inch barrel, so I would expect you might get a little more speed from your 700-V's 24 inch barrel. Hope this is of some help.

As for twist, I think it is 1:10, but it will shoot 100 gr bullets very well. I think the 1:12 was the .244 Remington. This hit the market with the .243 Winchester, but because it wouldn't handle the heavier bullets (about 90 grains) it was discontinued that same year and reissued as the 6 mm Remington with the 1:10 twists.