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243? 243ai? 6mm rem? 6mm ai? 6mm creed?
Long distance groundhogs and white tails.
Do you build custom 6mm rem ai on long actions?
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Potentially, all of the above have about the same capacity, or close enough, to be about equal in performance, but
IMO the Creed is the best fit in SAs, especially the ones with 3" mags. Great brass and ammo are a click away, plus factory guns are twisted right. Beyond these, a larger caliber might be in order, to avoid short barrel life especially.
I just picked up a 1964 Gun Digest with some brief pieces on the renamed .244, aka 6mm. The writers were fussing about it being stuffed in a SA, the 20" light barrel, and accuracy with factory ammo. Was even a hint that a 9" twist was still too slow. Sounds familiar, huh?
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I have many 6mm’s, my favorite is a 6 BR with Lapua brass and a 1-8” twist barrel.
With 95-105gr Berger’s have taken rock chucks to antelope past 1000 yards with 10 times the barrel life of my 6-284
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Do you build custom 6mm rem ai on long actions?
I built my 6mm AI on a short action but it’s a single shot, if you want a repeater go long action for sure
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Regular 6mm Rem in a Ruger MK II.
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243, but the 6mm Creed is interesting
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I like the 6mm family as a whole. I find trouble in making the decision of one over another.
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^^^This^^^ With a 95 or 100 grain bullet, it’s a deer killing SOB With a 55 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip, it’s a very flat shooting long range coyote killing machine. My old early 80’s Remington BDL Varmint Special is on of the most accurate Remington’s I’ve ever owned.
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243, but the 6mm Creed is interesting All I’ve ever had is the 243, but starting from scratch I’d likely go with the Creed.
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Steyr model L in 6 mm Remington . Ultimate deer getter.
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I cant imagine any of them being bad but with a case full of 26 and a 95 gr NBT the plain ol 243 kills deer like the Hammer of Thor.... AN I have 3 of them so if it ain't broke.. LoL ALthough I have considered AI'ing one of them just for giggles.
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^^^This^^^ With a 95 or 100 grain bullet, it’s a deer killing SOB With a 55 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip, it’s a very flat shooting long range coyote killing machine. My old early 80’s Remington BDL Varmint Special is on of the most accurate Remington’s I’ve ever owned. Did a perusal of the usual supply houses and nobody has any 6mm rem brass for sale, in stock. Arg. Lots of 243 and lapua too. Maybe 243 ai?
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6mm Remington. Mainly because I have one. If I had something else than that would be my preference.
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243? 243ai? 6mm rem? 6mm ai? 6mm creed?
Long distance groundhogs and white tails.
Do you build custom 6mm rem ai on long actions? My favorite 6mm is a custom Mauser 6mm Remington.....(self built)…..as for "AI"?.....I have never seen the logic for one.....they merely add to the cost and contribute very little to performance if any at all!
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^^^This^^^ With a 95 or 100 grain bullet, it’s a deer killing SOB With a 55 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip, it’s a very flat shooting long range coyote killing machine. My old early 80’s Remington BDL Varmint Special is on of the most accurate Remington’s I’ve ever owned. Did a perusal of the usual supply houses and nobody has any 6mm rem brass for sale, in stock. Arg. Lots of 243 and lapua too. Maybe 243 ai? Buy some 7x57 brass and neck it down. I did that with a box of 7mm Mauser I somehow ended up with. The bullets did not go to waste as my 7/08 gobbled them up. Or, use 257 Roberts if that is more readily available.
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Pretty hard to beat a 6-284. I have 4 of them
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