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Due to unforeseen circumstances, I stumbled onto an unclaimed carbon wrapped barrel at Bartlein, which I posted about previously on my barrel weight PSA thread.

So this one is an 8" twist 6mm, 25" long, in their Remington Varmint contour.

Blank weight came in at 3 pounds, 6.6 ounces.

I really wanted a 23" blank, to finish at 22", but, a bird in the hand........

I asked about maximum lengths to trim off at each end, and was told they would be OK with cutting 3/4" off the shank, and 1 1/4" off the muzzle.

Generally I like to have the smith cut a half inch off the shank on other Rem Varmints, as it matches up better in McMillans inletted for those contours. But then, that's for the typical 1.250" shanked barrels. With these being 1.200", it would actually look worse, so I opted to leave it full length, take the normal 1" off the noisy end, and just finish it at 24".

So I boxed up the barrel, action, and reamer, and off to the smith it went.....tic tock, tic tock....

A few days later, I had yet another 6x47 Lapua in my hot little mitts....


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25" blank weight - 3 lbs 6.6 ozs

24" finish weight - 3 lbs 2.4 ozs

So threading, chambering, and cutting one inch off the muzzle removed 4.2 ounces.


For comparison, a 25" Bartlein 6.5mm 2b blank I have here weighs 3 pounds, 6.2 ounces.




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Really puts things in perspective.

Thanks


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Got any Rem varms of same length you could weight?


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Can't wait to see what you happen to find laying around for the rest of the build....lol


Bartlein lists 26" rem varm profiles at 4.65lbs....so, a good pound or so lighter on the CF

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Good info aalf, glad you confirmed it was Ok to cut off some on the shank end. The CF blank I have is supposed to finish @ 24", but it looks like if I can cut off 3/4" on the shank and up to another inch on the muzzle I could be really close to 23" or a little less which would be perfect. Did you smith have any commits on how the barrel looked overall??


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Originally Posted by Higginez
Got any Rem varms of same length you could weight?

I have specs on one....gotta find 'em.....

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Originally Posted by Oregonmuley
Good info aalf, glad you confirmed it was Ok to cut off some on the shank end. The CF blank I have is supposed to finish @ 24", but it looks like if I can cut off 3/4" on the shank and up to another inch on the muzzle I could be really close to 23" or a little less which would be perfect.

Standard procedure on any barrel is to cut at least an inch off the muzzle end of a new blank due to "belling" of the bore from lapping. Bartlein doesn't want much more than one inch taken off these, there's only two inches total there on carbons.

Since mine was going to be a 6x47 Lapua, he didn't see a problem taking 3/4" off the shank. Obviously a bigger (longer) chamber could be a no no.


Originally Posted by Oregonmuley
Did you smith have any commits on how the barrel looked overall??

He never mentioned anything out of the ordinary.

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Screwed together......

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I didn't care for the shiny shank against the matte action,

so I masked off the barrel & action, and gave it a flat black spritz.

Now it was too flat compared to the carbon wrap, so I masked it off again, and shot it with matte clear.

Now too shiny, so I knocked it back with some 0000 steel wool.....close enough.......


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Dang if you don't always "just happen to" have just the coolest stuff fall into your lap. Nice looking rig and I think the shank turned out good.


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Originally Posted by pullit
Dang if you don't always "just happen to" have just the coolest stuff fall into your lap. Nice looking rig and I think the shank turned out good.

In my defense, this rifle is/was the 6.5x47 I put together a while back, but ended up selling the barrel.

But you're right, when this barrel kinda fell in my lap, the 6x47 was born.

Testing has commenced.......

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Drooling....
Damn you Al ! grin


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And the advantage of the 6x47 over the 6 Creed is just the Lapua brass? Not criticizing just want to know. Nice looking rig. MB


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Originally Posted by Magnum_Bob
And the advantage of the 6x47 over the 6 Creed is just the Lapua brass? Not criticizing just want to know. Nice looking rig. MB

Peterson now makes brass for the 6x47 Lapua as well, and reports are it's every bit the equal of Lapua.

I was drawn to the 47 case years ago from shooting Hunter Benchrest competition, when we made 30x47 cases from full length 308 Lapua brass or 300 Savage, if you didn't mind the large rifle primers.

The 47 case is .070" shorter than the CM case, but gives up little in performance, and is a better fit in a 2.800" mag box with bigger bullets w/o having to deep seat them, whether it's a 22, 6mm, or 6.5 version. I have reamers for all three.

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Originally Posted by mibowhunter
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Originally Posted by Magnum_Bob
And the advantage of the 6x47 over the 6 Creed is just the Lapua brass? Not criticizing just want to know. Nice looking rig. MB


Lapua makes 6 creed brass


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