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Been halfway eyeing those Waypoints, just not my style.

If Kimber would chamber one in a Montana or Tikka would stop being hoes and chamber it in a Lite/Superlite they could just have my money. So simple....

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I’ve got one in this rifle. Shoots extremely well and is a joy with my Deadair Nomad Ti. It’s been sub minute with everything I shoot through it, and often close to 1/2 minute with 5 shot groups.

Those look pretty sharp.

Man guys, you folks making me want a new toy! NEVER had a bad shooting 6 bore! Here in LA, Deer and Hogs about the largest game we hunt, think they closed Black Bear in the Atchafala swamp and that may have been bow only.

If I had a choice of the same rifle and a case of good ammo, a 6CM might trump the 6.5, purely from a trajectory and light recoil standpoint. Love 6.5's, but the 6's never let me down when I did my part. 400 yds on deer with a 6BR sealed the deal, many either side of that from BR's and 243s.

I see one difference, many 6CM shooters may well choose 103 and heavier bullets must because factory twists will handle them, and factory ammo.

No doubt many other similar 6mm rounds that will do very similar, given an appropriate twist. Did Barrett make the 6CM OEM with 7 ROT ?

Good feedback gang, and nice pics as well. Skane, is that a 32 objective? Nice package.

Nice speeds you guys are getting too. I do like the shoulder on the CM, trimmed a few 243 brass back in the day, and admit, never felt handicapped using my 6BRs on anything from sparrows thru deer. Having a repeat feed CM to me trumps the BR, if running a bolt, unless one has a smooth feed BR repeater.

I do see the 6CM being used by the 'Looniest' of the Loonies

Aalf, do tell of your field experience with the twin, in 6L

Nothing to tell that hasn't been written in the past.

Despite the multitudes of 6x47 Lapuas I've put together, I've never taken one deer hunting.

Except for one put together as a LR plinker, they have all been designated as coyote wackers.

No big deal to hit 3K with a 105 class bullet.

My 26" gun runs 105 Hybrids at 3125.

#1 coyote gun runs 105 VLD's at 3030.

Built a 20" mountain gun that ran right at 3K.

Nothing wrong with a Crapmore, but the 47 is a viable option if you aren't spooked about lack of factory ammo.

That looks like it'd be a blast.

I'm building a 6XC on a Archimedes, T2AGAP, Bartlein M24, Hawkins M5 DBM, TTDiamond, but it's not really a hunting rifle, I considered having a 22" Proof Sendero spun up at the same time, but we'll see.

I imagine it works like a .243 as I hunted this year with the 6 Creedmoor. I actually put together two of them this last year. Unfortunately, I didn't find any deer worth shooting. I did a CO high country mule deer hunt with a Howa barreled action I bought off of Brownell's for $250 and dropped it in an Alpine stock and all up it weighed in at 7.5 lbs. Then I was going to hunt OK with a suppressed custom 18" barrel Savage rifle. I wound up sitting in a blind with a 10 year old and let him shoot the deer we saw, great time had and no regrets leaving my rifle behind.

I'm shooting 105 gr BTHP Hornady and 90 gr LRX Barnes factory ammunition, getting 2700-2800 fps respectively out of the 18" Savage and 2900-3000 fps out of the 22" Howa. The 6 Creedmoor was designed for shooting heavies from the get go. My Savage has a 7" twist barrel and my Howa a 7.5" twist.

Sounds like a great list of ingredients! Cool chambering too.

I don’t think I could get my wallet out quick enough if they would chamber in 6CM. I’d definitely buy one.

I’m getting 3050ish out of 108s in two 21” Kimbers. Kids have no issue with it and the deer drop like they were poleaxed.

I've used it a lot in the past 7-8 years. Have taken mule deer, whitetail, elk, antelope, and black bear with it.

All of my 6CM's are 1-7.5", and I shoot the heavies, 105 Hybrids, 108 ELD-M's, and 110 Atips.

Excellent feedback folks.

Scenar, did you wear a barrel out? I know you throw quite a bit of lead.

Some good performance folks. I ran 105s at a modest 2850 - in a 26" custom #1 Ruger, in a BR. Shot under 1/2" at 330 yds for 3 shots one calm morning.

Yes Aalf, the 47L is a great round. Geraci who is in the Hall of Fame for BR used it the last time we talked.

Yep.

Four barrels to be exact.... You'll get 2000-2500 rounds, depending on how hot you load, and how fast you shoot.

That's not too bad, my first 243 may not have lasted that long......but that was a fair amount of shooting, a few years for me.

Great feedback everyone. So Scenar is your 6CM getting much play these days or the hot 6.5 you were using awhile back?

I cannot keep up with you, Aalf and others with all the builds.

So, what is the consensus best twist for a 6cm? I've been thinking of building one primarily for an easy shooting bench gun, but that might see some limited deer time if I wanted.

7.5 twist will get it done with just about anything out there.

I wouldn't go slower than a 1-8" twist buying a complete rifle, ordering a barrel 1-7.5" or faster. I've never found myself wishing for a slower twist, but there have been a couple of times I've wished for faster.

Agreed, any 6mm and 6.5mm I build, will have an 8 twist, or perhaps a 7.5.

Had 8 twist 6BRs shoot in the 1s and 2s with LIGHT bullets.......at 200 yds.

My Howa likes the Hornady 105 hpbt. I stretched her out on this doe at about 40 yards. Bang flop. First season with it, but I'm looking forward to more.