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PRC brass simply does not exist at this point. My want to consider a 6/284 or 6mm Rem AI. I have both a 6-284 and a 6mm RemAI...........with the 6-284 you have the choice of better Lapua brass, with the 6mm RemAI all I have ever used is Remington brass. The 6-284 is capable of at least 100fps+ over the 6mm RemAI, the 6mm RemAI on the other hand is capable of much longer barrel life Wonder if the 6 Stuver (sp?) would be the best of both worlds. IIRC prairiegoat here came up with it. 6mm based off an improved 6.5X55. Could use Lapua brass and possibly have longer barrel life? 'Twould be a fun one I think for a Tikka T3. Capacity would have to be close the X284 or PRC.
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Lapua is supposed to be making both 6.5 & 300 PRC brass this year...
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PRC brass simply does not exist at this point. My want to consider a 6/284 or 6mm Rem AI. I have both a 6-284 and a 6mm RemAI...........with the 6-284 you have the choice of better Lapua brass, with the 6mm RemAI all I have ever used is Remington brass. The 6-284 is capable of at least 100fps+ over the 6mm RemAI, the 6mm RemAI on the other hand is capable of much longer barrel life Wonder if the 6 Stuver (sp?) would be the best of both worlds. IIRC prairiegoat here came up with it. 6mm based off an improved 6.5X55. Could use Lapua brass and possibly have longer barrel life? 'Twould be a fun one I think for a Tikka T3. Capacity would have to be close the X284 or PRC. The wildcat you speak of has the smallest case capacity of the ones mentioned, the 6mmAI is basically a necked down 6.5x57 improved and the 6-284 and 6 PRC are bigger than that
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Lapua is supposed to be making both 6.5 & 300 PRC brass this year... Could happen.....but don't hold your breath. and realize the 6 PRC will be a barrel burner
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Lapua is supposed to be making both 6.5 & 300 PRC brass this year... Could happen.....but don't hold your breath. and realize the 6 PRC will be a barrel burner Lapua has advertised 4 new brass offerings for 2021: 300 Win, 6.5 PRC, 300 PRC, and 284 Win. 300 PRC and 284 Win have already hit retailers and have been available for about 1-2 weeks now. The 300 PRC sells out crazy fast as it hits the different retailers. 284 Win sticks around longer. I was one of the lucky ones and got an order in @ Blue Collar Reloading for some 300 PRC brass yesterday (completely sold out now). ADG is running 6.5 PRC brass right now. That's another quality brass option that should hit retailers any day now.
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Lapua is supposed to be making both 6.5 & 300 PRC brass this year... Could happen.....but don't hold your breath. and realize the 6 PRC will be a barrel burner Already happening https://www.creedmoorsports.com/product/lapua-6-point-5-prc-brass/LapuaNot worried about burning barrels either ... my gunsmith is cheap 
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Pullet:
Regarding the barrel life of a 6mm-284. I wore out a 5R Bartlein 30" 1 in 7.5 twist right around 1000 rounds and it wasn't used in competition. Three shots at most then cooled. Barrel life is short.
I cut off 5" from the chamber end and threaded and rechambered and it is once again shooting but lost some velocity. Had always heard of guys doing it and it worked. Don't think this fix will last for long.
Top velocities with that 30" barrel were very close to 3500 fps with a 105 Berger. Shorter barrel performance was mentioned earlier in this thread.
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Thanks for the info. as stated before, I have a 6PRC and like it. I have dies, a barrel blank and was thinking of doing a 6-284 but for some reason, could not make myself pull the trigger. I think I will rethink that project and most likely do something else.
I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects
I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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