Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters My $385 Elk Rifle

One of two half inch rifles, right out of the box, that I have ever owned, was a Remington 600 in 6mm. I bought it right after they came out in the early/mid 60s. The only down side it had other than being butt UGLY, was the noise. I used it as a car/truck gun until the mid 70s. I suppose you could say that I got too prosperous to hunt with an ugly gun. Sold it to a friend that may still have it.

Agree w/other posters. Everyone knows that it takes at least a .300 magnum to kill elk! jack

Correction, the M600 I thought was a 6MM was actually a custom
6MM-284.

JeffG:

Yes the barrel is certainly up for grabs.

I'd be hard pressed to imagine how someone could make use of it, but I'd let it go cheap. But be warned, my gunsmith said the yokel who put it on secured it with permanent Loctite and he had to use heat to get it off after it turned in barrel wrench. The bluing in the area near the action is well scratched.

And by the way, the stamp actually says "22-243 Imp". Since it's improved, I suppose I'll have to charge you $.25 more.

Fred

You got an awesome rifle right there that'll serve VERY nicely!

I do have to say, however, that a 22-243 Imp would be a pretty darned sweet rifle too, even if for a completely different purpose.

Some pretty fine finagling there!

Great buy.

Well, I've found out why Cougar Optics is no longer in business. When adjusting for elevation, crosshairs also move side to side. Bore sighting was a real treat.

Once I got a bullseye at 25 yards, the next shot at 100 yards wasn't even on the paper! When firing, the crosshairs shifted inside the tube so no one shot repeated in the same location.

After a frustrating hour of playing "follow the bullet hole", I left the range and replaced that piece of junk with a Bushnell Elite 4200 3-9.

Returning to the range, I found in this rifle that although 140gr Nosler Partitions go pretty much wherever they feel like going, 140gr Barnes TSX's like to stay in nice, snug groups.

Both groups are under the same conditions: sunny 92 deg temp, 4500 ft elevation, gusty winds from left to right.



(The shot on the right was a called flyer)



A final shot (not shown) landed exactly 2 1/2 inches high and directly above the bull.

There seems to be a tendency to string vertically. Is there a cure for that? The action and barrel are full-length bedded.

Overall, I'm still feeling good about the purchase. It's accurate, light and comfortable to shoot. I'm slightly disappointed to find that the scope is trash but that wasn't really too much a problem, since I was going to replace it anyway. It's a shame about the Partitions, but I don't feel particularly handicapped being limited to the TSX, especially when going after elk.