How dead is the 6mm Remington?

[Dogger]

Didn't see it chambered in anything on the Remington homepage. Saw lots of .243 Winchester, though. I have heard that serious reloaders prefer the 6mm to the .243. Curious to know what factory rifles the 6mm is still chambered in. Thanks.

 

[orsogato]

Dont know about what is still chambered for it. Maybe Rem 700. I can tell you that an old Rem M700 BDL Varmint Heavy Barrel in 6mm Rem w/ an old Weaver 4-12x scope is the most accurate gun in my stable.

It is a tack driver I can sometimes get a bunch of rounds damn near touching at 200 yards.

I use the 85 grain Sierra BTHP bullets. They are sweet.

I wanted to get rid of it because the cal is such an oddball, but it shoots way way sweet. I am sure the local Groundhogs wish I would have get rid of it!!

Great Cal. Major Drawback is it is uncommon. Get a lot of brass and load your own up.

Nosler makes a 70 grain bullet that really screams in the 6mm. Hogs practically explode with them.


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[Badger Arms]

I doubt any are. Why would anybody chamber a rifle in 6mm Rem? It's virtually identical to the more common .243. Having owned both, as any good 788 collector will, I can say that neither holds anything above the other in performance. The .243 is nice because I can use readily available .308 to make the cases... and do. I don't use 6mm in general because it's sandwiched between .22-250 and 308. I don't see a need here, especially with the volume of calibers wedged in there such as the 220 Swift, .243, 6mm remington, 257 roberts, 260 Remington, 6.5 sweede, 7mm-08, 7x57 Mauser, etc. All good calibers and I own a few. When I go to the field, I don't need an inbetween caliber.

[This message has been edited by badgerarms (edited July 16, 2000).]

 

[KilgorII]

Reminton 700 VLS is chambered in 6mm rem last I checked.