Bighorn. TL2 and Original Bighorn. Very similar to Savage. Everything is custom some things work, some take tweaking.What action are you feeding out off ?
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"With the exception of barrel life the XC looks really attractive to me, are there any downsides that I am missing?"
Aside from barrel life..... probably not. Especially since Peterson started making SRP XC brass. I've heard it measures very consistent.
The 6 Br feeds great out of the MDT BR mags .There is know problem feeding ,Just falls off the bolt before it gets clear of the side of action to eject. It is so short that it turns side so the pin won’t push it off . I change out ball under ejector to one a little bit bigger ,still didn’t help . I must say I am disappointed,hope someone here has the fix !Bighorn. TL2 and Original Bighorn. Very similar to Savage. Everything is custom some things work, some take tweaking.
The 6 Br feeds great out of the MDT BR mags .There is know problem feeding ,Just falls off the bolt before it gets clear of the side of action to eject. It is so short that it turns side so the pin won’t push it off . I change out ball under ejector to one a little bit bigger ,still didn’t help . I must say I am disappointed,hope someone here has the fix !
As for barrel life 3000 easy with Varget ,30 gr. 107 smk or 105 Bergers with HBN coating .Brass lasts for the life of the barrel.New barrel and new brass and start over .
The 6 Br feeds great out of the MDT BR mags .There is know problem feeding ,Just falls off the bolt before it gets clear of the side of action to eject. It is so short that it turns side so the pin won’t push it off . I change out ball under ejector to one a little bit bigger ,still didn’t help . I must say I am disappointed,hope someone here has the fix !
As for barrel life 3000 easy with Varget ,30 gr. 107 smk or 105 Bergers with HBN coating .Brass lasts for the life of the barrel.New barrel and new brass and start over .
If your inexperienced the 6 Creedmoor might be more to your liking. As far as the Dasher feeding better. The Dasher is slightly longer which helps with the magazine feeding.I’m late to the party and very inexperienced. Am trying to get into this. I’m confused as to why the dasher would feed better than the br? If I understand correctly, the dasher is a 40° shoulder, and aren’t those usually more picky about feeding? I’m trying to decide what to choose myself, so thanks for any help.
If your inexperienced the 6 Creedmoor might be more to your liking. As far as the Dasher feeding better. The Dasher is slightly longer which helps with the magazine feeding.
If you want to get really in the weeds for the differences, head over to accurateshooter. The benchrest guys there have several threads (and pissing matches) on the minute case differences and accuracy/tuning potential.
For most guys here, for PRS or steel use, makes it more of a preference/brass/mag feeding issue than proving that 6BRA is slightly more accurate than 6 Dasher.
Everybody is always talking about how easy it is to find a load that works really well for the br and dasher and the like. And it seems much rarer that people are arguing in favor of the 6cm. Is there any reason for these? Bandwagon thing? A little trickier to dial in? I understand they require more powder. Is that the only turn off?
Thanks again for all this fellas. I truly appreciate it all.
6 creed is not hard to dial in per se, theBR based stuff is just really easy as far as accuracy. There’s a reason it started as a bench rest sweetheart.
Pro’s:6 Creed doesn’t require dialing in magazines and has a lot more options for factory ammo. No fire forming.
Cons: A bit more recoil, burns 10 grs more powder on average, and scorches barrels quicker. A lot quicker according to many. This may lend to the idea of being hard to tune because people are chasing the lands and velocity decreases vs slow and steady of the BR based stuff.
If you don’t reload look at 6GT or 6 Creed. If you do reload I would say do a 28” 6BR, run it low and slow and you don’t have to fire form. Easy peasy.
Thanks to all that had advice for my ejection problem with my new Savage elite. I have five Savage target actions and the are all weak on ejection with the 6 BR or 6PPC .The single shot actions ,it doesn’t bother me as much . I bought two of the Savage enhancement kits .This just cured all the issues.![]()
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Outstanding. The BR sounds like the ticket then. My girlfriend wants to start competing with me at some point too, and she wants as low recoil as is possible. And I enjoy reloading a whole lot. So I guess the final question then is, how do you overcome the feeding issues associated with the 6BR?
So I guess the final question then is, how do you overcome the feeding issues associated with the 6BR?
HRD, Primal rights, and PVA make mag kits. All depends on what system you're running.
For reloading, search accurateshooter for load data. Those guys love some 6BR and 6BRA.
So which platform works best for 6s? I’m also shopping for a custom action, and am very undecided.
6BR, 6 creed, and 6GT are all standard ,473 bolt faces and run in a short action. Pick whatever action appeals to you.
For the br cases I like a mechanical ejector rather than a spring loaded one.Again, a very sincere thank you. I really appreciate it all
For the br cases I like a mechanical ejector rather than a spring loaded one.
The spring will try to push the case out off the bolt face as soon as possible... which can sometimes be while it’s still inside of the action.
A mechanical ejector doesn’t try to push the case out off the bolt face until the bolt is at the rear of its travel to hit it so you eliminate that early drop issue.
That’s not to say the spring loaded don’t work alright as plenty use them to great effect, I just like the mechanical. Bighorn/Zermatt and ARC are the two companies I would lean towards myself for a br based repeater.