Gunsmithing Gorski Build Thread 6mm Creedmoor

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    #1
    Here's another one in the werks!

    Fat phuk 6mm Creedmoor on an M700. Receiver and barrel work was part of our ongoing GB so no pics of that as it just shuttled through with the rest.

    Stock work though is progressing along well. Inletting is in process as I type this. We'll get her bedded and leaded up (he wants a pig of a gun-round 17lbs)

    So, here we are!


    Stock and associative parts laid out. Stock looks like a seen from the Body Snatchers...

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    Layout of trigger location, tang, recoil lug, etc.

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    Squaring up the setup gauge

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    Placing it in the milling fixture
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    Crumb watcher watching. . .

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    Cycle Smash!


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    #3
    Lynn is masking up the stock right now.

    We gutted a cavity under the receiver and whipped up some quick set resin mixed with milled fiberglass and lead shot. Added some girth to the stock to counterbalance the heavy stick hanging out front. Should behave nicely in the sack now.

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    #4
    I think someone forgot to contour the barrel haha.... How do Remy actions hold up with such a short tennon length and barrel's that thick? Seems like fully floating a barrel that thick on a 700 might create issues? Always been curious about this....

    -VB
     
    #5
    My first 6 Creed with the X-Treme action has the same footprint as a Rem and HV contour barrel, though I think Frank gave me an additional 10 thou at the muzzle on this one, or at least that's what the invoice said. .940 vs .950"
     
    #13
    JGorski said:
    Well, after 2300 rounds thru her I should have a good load by now, don't you think? I wonder how H1000 would work, my next project.:)
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    Your first mistake is thinking all barrels are going to shoot the same load identically. There is always a variance.

    Second would be trying to get enough of one of the most popular rifle powders there is during a time in which most powders are super scarce!

    H1000 is to slow for 6 Creedmoor regardless. You won't get any speed.

    2300 rounds and you shot it out or you are still going? That is a low round count….
     
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    #15
    Jay just curiousity why another Hv barrel? .940 i think is HV modified for benchrest...i think medium palma will be my next barrel on 6creed.. goodluck looking forward to see load results.. is this also 28"?
     
    #17
    bjay said:
    Jay just curiousity why another Hv barrel? .940 i think is HV modified for benchrest...i think medium palma will be my next barrel on 6creed.. good luck looking forward to see load results.. is this also 28"?
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    Bjay, both of my rifles are for 600ydBR so the thicker the better, I'm thinking Frank was being generous when he made this one, haha! Yup, 28"

    varmint slayer said:
    2300 seems to be all you can get from the guys I know running them. Not much better than a .243 or any other 6mm.
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    I was playing, don't even have 500 thru my 1st Creed. This one has the 274 neck and 104FB for the VLDs and Hybrids, have some Nosler Comps as well, that 104 FB should work perfect for those bullets, no DTACs allowed on this one or Hornadys for that matter.
     
    #19
    varmint slayer said:
    Still haven't heard of any one going over 2500 rounds or more than a few firings on brass without primer pocket issues.
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    I've got some shells that have 6 firings on them, and still have some test loads that have 4 on them yet, once I start shooting again I shall let you know when my primer pockets are getting loose. Going downstairs now to pull those bullets/shells with 4 firings so I can load some DTACs in them, I'll use them for "match" day or for verifying test shots before match day. Planned on having them annealed once I have 6 firings.
     
    #20
    selfbowhunter said:
    I am sooooo happy jgorski has a new rifle to post a couple thousand pics of!
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    Correction - the same picture, posted a couple thousand times.

    ;)

    I will admit to being a bit mystified by adding lead to a rifle that will already be very heavy and is chambered in a little pea-shooter 6mm. The last .243 that I built with a Heavy Varmint barrel profile had virtually no recoil, even with a lightweight chassis and no brake. But if the rifle is never going to move from the bench, then I suppose weight matters not a whit.
     
    #26
    I, for one, think you should take your communication with Chad offline.

    A lot of this banter qualifies as thread pollution.

    I can identify with your excitement and concern but I don't think it needs to be in the forum.
     
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    #28
    No worries Jay.

    Just a crack head day. Your stuff along with 10+ barreled actions had to be assembled today. We got a good chunk of em, but there's still your rifle and a few others.

    It's all good. With the holiday it's better for us to wait and ship next week anyways. No sense in a gun loitering around in some truck/corner for the weekend.

    C.
     
    #30
    Well, the rifle is done and on it's way, Chad was too busy to post any pics so I can do that, but who really wants to see boring rifle porn? I can hear the crickets now, funny guys.
     
    #38
    Go out to get the mail and what do I see, a delivery notice slip. I'm sure he/she knocked on my garage door, (if they knocked at all) which is not the front door, it's the garage door, I don't live in my garage. At any rate, I never heard a knock, and I'm 10' from my garage, and it's quiet in here.
    Would be nice if the postman/gal would knock on my door so I knew it was here. Have to wait till after 1600hrs, grrrrrr
     
    #50
    Gotta show em the single shot block Jay! Those are always fun to make.

    The big difference with ours is that we don't epoxy the things into the action. I've always found this practice a bit repulsive. Instead it's positioned and clearanced so that it can be attached to the stock. A pair of brass ferrule inserts bedded to the stock along with a pair of 10-32 countersink screws makes for a clean assembly thats functional and allows for a stock transplant later in life if the user wants to suddenly use the same barreled action in another stock as a repeater.

    In this instance we machined a cavity right under the action and filled it with epoxy and lead shot to put more mass back and low. Typically with the lighter calibers it makes for a gun that tracks really well in bags, especially when monster size optics are installed as this just adds to the cake icing.

    Once this cured, we again ran the primary inlet, then bedded the action.

    C.
     
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