6br or 6brx

[Fast14riot]

I've got a Rem 788 with a zero round 6br 1:8 24" barrel on it that will be a hunting gun. I also have a 700 6br 1:8 24" mid range target gun with about 1000 rounds on it.

I have since acquired a 6brx reamer, dies, and have about 500 pieces of brass in Norma and Lapua.

I'm have been thinking of making one of them into a BRX but haven't decided on which one.

Hunting gun is for PNW Blacktail inside of 300y max with 90-100gr bullets. Target gun is kind of a trainer/loaner in a 40xbr stock with a Sightron 36x scope for 600y F/Class and fun matches and isn't shot much.

Anyone have any reasons to choose one over the other? I can make a case for either. Thoughts?

 

[rijndael]

Ignoring the use case, none of my smiths seem to like doing barrel setbacks on a used barrel. They say it's "hard on the reamer" ... so I'd have to vote for the unfired barrel's conversion.

 

[1shot]

The BRX is free HP over the standard 6BR. I love my BRX and it is the ballistic equal to a Dasher.

Lloyd

 

[distinguished]

I would probably go with the 788.

 

[JEFFPPC]

6BRX for the win.

 

[Tommie]

Considering that some people (not me) view a .243 Win to be marginal for medium game, the extra capacity of the BRX isn’t a bad thing. The additional body length might also make the BRX more likely to feed from a magazine.

 

[J.D.Erwin]

6 BRX just because you have the 6 BR covered. JMO

 

[SVT_Tactical]

My opinion, and I ain't charging youfor it lol, is to make them both brx. That way you have the same chamber specs and brass could, in theory, be interchangeable.
I have both. I like both. I have several brx guns, only 1 br. Thought has crossed my mind to have it punched to brx too

 

[Fast14riot]

Ignoring the use case, none of my smiths seem to like doing barrel setbacks on a used barrel. They say it's "hard on the reamer" ... so I'd have to vote for the unfired barrel's conversion.

Its my own reamer and I'm fine with it. Plus I could always keep it as a fire forming barrel if needed.

My opinion, and I ain't charging youfor it lol, is to make them both brx. That way you have the same chamber specs and brass could, in theory, be interchangeable.
I have both. I like both. I have several brx guns, only 1 br. Thought has crossed my mind to have it punched to brx too

The thought has crossed my mind for sure. I do like the straight 6br enough to want to keep one of them.

Considering that some people (not me) view a .243 Win to be marginal for medium game, the extra capacity of the BRX isn’t a bad thing. The additional body length might also make the BRX more likely to feed from a magazine.

The deer where I hunt probably average 130lb for a shooter 2-3 point, 150+ would be a big deer. 300y would be absolute maximum distance and most everything would be inside of 100y. The last 2 were taken at 20-30 yards.

Both guns are single shot. Some good points made. I'm not in a hurry to get this done, so still time think about it.

 

[JEFFPPC]

Lol, today at the 400 yard match at Anderson Creek my 6BRA, YEA, helped me tie for 1st place with my buddy Frank Carrier , both of us with a score of 92. I think Frank was shooting a BRA also. I missed best 5 shot group of the day by .050. Bud Delp edged me out with a great group in the quickly switching wind. Talk about good shooting in tough conditions I think Bud was shooting his 6 PPC. 20 plus shooters enjoying the next to the last regular match of the year. First Sat in Oct will be UBR 300 yd. So I guess I will learn the BRA, maybe. Still miss my BRX .

 

[Bottom Fodder]

I like the BRX cause I can say I’m shooting a wildcat and I get to explain to those that don’t know what it is. I also like the little extra horse power at 1K