223 vs 6br for girlfriend

[urbanrifleman]

I shot the last 600 yard f class match with my 6br. I shot with a guy who shot a 223ackley shooting Sierra 80s and he womped my ass

 

[gambleone]

6 BR all the way every day

What SPJ said, for sure.

 

[timeout]

My wife is recoil sensitive also. She deer hunts with a 223. Had her shooting informal comp at 300 with PPC and she did great. We switched to an informal comp that went beyond 500. I told her she was beat before she started with the PPC. I built her a Dasher with a brake and held my breath as she squeezed off the first shot. She has never once complained about recoil and yes, she beat me at the last comp we did. If you can swing it, buy her a decent 223 to practice, practice, practice with and build her a 6 BR variant for competition. If you have a fragile ego, don't get her into shooting!

 

[butchlambert]

Timeout, I've found the report from a muzzle break bothers new shooters more than a small amount of recoil.

 

[timeout]

May be. Doesn't bother her though. Might have something to do with her age Or maybe good ear protection.

 

[Zero333]

You could do that and rebate the 6BR rims to fit the 223.
The cartridge to the far right is a BR rebated to 223 rim size.

Remington R.P. brass missing flash hole... I'd like to say I'm surprised, but really I'm not.

Sorry to derail the thread.

 

[Fast14riot]

Alex we shoot a 1K fun match every 4th Saturday, so there’s another day to shoot. Do a 6BR or better yet a Dasher or BRX. A 223 at 1K just ain’t happening compared to a 6mm..

Yeah Shawn, that's what I was thinking about, but I dont know how often she will want to shoot at 1k to start. Maybe I'll just build a 6br and let her shoot my #2 6.8 upper for mid range and steel stuff, that's only got about 65 rounds through it now. It's a clone to my current upper. We'll see once I get her behind the rifle!

 

[pirate ammo]

Pics!! I’m calling for pics!!

Fal's got his up there,,he just doesn't know whats fixing to happen,,,I'll PM

 

[Liven The Dream]

6 BR . Better investment.
You State Girl Friend . If She packs it in ?
You have a better rifle .

Tell Her it Hers to use ?

People Helping People

 

[Fast14riot]

6 BR . Better investment.
You State Girl Friend . If She packs it in ?
You have a better rifle .

Tell Her it Hers to use ?

People Helping People

Part of my thinking, of she doesnt like it, I get a new rifle that was justified to build in the first place, lol!

 

[Bc'z]

Yeah Shawn, that's what I was thinking about, but I dont know how often she will want to shoot at 1k to start. Maybe I'll just build a 6br and let her shoot my #2 6.8 upper for mid range and steel stuff, that's only got about 65 rounds through it now. It's a clone to my current upper. We'll see once I get her behind the rifle!

Once she shoots distance she'll want to shoot more, farther, and smaller.
We were up in the mountains this weekend shooting. Wife got tired of the big rock and moved onto smaller rocks after hitting the bigger rock 4 or 5 times.
She was pasting the small rock at 780yards consistantly!

 

[squint-n-squeeze]

Not to mention I'm already set up for loading 223, have plenty of brass, bullets too.

Both these calibers are great - your best bet is what you can assemble sooner. That way y'all can start setting it up to fit her. That's the most important thing, to make the rifle fit the shooter.

 

[JFrank]

I shot the last 600 yard f class match with my 6br. I shot with a guy who shot a 223ackley shooting Sierra 80s and he womped my ass

He must’ve gotten lucky.

 

[Texas10]

I shoot my 223 free recoil, so there IS no recoil to worry about. The 6br on the other hand, gotta snuggle up to that one. That'd be a down the road upgrade, IMOP.

Loading 223 is very simple. I use a Lee collet die to neck size only in my Criterion 8 twist bolt gun. Brass doesn't grow, only reason to trim is to even up the neck lengths on occasion. Brass lasts for EVER when shooting 69 to 77 SMKs and it doesn't cost a pound of powder every time you want to spend a day at the range.

And then there's that dang 53 gr. V-Max. Cheap and super accurate out to 500 yds. What's not to like?

And if you really don't mind having your hat handed to you by your GF, put a tuner on the front end. Once she's mastered that, you won't stand a chance.

And you'll have created a real monster.

 

[Tommie]

Girlfriends come and go. Guns are forever.

Get what YOU want.

 

[Nature Boy]

If you went with a 7" twist and 28-30" bbl she could shoot Sierra 90s to a grand. With my rifle so set up I keep up with 6BR shooters easily to 600yds. Cut the throat long enough so that 80s and 90s sit with the bullet shank just ahead of the shoulder/case shank joint. With 24.6gr. of Varget I am pushing 90s to 2770fps easily and retained 1K velocity above 1400 fps.

This was my thinking as well and the OP is already set up to load for it

 

[Geno C]

This was my thinking as well and the OP is already set up to load for it

The problem with that is, if we all thought that way we’d all only own one caliber...

 

[JFrank]

I must be going to the wrong BR events cause I’ve yet to see a 223 in any configuration win or place in group or score.

 

[Nature Boy]

The problem with that is, if we all thought that way we’d all only own one caliber...

True.

And because I haven’t thought that way in the past I now have a proliferation of cartridges, dies, rifles and pistols

So now it’s started me thinking the other way.

Wait, what I’m talking about. Just yesterday I was telling myself I need a 6.5x47 because I don’t have one.

Disregard anything I’ve said. I have no willpower. I can’t be trusted

 

[butchlambert]

Remington R.P. brass missing flash hole... I'd like to say I'm surprised, but really I'm not.

Sorry to derail the thread.

You younguns were not around in the olden days when a lot of experimentation was done. I have 2 cases of that brass. They were for the folks that were experimenting with flash hole size. I have a lot of 222 and 223 Federal brass without flash holes.