6 brx free bore

[hoene72]

What is the most common freebore for the 6 brx ? Wanting to shoot the 88 to 108 gr bullets. Also who carries a go gauge in this caliber ? Wanting to install on a savage myself .
Thanks

 

[limbic]

There is a huge thread on this over at benchrest.com Basically what I got from it was call one of the reamer manufactures and tell them what bullets you are going to shoot and get their opinon. I think somewhere around .104. Also the question is Neck turn or not. Mine is a .271 and I don't turn the necks. I might in the future but it currently shoots better than me so I know where the problem is currently.

 

[rcw3]

I use a .120" free bore on top of a 1.560" case length (works great for me with those bullets). I will happily e-mail you a reamer drawing if you want to see it. Another option is to call Dave Kiff at Pacific Tool or Cary at JGS and ask what they would recommend, but I suspect it will be very close to those numbers.

Robert Whitley
rcw3@erols.com

 

[limbic]

Do you ever have to trim your brass? How far in the lands do you seat your bullets. Several of my current loads have some room left in the brass. I would like my loads a bit more compressed. I wonder if I could shorten the body by .03 or so and make a longer neck?

 

[Bob3700]

You can certainly push the shoulder back and make a shorter body. That of course would require a shorter chamber and therefore a new reamer.

Bob

 

[limbic]

Ive got a new barrel on the way. Thanksgiving maybe : I've been going over reamer designs and what I would do different. The most consistent thing is that I've always got room for another grain or so of powder in my current brass. I never fill it quite full.