6 CM Benchrest Rifle Opinions

[Backyard Precision]

I have all of the components to put together a new 6 CR benchers rifle in a 700 action, including a PTG reamer I ordered for a tactical rifle that shoots really well. Any opinions if a 6CM would be worth the trouble for a 600/1000 rifle. I am running 105 hybrids at around a mild 3050 fps in my current rifle, which seems like a nice improvement over my 6 BR.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

You can run bullets too fast. Most people are in a race for whatever reason with bullet speed but sometimes in the real world a little bit less is more. Why does a dasher or bra frequent the winners circle about 99% more than a 6x284? On paper it should shoot better- less wind drift right? Went from 7” groups being the norm to almost 1” with the br variant. Just gotta think about all that. The creedmoors that threatened every match before the season arent saying much now

 

[Dgd6mm]

Question, does the CM stand for Competition Match, or Creedmoor? Joe Hendricks called the 6mm Competition Match 6CM since it's inception which was early '05.

 

[mikeeg02]

The 6x47 BR shooters I've talked to generally are shooting near 3,100. Depends where the barrel wants to shoot. So I would expect the creedmore to shoot right around the same.

If you've already got the dies, reamer, barrel, etc and a load that's known to work I don't see why it's a bad idea. There's a guy I've shot with at Reade (1K benchrest) this year with a 6.5 creedmore full custom bench gun and he's generally done pretty well with it.

If you have other die, reamer, barrel options, I'm sure we can give you our opinion on those choices too lol. It is expensive to change cartridges once you have everything for one. Personally I'd rather have a barrel done with my own reamer with a trusted machinist than someone else that's done an unknown number of barrels. Just my .02

 

[johara1]

The 6x47 BR shooters I've talked to generally are shooting near 3,100. Depends where the barrel wants to shoot. So I would expect the creedmore to shoot right around the same.

If you've already got the dies, reamer, barrel, etc and a load that's known to work I don't see why it's a bad idea. There's a guy I've shot with at Reade (1K benchrest) this year with a 6.5 creedmore full custom bench gun and he's generally done pretty well with it.

If you have other die, reamer, barrel options, I'm sure we can give you our opinion on those choices too lol. It is expensive to change cartridges once you have everything for one. Personally I'd rather have a barrel done with my own reamer with a trusted machinist than someone else that's done an unknown number of barrels. Just my .02

Mike I went over your group size at Reade and you are not small enough yet, when you can get it down to 4 to 5" groups with a Creedmor ..... jim

 

[mikeeg02]

Mike I went over your group size at Reade and you are not small enough yet, when you can get it down to 4 to 5" groups with a Creedmor ..... jim

I didnt follow what you're saying. But I dont shoot a creedmoor.

 

[johara1]

I didnt follow what you're saying. But I dont shoot a creedmoor.

My bad I thought you shot a Creedmor...... jim