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6 XC at 1,000 yards

It was a bumpy road to get here but attest I'm in my happy place with the 6xc. I finally took the 6xc out to 1,000 yards today and I also took my 284 Winchester to compare the two.
The load for 6xc is Peterson brass, LF primers from Brunos, 112 Match Burners, 38.4 grains of H4350, and .020 jump.
The load for 284 is Nosler brass, Winchester primers, 154 Hornady SST, 51.2 grains of H4350, and .020 jump.

The 6xc is in Savage 110 LA with a Basix trigger, Oryx chassy, Black Hound 6-24x50 MOA scope, and UrbanRifleMan barrel and break.
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I don't know much about the 284 because I bought it used from a local gunsmith who went crazy. Last I heard he was in Hospital in Albuquerque. The 284 has a Black Hound 6-24x50 Mil scope, barrel is unknown, stock might be a McMillan, break is unknown, and the trigger is unknown but it breaks really crisp and the better trigger of the two.
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First up was the 6xc at 1,000 yards. Today was a perfect day for this because the morning was almost dead calm but the wind did pick up to about 3 to 4 mph. I setup two 1 gallon jugs of water at 1,000 and setup to shoot. That's when I forgot my Kestrel so I had to use my Strelok which got me within 2 yards under. I was able to walk-in my hits and make a hit on my 4th bullet with ease.
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Next up was the 284. To be clear here I have been shooting this rifle for the past two years so I already knew the barrel needs to be replaced. I got the info from Strelok and was way off about 30 yards under. The next 4 shots I was able to walk-in the shots but here is where I knew the barrel was shot. The remainder of my last loaded bullets (about 15), I couldn't hit the jug. My hits were dancing around the jug.

After I was out of my 284 bullets, I went back to the 6xc and sent 5 bullets at a target setup next to the jugs. That lens wipe is 2 inches corner to corner and that's 4/5 shots which makes this group just above 4 inches. I have no clue where the 5th shot went.
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To get where I'm at with the 6xc was not a smooth road. The barrel was originally in a Zermatt Origin SA but I couldn't get that action to shot the 112. The SA's magazine was too short to fit the long bullet with a .020 jump.
I had to order a Oryx chassis for a Savage LA and because MTD doesn't usually make the Oryx for an older action (the action was my first rifle I ever bought back in 1995), I had to modify the magazine to cycle the bullets.
Another hurdle I had to over come was the FL dies. I'm on my third FL die. The first die I think was from Lee but I don't remember. My second die was from Redding but it still gave me problems. I finally wised up and ordered a FL die from Tubb's website and I finally got the die to full-length my cases correctly.
The problem I was having was the first two dies were not compressing the bottom of the case and this bulge on the bottom was causing inconsistence bullet seating.
In order for the Tubb FL die to work, I had to use my Go-gauge as my No-Go because the Tubb FL die still didn't compress the last few thousands. After hours and hours playing with 6xc, I finally have a shooter and I can say I'm finally ready for this year's belly match.
 
I haven’t shot mine at 1,000 for a few years.
I can remember having some really mild days where we were shooting clay birds 1K and it was like shooting cans at 25 yards with a 22LR. Maybe more fun.
Nice shooting.
 
The 112 bullets just fit inside the short action mag but when you are cycling the bullets in the action, the bullets jam. The long action mags working but I had install/make a spacer from momma's cutting board. I had to buy my wife a new one
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The 112 bullets just fit inside the short action mag but when you are cycling the bullets in the action, the bullets jam. The long action mags working but I had install/make a spacer from momma's cutting board. I had to buy my wife a new one
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I have not had that problem with my Rem 700 in my Elisio. Maybe it's something to do with the Origin feed ramp.

Good to know though.
 
To get where I'm at with the 6xc was not a smooth road. The barrel was originally in a Zermatt Origin SA but I couldn't get that action to shot the 112. The SA's magazine was too short to fit the long bullet with a .020 jump.
I had to order a Oryx chassis for a Savage LA and because MTD doesn't usually make the Oryx for an older action (the action was my first rifle I ever bought back in 1995), I had to modify the magazine to cycle the bullets.
Another hurdle I had to over come was the FL dies. I'm on my third FL die. The first die I think was from Lee but I don't remember. My second die was from Redding but it still gave me problems. I finally wised up and ordered a FL die from Tubb's website and I finally got the die to full-length my cases correctly.
The problem I was having was the first two dies were not compressing the bottom of the case and this bulge on the bottom was causing inconsistence bullet seating.
In order for the Tubb FL die to work, I had to use my Go-gauge as my No-Go because the Tubb FL die still didn't compress the last few thousands. After hours and hours playing with 6xc, I finally have a shooter and I can say I'm finally ready for this year's belly match.
Origin for sale then?
 
There is a whole passle of guys using the 6xc in PRS from short action AI magazines using that same chamber and the 115 Dtac which is even longer than the Barnes.

That’s kinda where I was going. Switching from an origin to a savage instead of just using the good mags. Then you have all the obvious advantages of a way better receiver.
 

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