6BR Norma Die Selection

[Kracken McGraw]

Yep I just looked at the chamber end and the neck size is .272.

Do you know what the freebore measurement was from the Shilen chamber?
They show a 0 on one and the other one it doesn’t say on their page.

 

[muleystalker]

I going to go with the Forester honed to .265 and get a box of the Lapua 105gr Scenar's to get my feet wet and go from there.

Get yourself a box Sierra 107gr SMK's and don't look back, they are cheaper than the LAPUA, shoot great and are very forgiving and easy to work up a load for.

 

[SSchnd]

If your budget retrains you, I would not be buying Scenars, Heck look at the Barnes Match Burner 105. talk about cost friendly!
Im a SMK 107 user. Little less $ than the Bergers but every $ matters.
Have found them at reasonable prices below $.40 per on occasion.
BR & BRAI are some of the easiest shooting I have worked with. Accurate ! Fun.

 

[charlie b]

I have a Shilen 6BR that I used on my Savage BVSS (it had over 3000rnds on it). Mine came from Northland and they used the std neck. No turning needed. I didn't do anything special with it. Just bought a std Forster 6BR die and Redding Competition seat die. Like others said, if you want something a bit better send some fired cases off to one of the die mfgs and they can hone it for you.

FWIW, the Lapua brass I used went 25 reloads with no issues. The primer pockets were just starting to need less pressure to seat. No annealing at all. I trimmed them 3 times. Peterson brass had similar performance.

 

[jlshaw]

Hard to go wrong with Whidden dies. Give them a call and they'll help.

 

[ekraus]

Shilen sent the spec on the chamber reamer.

 

[SSchnd]

.272 neck there?

 

[Paddyd]

My standard Redding FL 2 die set does just fine for me. Bushings and mandrels just add more time and work for what I need and do.