6mm rem. twist rate..

[Rsadams]

Can someone point me in the direction of finding what the heaviest bullet that a 6mm remington 1 and 9 twist will fire accurate? There is a lot of stories on the internet.
The gun is a little 600 so it has the short barrel. It was my grandfather's and he liked 85gr bullets for the small whitetail here in south Texas. Now all you can find is the 100gr for it.

I have noticed some of you still have an interest in the caliber.. It has always been my favorite. Now brass is hard to find even.. So I would like to keep testing to a minimum..

Thanks in advance..
Shawn

 

[Mikemci]

Can someone point me in the direction of finding what the heaviest bullet that a 6mm remington 1 and 9 twist will fire accurate? There is a lot of stories on the internet.
The gun is a little 600 so it has the short barrel. It was my grandfather's and he liked 85gr bullets for the small whitetail here in south Texas. Now all you can find is the 100gr for it.

I have noticed some of you still have an interest in the caliber.. It has always been my favorite. Now brass is hard to find even.. So I would like to keep testing to a minimum..

Thanks in advance..
Shawn

Shawn, I have a 700 1:9 24" and it likes 100gr.
Hope this helps. Hornady is the only brass that I can find...at least they do make decent brass.

 

[CaptainMal]

I bought my 6MM Rem 600 new back in ....?

Still use it with 100's for deer. It even shot the 105's OK.

 

[Rsadams]

Thanks for the replies...good to know I can use the 100gr factory that's around sometimes..

 

[Homerange]

My buddy has a 6mm heavy barreled varmint rifle with a std length action and uses 105gr Bergers in front of a hot load of RL17....shoots 30mm groups @ 500yds.
Watched him shoot a rabbit @ 820 yds.

The Hornady 95gr SST has a good rap on deer in 243 and 6mm.
Mention of it's terminal performace is found part way through the Handloading section in this link:
http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/.243+Winchester.html

 

[Jeff A]

Berger's Twist Rate Calculator is a valuable tool.

http://www.bergerbullets.com/twist-rate-calculator/

 

[Ggmac]

For hunting go with the 100flatbase

 

[Rsadams]

Berger's Twist Rate Calculator is a valuable tool.

http://www.bergerbullets.com/twist-rate-calculator/

Ahhh, thanks this will help out a lot...