6mm Remington for Long Range Rifle

[Swedejohn]

I have two friends who are really in love with this cartridge for long range matches. One is pushing the 115 DTAC at 3080, which puts it in a virtual tie with the 6.5 x .284 type performance. They are claiming good barrel life due to the long neck. One friend has a barrel with over 3000 rounds and still shooting well. I have no reason to question these claims but my logical nature asks why, if this cartridge is so good and the barrel life is so long, why isn't everyone shooting it? This would be for a single shot prone gun only.

Thanks,
John Giles

 

[rcw3]

When you say the 6mm Rem has performance equivalent to the 6.5 x 284, are you saying that based on printed charts and tables or on actual testing and performance test results?

I think a 6mm has to work long and hard to keep up with a 6.5 x 284. That being said I will be testing out two different 6mm's at long range this year,a 6mm Rem and the 6mm Super X). Of the 6mm's I have shot at 1000 yards so far, I felt on a windy day they got blown around a good bit more than the 6.5 x 284 shooting bullets like the 142 Sierra.

Robert Whitley

 

[Swedejohn]

That's true, I was looking at the charts. This was my very point in asking the question- there must be something that doesn't meet the eye or else everyone would be shooting it. BTW, what do you think of the 6.5 X 55 vs the 6.5 x.284?

John
PS Great article in Precision shooting!