6mmBR on the P-dog town
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This will be my first year using the 6BR. I've been doing a lot of research and decided that the 6 BR should be the perfect Prairie Dog rifle. I also shoot a .243, 22-250,.223 and a .17HMR. The .243 is great on those long shots but after 10-15 rounds it starts getting warm and I have to switch guns. With the 6BR, I'm using 10 grains less powder and getting almost the same velocity with my 75 VMAX.
If I was starting fresh, I think I would have picked an 8 twist so that when the wind picks up I could go to a heavier bullet
If I was starting fresh, I think I would have picked an 8 twist so that when the wind picks up I could go to a heavier bullet
JUEKER, my friend owns a new Savage F-Class in 6BR. It is an awesome shooting factory rifle. I was able to shoot a 5 shot group at 100 that measured in the high .3's. I am sure it would shoot better with a tuned load. I did a write up on it on my own blog,Bakersfield6BR). The only thing that it had a problem with, was ejecting the case. However, I believe this could fixed by a gunsmith.
I love the 6BR, it is so darn accurate and fun to shoot. Every time I shoot it, I am amazed. It will kill small varmints out to 1000 yards, with the right bullet, with ease. I am using the 105grn A-Max and it shoots very well out of my 1-8 twist Bartlein barrel. The 105grn A-Max shot very well out of the Savage 1-8 twist barrel too. The Savage liked a 105grn A-Max, 30.3grns of Varget and a CCI 450 primer. IMHO, I would recommend getting the Savage F-Class, Single shot 6BR over the LRPV.
You have to love the 6BR. It will shoot bullets from 60 to 105grns with a 1-8 twist barrel. It's very versatile. If you never owned one, you are in for a treat. Have fun with it and keep us posted on which rifle you choose.
I love the 6BR, it is so darn accurate and fun to shoot. Every time I shoot it, I am amazed. It will kill small varmints out to 1000 yards, with the right bullet, with ease. I am using the 105grn A-Max and it shoots very well out of my 1-8 twist Bartlein barrel. The 105grn A-Max shot very well out of the Savage 1-8 twist barrel too. The Savage liked a 105grn A-Max, 30.3grns of Varget and a CCI 450 primer. IMHO, I would recommend getting the Savage F-Class, Single shot 6BR over the LRPV.
You have to love the 6BR. It will shoot bullets from 60 to 105grns with a 1-8 twist barrel. It's very versatile. If you never owned one, you are in for a treat. Have fun with it and keep us posted on which rifle you choose.
I have a 6br barreled by R. W. Hart with a Hart 8 twist barrel on it. I had a 22-250 with a Hart barrel and it was a junker compared to the 6br. There is no comparison.
The accuracy of the 6br is amazing and the air time on the rodents is spectacular. I shoot a lot of ground squirrels each year and pretty much if you can spot them with a pair of 10 power binoculars they are in the danger zone. Where I shoot most of the shots are 100 to 500 yards. Once you get the burrows range worked out with the MOA hash marks on the scope they don't really have much of a chance.
They are fun to shoot and easy to load for. Very little load development is required. I spent a lot of time working with the 22-250 and got it shooting around 1/2" at 100 yards, with the 6br the first 5 shots were under a dime at 100.
You won't be sorry with the 6br.
The accuracy of the 6br is amazing and the air time on the rodents is spectacular. I shoot a lot of ground squirrels each year and pretty much if you can spot them with a pair of 10 power binoculars they are in the danger zone. Where I shoot most of the shots are 100 to 500 yards. Once you get the burrows range worked out with the MOA hash marks on the scope they don't really have much of a chance.
They are fun to shoot and easy to load for. Very little load development is required. I spent a lot of time working with the 22-250 and got it shooting around 1/2" at 100 yards, with the 6br the first 5 shots were under a dime at 100.
You won't be sorry with the 6br.
I find the 90 and 95gr Berger bullets to shoot well in a 1 in 10" twist barrel. They are great paper punching bullets but not worth shooting at prairie dogs in my opinion. Even out of a 243AI or 6-284 running fast they don't move the dogs, just drop them in their tracks like a rimfire.........boring. For South Dakota fun you need a fragile varmint bullet.
That's exactly why I use the 105grn A-Max. Even though they're a match bullet, with the plastic tip, they expand pretty well. Not quite as explosive as a V-Max bullet, but pretty darn close. If you want a high BC bullet for varminting with the 6BR, use the 105grn A-Max. The 105grn A-Max gives you the best of both worlds, BC and expansion.
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FYI,
Berger recommends a true 1:9" twist for the Berger 95gr VLDs. That said, some guys report they can get the 95s to work out of their nominal 10-twist barrels. Just don't buy a ton of bullets because it might not work. Some folks says you may have only a 25% chance of getting them to stabilize in a 6BR 10-twist -- but there are no absolutes one way or the other. Velocity, temp, altitude will make a difference.
Berger recommends a true 1:9" twist for the Berger 95gr VLDs. That said, some guys report they can get the 95s to work out of their nominal 10-twist barrels. Just don't buy a ton of bullets because it might not work. Some folks says you may have only a 25% chance of getting them to stabilize in a 6BR 10-twist -- but there are no absolutes one way or the other. Velocity, temp, altitude will make a difference.
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