6PPC Neck
- Thread starter TimP
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CatShooter
TimP said:
I have a 0.262 neck and I would go with a thicker neck, or a "no turn" neck, if I had it to do over again.
Most Benchrest shooters use a .262 neck, and most books, magazine articles, videos, and internet references will go off this neck measurement. I would recommend you with being a new shooter not to deviate away from what is popular. If you go with what is popular, and get into having problems it is much easier to diagnose problems, when you don't have something different than what everyone else is using. The .262 neck measurement, some would say that it is old thinking or out dated, but the fact is it is still widely used and more or less excepted as standard. Most shooters will not go away from the .262 neck because they are use to and know the ins and outs with a .262 neck, and have no desire to try something different.
The only way I would go with the .268 measurement is if you have a good mentor and is working with you on shooting, and they use this neck. Other wise, don't re-invent the wheel.
The only way I would go with the .268 measurement is if you have a good mentor and is working with you on shooting, and they use this neck. Other wise, don't re-invent the wheel.
Shooter13
Gold $$ Contributor
If you shoot as many calibers as I do and shoot as much as I do you will become an expert on brass prepping including turning.................or you'll destroy a lot of brass
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
I wouldnt think the .262 would be as popular now as it was when this post was going. It truly wasnt then but even less so now.
Shooter13
Gold $$ Contributor
I knew this was an old thread but still consider it relevant, I'm having a 6PPC built and it will come with a .262 neck and we will see. When I search for info on a topic I do look to see the age of said topic but rarely discredit it because of age.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Im not discounting your reply’s relevance, you just dont see a 262 much now or then.
Shooter13
Gold $$ Contributor
No problem Dusty! I understand and if the barrel had not already been prepped I probably would have gone 268
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
You can get it next time. Its way easier to borrow a barrel at a match if its a bat with a 268nk
Shooter13
Gold $$ Contributor
Don't tell my wife but I already have 2 more barrels coming that I purchased from the Goodling sale and will probably have the 6 done in a 268 neck.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
I have a goodling panda 262nk barrel on my shelf for nostalgia
I think that when thinking about things like this, you do what the big boys do. Meaning, find what the match winners use. Learn what the record holders used. Then you compare the results with what the losers used.
This will take a bit of research because it is rarely listed in match results. Best place for this question would be in the "Competition Forum."
This will take a bit of research because it is rarely listed in match results. Best place for this question would be in the "Competition Forum."
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