Factory/Production Rifles

[Webphut]

First off I am not, nor was I ever, a competitive shooter. I aspired to shoot as good as the big dogs, but I accepted long ago I lacked the time to invest in growing my potential to be able to shoot along side them.

I had a 6mm Norma BR savage precision rifle. I bought this to replace my Sako 6 PPC. I lost interest in the 6 PPC more so due to the time constraints of real life outside of a husbands and fathers hobbies. I thought the 6 Norma BR might be a good replacement that required less time. The savage model I had was the model with the parallel flat on the bottom of the butt stock, I want to think it was the F class model. Anyhow, I came to actually love the cartridge!

I am not going to go into a long drawn out explanation of why, but I was not happy with the savage 6br norma rifle. Now I have to say that the rifle is beautiful! I just found some things that physically when put in my personal hands, I found a dislike to. I am positive alot and in fact i will say most folks who don't shoot competitively or aspire to shoot as good as a sponsored shooter, will love the rifle. I think I got the point across,, but for all I know there may very well be no sponsored shooters.

With that, who else makes a commercially available rifle in 6 Norma BR or 6BR Norma (I am not sure of the correct word order in the name)....?

 

[Mark M.]

I believe Sako and Blaser did at one time

 

[243winxb]

https://ammoseek.com/guns/6mm-norma

All i see here is Savage?

used Rem

 

[OMW57]

I have a Cooper model 22 in 6BR, LOVE that rifle!
Maybe see if you can find one for sale?
Best of luck with your search

 

[charlie b]

If not Savage then you are probably 'stuck' with a custom. Quite a few out there who will build you a rifle. Just costs a bit more.

If you choose a chassis or stock with bedding block/pillars (eg HS Precision, MDT, Hogue, McMillan, etc), all you really need is someone to fit the barrel to the action, which most barrel makers will do. Choose your action, trigger, barrel and stock. Send out the action/trigger and have the barrel fitted. Bolt it into the stock.

 

[JEFFPPC]

First off I am not, nor was I ever, a competitive shooter. I aspired to shoot as good as the big dogs, but I accepted long ago I lacked the time to invest in growing my potential to be able to shoot along side them.

I had a 6mm Norma BR savage precision rifle. I bought this to replace my Sako 6 PPC. I lost interest in the 6 PPC more so due to the time constraints of real life outside of a husbands and fathers hobbies. I thought the 6 Norma BR might be a good replacement that required less time. The savage model I had was the model with the parallel flat on the bottom of the butt stock, I want to think it was the F class model. Anyhow, I came to actually love the cartridge!

I am not going to go into a long drawn out explanation of why, but I was not happy with the savage 6br norma rifle. Now I have to say that the rifle is beautiful! I just found some things that physically when put in my personal hands, I found a dislike to. I am positive alot and in fact i will say most folks who don't shoot competitively or aspire to shoot as good as a sponsored shooter, will love the rifle. I think I got the point across,, but for all I know there may very well be no sponsored shooters.

With that, who else makes a commercially available rifle in 6 Norma BR or 6BR Norma (I am not sure of the correct word order in the name)....?

Might be helpful to tell exactly what you did not like. But lots of older used br rifles floating around. I see most go 1700.00 to 2500.00. Buy one, shoot it for a year and if your so inlined at that time put a new barrel on it. You will then have half the price of a new one and it will be competitive if its Indian is.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

I would do a daily look at gunsinternational. search by cartridge. like said above. 90% chance you will find a clean used 6br, semi custom. tell us what you end up with!!

 

[jackieschmidt]

You are probably not going to find a “Factory” rifle that will shoot as well as that Savage.

I”m not sure what you find so unappealing about the Savage, but a simple custom barrel change from someone like @urbanrifles or Shilen might make you love it.

 

[NDSU]

You are probably not going to find a “Factory” rifle that will shoot as well as that Savage.

I”m not sure what you find so unappealing about the Savage, but a simple custom barrel change from someone like @urbanrifles or Shilen might make you love it.

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[Gary C]

WOW
I have a Savage LRPV in 6BR Norma and remember thinking
when I opened the box that this rifle better shot great because
It is ugly as poop.
I have never heard anyone say a Savage is "beatiful".
The eye of the beholder huh?
I gotta admit some of the targets it has shot were beatiful though!

 

[Evan]

Now that I have custom rifles, I can’t see ever wasting money on a factory rifle. The differences are stark if you are shooting for accuracy.

@urbanrifleman here can put together an affordable custom for you that really isn’t much beyond a “premium” factory rifle in cost and it is guaranteed to shoot. The factory will tell you to go away if the rifle doesn’t shoot but I have yet to meet a gunsmith who won’t make it right.

 

[Rat Rifle]

WOW
I have a Savage LRPV in 6BR Norma and remember thinking
when I opened the box that this rifle better shot great because
It is ugly as poop.
I have never heard anyone say a Savage is "beatiful".
The eye of the beholder huh?
I gotta admit some of the targets it has shot were beatiful though!

Shine it May

Shoot it MUST

 

[NZ_Fclass]

I own 2 Savages. Number one, Model 10, was originally in 223, with a Choate thumbhole stock. It shot well, but only a 9 twist and when I took up FTR, it had little use, as the stock would not work with a rear bag. It sat in the cupboard until I rebarrelled it in 6mm SLR,sold the Choate stock, fitted a Timney trigger insert and put it in an MDT chassis. I don't use it a lot, but it's fun on steel

The other is a Model 12 in the HS Precision stock. I bought on a whim-as it was cheap. The original owner said that it didn't shoot - and gave up. It cost me less that a third of the new price. It'sa 6.5 Creedmoor ( no laughing, please! a short smirk is OK). He was correct. It didn't shoot - well, not every time. The headspace was off. The trigger was full of oil - to cure the light strike issue., no doubt. The barrel was filthy. I sold the copper for scrap. Enough Carbon to send a Democrat into a tailspin. It has the worst barrel that I have ever seen - how this rifle got through any quality checks...Savage must have run out of oil when the button went through, as the chatter marks go from back to front. Having said that, once headspaced, cleaned etc, it shot a reasonable group at 500 yds, before needing another hours cleaning.

It will get a new barrel I'm not sure what yet - but may even be in 6.5 Creed . The trigger is nice - the red one - and the stock is fine-ish.

BR - I have one. Custom on a Barnard SMS./GRS Warg chassis. And a BRX on a Remington 700 and a Dasher. Thinking about another BR or BRA.

 

[mtncwru]

I am not going to go into a long drawn out explanation of why, but I was not happy with the savage 6br norma rifle. Now I have to say that the rifle is beautiful! I just found some things that physically when put in my personal hands, I found a dislike to.

As others have mentioned, there aren't a whole lot of factory options in 6 BR outside of the Savage. Most manufacturers have moved to 6.5 Creedmoor or the shiny new magnums in the 6 and 6.5 space. Plenty of places can assemble you a rifle from component parts, or you could do it yourself -- pre-fit barrels are terrific in that space.

Knowing what aspects of the Savage you don't like may help folks here give you more useful advice. Is the stock pissing you off? Is it the trigger? The feel of the action? The balance? The barrel length? Knowing that might help you get better leads on where to look/who to ask.

With that, who else makes a commercially available rifle in 6 Norma BR or 6BR Norma (I am not sure of the correct word order in the name)....?

I usually see it as just "6 BR". It's a coin flip for the places that do include "Norma" whether it goes before or after the "BR".

 

[urbanrifleman]

Now that I have custom rifles, I can’t see ever wasting money on a factory rifle. The differences are stark if you are shooting for accuracy.

@urbanrifleman here can put together an affordable custom for you that really isn’t much beyond a “premium” factory rifle in cost and it is guaranteed to shoot. The factory will tell you to go away if the rifle doesn’t shoot but I have yet to meet a gunsmith who won’t make it right.

I think it's more fun to build your own race car.

If you search around try to snag a Bergera cheap. Those are great donor actions and I've seen some in the used at Bass pro and Cabela's cheap.

 

[mtncwru]

I think it's more fun to build your own race car.

If you search around try to snag a Bergera cheap. Those are great donor actions and I've seen some in the used at Bass pro and Cabela's cheap.

You, sir, are a terrible enabler. And by "terrible" I mean "When can I order a 30" light Palma contour Savage pre-fit in .223?"

Can confirm that once you build your first one you'll just want to build another. And those barrel nut systems make is real easy!

 

[urbanrifleman]

You, sir, are a terrible enabler. And by "terrible" I mean "When can I order a 30" light Palma contour Savage pre-fit in .223?"

Can confirm that once you build your first one you'll just want to build another. And those barrel nut systems make is real easy!

Get any one of the many budget custom actions and you can also order a shouldered prefit if you want.

 

[mtncwru]

Get any one of the many budget custom actions and you can also order a shouldered prefit if you want.

I know, got one on a Zermatt Origin already and a got a 2nd one in the queue -- I just wish I could get a 30" light Palma instead of a 26" light varmint!

Which reminds me, I'll get you some target photos next time I'm out at the range.

 

[DShortt]

WOW
I have a Savage LRPV in 6BR Norma and remember thinking
when I opened the box that this rifle better shot great because
It is ugly as poop.
I have never heard anyone say a Savage is "beatiful".
The eye of the beholder huh?
I gotta admit some of the targets it has shot were beatiful though!

Depends on how much you want to play with it and how much you want to invest.

I've a couple with Boyds laminated thumbhole stocks and extended bolt handles. No one ever called them ugly.

 

[Turkeytider]

You are probably not going to find a “Factory” rifle that will shoot as well as that Savage.

I”m not sure what you find so unappealing about the Savage, but a simple custom barrel change from someone like @urbanrifles or Shilen might make you love it.

Dropped a .223 110 action into an MDT Field Stock and added a Shilen Select Match 26” 7 twist bull barrel . Absolutely love it! Really enjoy watching 3 and 4” gongs bouncing at 500 yards.