Has anyone done a 6 ackley throated for dtacs??

[ta6ppc]

Just curious, was thinking of what my next project would be.. was thinking about doing a 6 Remington of course ackley-ized with a nice long throat for the 115 class bullets with a 7 twist barrel?

just a play pretty maybe informal prs style shooting

 

[46and2]

The neck on a 6AI is plenty long enough to accommodate most any 6mm bullet. Mine was not throated and the 105 Hybrid bearing surface was well above the neck/shoulder junction.
Are you using a long action, single shot or Tikka?

 

[Racebannon3855]

I have not tried 115 DTACs. Mine is a Ruger Tang Safety short action 27" 1:8 Pac-Nor running 115 gr Berger VLD Hunting. The overall cartridge length is longer than the book length for a 240 Weatherby. I am running just about 3200 fps and my best groups are around an inch at 250. After shooting a few deer with it I am very happy with the 115 VLD Hunter, always exits on chest cavity shots out past 400.

If I did it again it would be a long action. According to the Berger calculator if I push the 115 VLD Hunter much faster it could have issues. It makes a great hunting rig, but I think there are better choices. When this barrel kicks this short action rifle will become a 6 XC. I have another tang safety Ruger long action that will either become a 6 Rem AI or a 25-06 AI.

Good Luck and let the data point you in the right direction.

 

[ta6ppc]

I have a long action remmy that’s just about due for a barrel, it’s chambered in 6.5-284 now, I’d like something a little different so was thinking that 6 ackley might be the ticket

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I have a regular 6rem reamer i use for the dtacs. It has .150 freebore and a .269 nk. Its about as perfect as you can get. The 6mm rem AI will push the bullets faster than they will accurately go

 

[ta6ppc]

I have a regular 6rem reamer i use for the dtacs. It has .150 freebore and a .269 nk. Its about as perfect as you can get. The 6mm rem AI will push the bullets faster than they will accurately go

Good to know, I figured I'd ask before I wasted my money and time on something that isn't productive..
I reall bounce back and fourth on just rebarreling it to what it already is or maybe just do a straight 284.. decisions, decisions..