OK, I had a favorite Remington Model 7 in 7/08. It accounted for many deer and was a joy to hunt with. One year after many years of use I had a sling swivel mishap that caused my rifle to drop from my deer stand thus busting my beautiful stock and putting an end to my hunting with that rifle. I replaced it with another 7/08 in a 700 Mountain rifle. The model 7 set dormant for a few years and I read an article about a model 7 converted to a 7mm BR. I thought a 6mm BR might be a handy walking varmint gun for a Summer passion of hunting groundhog. I purchased a 12 twist Hart barrel searched for a gunsmith. My gunsmith gave me the impression the 6mmBR may exhibit feeding issues and encouraged me to chamber it in a .243 Win. Never a fan of the .243 Win I opted for the 6mm Rem. I don't hunt with it as perhaps I should but I have limited loading the 85gr Sierra Game King due to the slower twist. I have not tried a heavier round. I am now at the point to just have it rebarreled into my favorite deer round the 7/08 and a 20 inch barrel. This was a goof I would rather fix now and be able to enjoy it as I once did for many seasons. Am I crazy?
I goofed on my 6mm Rem.
- Thread starter M T Pockets
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jds holler
Gold $$ Contributor
Yeah, you're crazy. 
Ya shoulda just gone with a 243 like the guy suggested and had it twisted and throated for whatever bullet you like the most. Since this was a build, you could have had it AI'd also.
jd
Ya shoulda just gone with a 243 like the guy suggested and had it twisted and throated for whatever bullet you like the most. Since this was a build, you could have had it AI'd also. jd
17VLD
Gold $$ Contributor
Nothing wrong with a 6mm Rem, my hunting buddy shot a metric shit ton of groundhogs and whitetail dear with his. But he had the conventional twist of 9 in his. I would keep that model Seven for groundhogs with the lighter varmint bullets and use the 7mm08 mountain rifle for deer,hopefully you still have both.
Matt
Matt
I believe the 6mm will give you more “bang for the buck” than the 243, specially if you handload.
My 1970s Remington Mohawk, in 243 was my walking rifle for groundhogs. Loaded Sierra #1530 85 gr hpbt & IMR 4350. 6x18 Redfield.
Rifle became my LIVE turkey shoot gun, ,(head shots only@ 100 yds) when the 40X got to heavy.
Rifle cost new $89. Scope extra. A 3/4" inch gun at 100 yds, off the bench.
XP100 pistol, 221 fireball, now thats a "walking gun"
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I had originally planned on a 6mmBR but gunsmith said it may cause feeding issues
hoz53
Gold $$ Contributor
you have the 700 for deer correct? i would find a load/bullet that would shoot accurately and shoot that barrel at varmints and targets until it wouldnt shoot anymore. if you dont want to do that for some reason and think you need to rebarrel send the 6mm rem barrel to me. i will put it to good use.
M.T.
Howdy !
I DK how long your 6mm Remington barrel currently is, or…. its profile ?
IF so desired, it may be possible ( if the barrel profile could accommodate it ),
to fore-shorten the breech end; to come up w/ a new 6mm “ wildcat “ chamber.
I have sent along pics of my “ DEEP 6 “ wildcat. This wildcat’s chamber is cut by running a 6mm Remington reamer in “ short “, for a nominal .466” base diam.
Cases are formed off 7 X 64 Brenneke parent brass. 7 x 64 has the required
.466” base diam, and is .308 bolt face compatible rimless.
With the larger diam breech end of the barrel fore-shortened as mentioned above, the
already rifled fwd portion of the barrel would remain unaffected/unaltered. The straight breech section would need to be long enough to accommodate some new; additional threads.
DEEP 6 has 51.2gr H2O cas capacity.
Included pic shows max safe charges of RL-23, RL-25, and RL -26 ( my rifle, my loads ).
Note similarity is amount of case fill.
Other pic shows DEEP 6 w/ 95 T-MK seated.
Note:
The same wildcat chambering approach can be taken using a 6mm Remington reamer, to arrive @ a new wildcat chambering approach that has case capacity between that of a 6PPC, and that of a 6BR. That benchrest-sized case is formed off .35 Remington brass,
which ( in my Wichita WBR1375 ) is .308 bolt face compatible. Again… the barrel’s straight breech section would need to be long enough to accommodate shortening that end of the barrel…. and also to be able to accept some external threads threads.
With regards,
357Mag
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Technically, you have a 244 Remington with that 1-12 twist barrel. Remington introduced the 6mm Rem with a 1-10 twist so it would handle heavier bullets.
DaveTooley
Gold $$ Contributor
I've shot a large pile of Red deer and whitetails using 85 gr bullets. I like conventional spitzers for big game. Something about exposed lead makes them predictable in my mind.
No no no no..your looking at this situation all wrong my fellow forum member
You are simply using the wrong scale to measure loss.
Start with divorce, with children on top of list
And broken cleaning rod at bottom of list.
A 6mm rem barrel on a model seven isnt even on the spectrum
Baaaahahahaha...
Right!...
Lets be reasonable
You are simply using the wrong scale to measure loss.
Start with divorce, with children on top of list
And broken cleaning rod at bottom of list.
A 6mm rem barrel on a model seven isnt even on the spectrum
Baaaahahahaha...
Right!...
Lets be reasonable
Agree with, THIS ^^^,..
Find whatever, 1-12 Twist Bullets that will work, BEST and see just how accurate, the Rifle is, BEFORE,..
thinking of, Re-Barreling it. ( You May be,.. surprised ).
Ask some of the Forum Members on Here for, Bullet suggestions.
There are probably, a Couple of "Good" Varmint and Deer Bullets, that "can" be,.. used.
Starting with, the Sierra 85 gr. HP's ( I've heard a LOT of "Good things", about, them ! ).
The 85 gr Sierra is, a great "Combo" 6MM Rem. Bullet for,.. Varmints or, Deer !
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Barnes doesn't recommend for my slower twist
7887mm08
Silver $$ Contributor
I shoot the 85 gr tsx in my rem 788, shoots great! The 85 gr sierra hpbt shoots just as well.
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