Hey JB, Paul, and company. Finally got around to posting something.
So I received this 6mmBR barrel recently, and I'm unsure what to do with the sucker. It's a used BR barrel, stainless, 4-groove, in a 'light' length,23") and contour,see pics). Appears to have been set up for a block or sleeved Remington action, no space for a recoil lug on the threads. Throat and lands look fine. This is actually from the same vintage as a .308 barrel that I've been shooting for 800rds+ with success, so I have a feeling that it has a lot of life left unless you're trying to stay in the 1's/low 2's.
I probably would have already built this into a tactical rig, except that it's got 1) a slow twist around 1:13, and 2) a .266 neck. I really want to get into the 6BR realm,mostly from this site, thanks Paul
), but not under these twist and neck terms. Looking at info on this site, it appears that right now everyone is thinking the same way, i.e. fast twists and loose necks. While a little machine work on the contour and recoil lug recess would be pretty cheap and harmless, running a reamer up there would be asking for trouble IMHO, and not worth it on a used barrel. Although a 200yd dime-puncher would be fun, I just don't have the resources to go in all directions at once. It's tempting to find a cheap 700 action and fit the sucker, bolting it into my AICS from time to time, but the demands of tight-neck reloading are not on my list of things to do more of.
So......what should I do? Is there any demand for these specs at all? Sell/trade it? Dink with it? Use it to hold the door open? WWJBD?
So I received this 6mmBR barrel recently, and I'm unsure what to do with the sucker. It's a used BR barrel, stainless, 4-groove, in a 'light' length,23") and contour,see pics). Appears to have been set up for a block or sleeved Remington action, no space for a recoil lug on the threads. Throat and lands look fine. This is actually from the same vintage as a .308 barrel that I've been shooting for 800rds+ with success, so I have a feeling that it has a lot of life left unless you're trying to stay in the 1's/low 2's.
I probably would have already built this into a tactical rig, except that it's got 1) a slow twist around 1:13, and 2) a .266 neck. I really want to get into the 6BR realm,mostly from this site, thanks Paul
), but not under these twist and neck terms. Looking at info on this site, it appears that right now everyone is thinking the same way, i.e. fast twists and loose necks. While a little machine work on the contour and recoil lug recess would be pretty cheap and harmless, running a reamer up there would be asking for trouble IMHO, and not worth it on a used barrel. Although a 200yd dime-puncher would be fun, I just don't have the resources to go in all directions at once. It's tempting to find a cheap 700 action and fit the sucker, bolting it into my AICS from time to time, but the demands of tight-neck reloading are not on my list of things to do more of.So......what should I do? Is there any demand for these specs at all? Sell/trade it? Dink with it? Use it to hold the door open? WWJBD?
