I found a Remington model 600 6mm Mohawk for my girl to deer hunt with and occasional predator hunting. The lady that I bought it from purchased it new and had only shot 1 ½ boxes of shells thru it. It scatters bullets bad at 100 yards. Does anyone have any knowledge with this make and what I need to do to make it more accurate without decreasing the value of it?
Rem 6mm Mohawk Accuracy problems
- Thread starter Keith
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CatShooter
The twist is ~ 9-1/8".
It will easily handle bullets up to 105 spitzers.
The 600 Mohawk was a light barreled rifle that was made as a light truck or saddle rifle.
If you float the barrel, you will get a great accuracy improvement right away.
Then glass bed the action and adjust the trigger.
They are nice rifles.
If you don't like it, you will find many buyers.
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It will easily handle bullets up to 105 spitzers.
The 600 Mohawk was a light barreled rifle that was made as a light truck or saddle rifle.
If you float the barrel, you will get a great accuracy improvement right away.
Then glass bed the action and adjust the trigger.
They are nice rifles.
If you don't like it, you will find many buyers.
.
Keith, I have worked with my Rem 722 in .244 which has the slower twist,1:12) than should your 6mm. I managed to get mine to cloverleaf quite regularly with handloads. I did not have any luck with factory loads, partly because of the available weight of the factory loads, 90-100grs. I would suspect that with the correct loads and a good scope you will get that rifle to group quite well. Many people on this and other forums have been quite helpful. I will be happy to share what I learned with you. As others have said, start out with a good scope mount such as a Leupold or Redfield, make sure it is tight and then put on a good reliable scope. I use a Harris bipod and a sandbag and shoot prone. It may not be as comfortable as a bench, but I am working with what I have. Good luck, Peter.
CatShooter
I doubt that a total of 30 rounds through the rifle,for it's WHOLE life) would have any effect on accuracy.
These rifles were notorious for bad bedding and bad barrel channels. It came with the design.
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These rifles were notorious for bad bedding and bad barrel channels. It came with the design.
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The Rem 600 & 660 are great hunting guns. I have four, a 243, 6mm, 7-08 and a 308. They all shoot great. Well two are not stock, they had new barrels and stocks when I bought them.
If it were my gun, I would try the steps listed below one by one until I found out the problem.
1. Junk or sell the scope and bases.
2. Free the barrel channel so a folded dollar bill will pass thru without hanging up. The barrel should be free floated from the recoil lug out. Or you could buy an aftermarket stock like a Brown or McMillan. I have both and don’t know which I like best.
3. Take it to a known good smith and have him drill and tap a second scope base hole in the rear of the receiver. This will allow you to use any Weaver style base for a Rem model 7. Also have him do a trigger job and check the crown.
4. While the action is at the smith’s, you should seal the barrel channel you sanded out.
5. When you get it back, check the stock for movement when you tighten the action screws. If the action moves, you may want to bed the action and two inches,chamber area) of the barrel.
6. Now try shooting it with a KNOWN good target scope. If it shoots good, put your hunting scope on and sight it in for hunting. If it does not shoot good and you did not bed it in step 5, now is the time to bed it.
At this point you will have a good shooting hunting gun. They will group under an inch at least. Not a bench gun but a great hunting gun. The 600 & 660 stocks were not made to shoot off a bench. The guns are light and have to be held some to do their best. Don’t forget that this action has been used to make many very, very good bench guns. By using Weaver style base, you can hunt with a light scope and change back to the big target scope for varmints. And you can trade back and forth between the two with very little loss of “hunting†accuracy.
If this does not get it shooting the way you want, email or pm me. There are some other things to try.
Richard
If it were my gun, I would try the steps listed below one by one until I found out the problem.
1. Junk or sell the scope and bases.
2. Free the barrel channel so a folded dollar bill will pass thru without hanging up. The barrel should be free floated from the recoil lug out. Or you could buy an aftermarket stock like a Brown or McMillan. I have both and don’t know which I like best.
3. Take it to a known good smith and have him drill and tap a second scope base hole in the rear of the receiver. This will allow you to use any Weaver style base for a Rem model 7. Also have him do a trigger job and check the crown.
4. While the action is at the smith’s, you should seal the barrel channel you sanded out.
5. When you get it back, check the stock for movement when you tighten the action screws. If the action moves, you may want to bed the action and two inches,chamber area) of the barrel.
6. Now try shooting it with a KNOWN good target scope. If it shoots good, put your hunting scope on and sight it in for hunting. If it does not shoot good and you did not bed it in step 5, now is the time to bed it.
At this point you will have a good shooting hunting gun. They will group under an inch at least. Not a bench gun but a great hunting gun. The 600 & 660 stocks were not made to shoot off a bench. The guns are light and have to be held some to do their best. Don’t forget that this action has been used to make many very, very good bench guns. By using Weaver style base, you can hunt with a light scope and change back to the big target scope for varmints. And you can trade back and forth between the two with very little loss of “hunting†accuracy.
If this does not get it shooting the way you want, email or pm me. There are some other things to try.
Richard
I killed my first deer with a rifle in that exact same gun. a few years later I talked my uncle into selling it to me. it didn't shoot all that good either. All I did to get mine to shoot was to float the barrel, lighten the trigger, and work up a good load with the 100 sbt sierra or 95 nosler ballistic tip. I managed to shoot some clover leaf groups with it, and it almost always shot under an inch. first turkey with it too, at 324 yards. it will shoot, just listen to all the advice from everyone, and please put a good scope on it. the redfield and leupold base that fits an xp-100 works on them as well. he has bought it back now, and I won't say how much I have offered him to buy it again, and he won't let it go!!
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