Small shank Savage action in 6BR with a 100rd ( broke in ??? ) 1:8 twist Shilen

[Gumby26]

Hello and fairly new here. I have a newly broke in Shilen 1:8 twist on a Savage small shank action in 6BR. Does anyone here have a similar rifle ? What load(s) are you having luck with ? Most of my shooting is at 200yds w an occasional trip out to 1000yds. What would be the best load for this distance and was told I could go down to an 80gr. Should I be looking for flat base bullets ??? Thanks in advance

 

[Cfshooter]

I have a savage Shilen combo in 6 dasher, what cartridge are you shooting?

 

[Gumby26]

I have a savage Shilen combo in 6 dasher, what cartridge are you shooting?

6BR

 

[Cfshooter]

6BR

Easy mode is 105-108 gr of choice and 30 grains of Varget or N140. I prefer 105 Berger hybrids, but the 105 VLD perform identical for my BR.

 

[Gumby26]

Easy mode is 105-108 gr of choice and 30 grains of Varget or N140. I prefer 105 Berger hybrids, but the 105 VLD perform identical for my BR.

What are your group sizes at 100 and or 200 ?

 

[Cfshooter]

What are your group sizes at 100 and or 200 ?

These are from 300+.

 

[nockhunter]

29g Varget, Berger 105 hybrid, CCI450, .020" off the lands. Very accurate place to start. My son's old Savage shot this very well.

Mike

 

[BW64]

26" Wilson barrel with 29.8 Varget & Berger 105 hybrid at .005 jam. Clover leaf at 100

 

[Ccrider]

Around 30.5gr Varget and 87gr. Vmax. May surprise you.

 

[Gumby26]

Around 30.5gr Varget and 87gr. Vmax. May surprise you.

Is this in a 1:8 twist ?

 

[Gary C]

Don't sell 107 SMKs short.
They shot Sub MOA at 200 and 300 out of my Savage LRPV 8 twist with
light loads of 28.3 Varget.

 

[K9TXS]

Savage Model 10
24" Wilson barrel, 1-8 twist
105 Berger VLD Hunting
31 grs Varget

 

[One Eye Pete]

My Savage target action (LRPV) large shank with a 26” Shilen 1:8 twist Is an excellent shooter. The easy button for a 6mm BR is right around 30+/- gn. Varget with either a Berger 108 or Sierra 107 jammed slightly, somewhere between 0.003 to .012 into the lands. Should easily give you sub 1/2 MOA at 300 yards. My particular load of 30.1 gn gives me right around 2800 ft/sec. This load is also excellent out to 600 yards. It will shoot out to 1000 but past 600 the 7 millimeters usually have the advantage bucking the wind.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

t will shoot out to 1000 but past 600 the 7 millimeters usually have the advantage bucking the wind.

I was just curious, did the 6.5 mm not compare at all to the 7mm when getting out far?

 

[JFrank]

Savage small shank, 1-8 twist

 

[One Eye Pete]

I was just curious, did the 6.5 mm not compare at all to the 7mm when getting out far?

I shoot a lot of club level F-Class matches at 600 and 800 yards. Generally speaking in calm conditions the 6 BR will compete very well with a 7mm (284 win or 7-6.5 prcw). However when it gets windy the heavier higher BC bullets of the 7mm seem to gain an advantage the further out you shoot. That’s not to say that a very skilled shooter can’t do well with a 6BR.