Thoughts on a "Shorty" 6BR

[TyWard 6BR]

I have a HV 1/14" twist 6mm barrel that's just laying around collecting dust. I was thinking of clambering it in 6BR. Finished length would be 16.5". Any thoughts on the performance? I'm thinking of running the 70gr SMK's due to I have several thousand of them from my old PPC and don't use them in anything else. Has anyone else tried a short 6BR? Thanks

 

[Eddie Harren]

I assume you mean a short barreled 6BR. Had a 17" barrel on an XP-100 for a while. I loved it. Prairie Dogs, not so much.

 

[Tim Singleton]

I have an 18" McGowen in 6br on a salvage that is an awesome varmint shooter with the 65gr

 

[NorCalMikie]

Built one on a rear grip SP platform. 16", 1-8 twist. Deadly accurate but wild recoil. Too much to be fun shooting. Still a hoot to shoot. 5 shot groups at less than 1/2" were the norm.

 

[jonbearman]

I have an encore with a custom 6BR and shoot the light bullets, its a riot.

 

[TyWard 6BR]

I'm gonna have to give it a try. Sounds like fun! I'm gonna be mainly shooting the 70gr SMK's. How far can I expect to reach out with it??

 

[NorCalMikie]

Probably farther than you can see. The SP guys are going way past 400 yards with very good results. 8)

 

[TyWard 6BR]

If I can get out to 3-400 yds that would be awesome. I'm thinking of using it as a Varmint rig.

 

[Tim Singleton]

I'm sure it will be very effective on varmints at those ranges.

You might ask some guys with Quick Load to input data for a 16" barrel to look for a fast burning powder to work well in the short barrel

 

[TyWard 6BR]

I'm gonna have to do that. I usually use Varget or 8208 in my other 3 6BR's. Thanks for the Tip.

 

[Tim Singleton]

Lighter bullets and shorty barrel may work better with N133, H322 LT32 maybe benchmark


Times like this I wish I had quick load it would be interesting to see what it says

 

[GSPV]

Just make sure that it doesn't chamber up to 15.9".

 

[Jlk]

There is nothing wrong with a short barrel 6mmBR. I have a H-S Precision Varmint Pistol in 6mmBR with a 15" barrel that I use when calling coyotes. I have been loading 70gr Nosler BTips with XBR 8208 at 3000fps or 55gr B-Tips at 3300fps with XMR 2015 and it works very well out to 300yds or so. Have taken deer with the 70gr B Tips also.

 

[GSPV]

I'm just saying that 16" is the breakpoint between a rifle and a pistol.

 

[NorCalMikie]

What Greg is saying is the barrel (finished length) better be 16"+ or it turns into a SBR (short barreled rifle) and you'll end up dealing with the BATF boys.
If it is registered as a 'pistol", it can be any barrel length you want.

 

[GSPV]

Exactly. Registered as a pistol, no worries. Registered as a rifle, < 16" barrel = great potential for hassle.

 

[NorCalMikie]

And, if you build on a "rifle" action, with the 16"+ barrel length, it's still a rifle, no matter what it looks like. 8)

 

[Lightheart]

This 6BR just sold on this site without the Leupold 6.5 X 20.
Need a scope for your project?
Bill

 

[TyWard 6BR]

Lightheart shoot me a PM with the specs and price of the scope. I chambered the barrel so now I'm hunting for a nice stock. I think I'm just gonna use a Boyds Pro Varmint. The finished length is 16.5" so no hassle from anyone. Can't wait to see how she shoots

 

[Hydenseek]

Let me get this straight..... If you were to use an xp100 action and put a 14" barrel.... All you would have to do is register it as a pistol even if it had a rifle type stock bolted to the action???