For all the guys that rant and rave about 6XC….
Will it shoot a bunch of consecutive groups in the .2s?
If it will, I want one.
Clancy, my first 6 XC is a 31" barrel, 8T. I put on a Tuner. My load with the Berger 105g Match is 3150, and I am shooting groups small enough to enter a NBRSA National match, H4350, Rem 7 1/2. My brass is formed from Lapua 308 brass with the small primer pocket.
The Bullet's boattail/ shank is above the shoulder neck junction of the case.
Whidden dies are used, and the load shoots tiny, tiny groups, thanks to Gunsandgunsmithing Tuner. I have shot more zeros with this rig than any of the many 6 PPC's I have owned through the years. Groups in the 1's are common, with the rule of thumb being that a group in the mid 2's is huge. Wind of course, is always a factor.
As a test of the cartridge design, I wanted to use some really horrible brass formed from Chinese 308 Machine gun brass, PMC 308, and Lake City '96. In all cases, groups are tiny. Primer pockets did not last in the machine gun brass as you would expect, but accuracy was in the mid-2's.
I have never shot any of Tubb's brass. I need to order some.
I put 900 rounds on 30 of the prepped Lapua Palma brass, still shooting 13 of those cases. I wrecked some of the brass using R#17, where the accuracy node is at 3250 fps with the same Berger 105s. The primer pockets lasted 4-6 firings with R#17, but those cases had a lot of firings on them previously.
I did test different primers with H4350, Rem 7 1/2 is the hands down winner, CCI br4, cci 450, and Tula Mag primers not even close.