lancetkenyon
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My 22GT fed "OK" from a standard mag without the spacer kit. But they would move around in the mag. The spacer kit helped feeding tremedously.
As for 6CM...they feed like butter.
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As for 6CM...they feed like butter.
The ctr mags feed great with the creed cases as @lancetkenyon stated. The 6creed is a great cartridge. If you still want to run the GT, there is a member in Rokslide by the handle "shooter71" that can modify your factory ctr bottom metal to take the factory ctr mags as well as aics.
General RE LEE
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Thank you. I joined a 6 GT Facebook group and got some feedback. There are a couple people over there running CTR mags and 6 GT without issue.
Main reason I want to stick with the GT is barrel life. I shoot quite a bit and I don't do my own barrels. Bug Holes is local to me so dropping off rifle for a rebarrel is about 5 month down time. 6 Creed would last maybe a year-year and a half of shooting, 6 GT would probably be 2.5-3 years.
The whole point of the GT was reliable feeding in AICS mags without the use of mag kits. The GT was to be faster than the Dasher without the mag problems. Since it was designed for PRS I'm guessing the ctr mags were never considered.
I saw that stated at the cartridges inception but ppl are having issues. It makes me wonder how many action,bm, and mag combinations they tested. Or if it was just tested on gaps proprietary defiance made actions.
I'm not saying that they should have tested every possible combination. Just saying that might be why there are issues on anything that's not a defiance action or Rem 700 clone with similar feed ramps.
General RE LEE
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Got a link?
I see them all the time in PRS and I've never heard of an issue. But, then again, I've never had an issue with my Dasher and mag kits but hear people complaining all the time.
To your point, everyone is running a Rem clone of some type with AICS or AW mags in PRS so there would be no testing of it on any other platform.
I believe it's pretty new. Il search around and see if I can find it again
I know GAP claimed the GT to be THE fix for prs mag fed rifles. I personally feel a kitted aics mag with a br variant is prob more reliable than a gt from standard aics mags. I ran a 6BRA from non kittle aics mags for a season and had little to no feeding problems. There is a reason companies are coming out with GT specific mags now. If you want 100% reliability feeding from the ctr or non kitted aics mags, I'd chamber the rifle in 6x47, 6xc, or 6 creed.
I have shot out a number of 6gt barrels. My first was an Impact/xlr chassis, used pmags initially, then ARC aics mags. Mdt non binder mags were not good(early generation mags), did not like aw mags either. I've built some on ARC nucleus/archimedes actions, these all ran the ARC aics mags like a champ and still do. My AI ATX has a 6gt barrel and it works with AW mags, as does my Cous De Grace 6gt. The womans match rifle is a TL3, it has been using ARC mags but I recently acquired a few the Grey ops 12rd billet aw mags to test. The womans first 6gt was on a Tikka, it was in a bravo chassis running arc aics mags. I installed that same barreled action in a CTR stock and tested ctr mags, feeding was prob 80%, installed a standard Tikka T3 bottom metal with 3rd M mags and they all fed great for prob 30 Rd of cycling. Tuning feed lips is usually a necessity with any rifle for optimum performance.
I have shot out a number of 6gt barrels. My first was an Impact/xlr chassis, used pmags initially, then ARC aics mags. Mdt non binder mags were not good(early generation mags), did not like aw mags either. I've built some on ARC nucleus/archimedes actions, these all ran the ARC aics mags like a champ and still do. My AI ATX has a 6gt barrel and it works with AW mags, as does my Cous De Grace 6gt. The womans match rifle is a TL3, it has been using ARC mags but I recently acquired a few the Grey ops 12rd billet aw mags to test. The womans first 6gt was on a Tikka, it was in a bravo chassis running arc aics mags. I installed that same barreled action in a CTR stock and tested ctr mags, feeding was prob 80%, installed a standard Tikka T3 bottom metal with 3rd M mags and they all fed great for prob 30 Rd of cycling. Tuning feed lips is usually a necessity with any rifle for optimum performance.
WiscGunner
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what kind of round count are you getting out of your barrels?
I pull them at 2500. Never had one go out on me in a match. They are still shooting near half moa, but don't want to chance it.
