Looking for Advice on a New 6mm Build

[jlarose85]

@300 or less you got it figured. Stay light mono for deer like 80 to 90 max and you will have a Lazer beam to 300. No need for heavy mono, a 80gr will penetrate from butt to front chest. Flat is better at that range.

Yea, when I said heavy mono, that's what I had in mind. The heaviest being the 95gr. LRX but I also know the 80gr. TTSX will more than do the trick. I know both the .243 (in at least an 8 twist) and 6 creed will handle those mono's fine for deer, I think where I had some skepticism on the 6 creed was on the lighter varmint type bullets as most of what you can find on the .243 seems like it lends itself better to that. That being said, I am a reloader, so I suppose it doesn't matter nearly as much.

 

[marcos0901]

I'm looking for some thoughts on a 6mm build that I'm going to be tackling this year. The base is going to be a Bergara premier short action that I'm going to rebarrel from .308. My application is going to be primarily varmint/predator hunting, but I will want to load some heavier mono's for deer if need be. The farthest shot I have an opportunity to take on my property is 300 yards, so this doesn't have to be a long range rig.

My thought as of now is to build a .243 Win with a 1:8 twist barrel. I think this should give me flexibility to shoot everything from 55gr ballistic tips for varmints to 95gr LRX's for deer. For some reason though I keep second guessing on if I should go with a 6 creed instead. Seems like if I do the .243 on an 8 twist that I'm not giving anything up other than the super heavy for caliber bullets that you'd use for long range shooting, but I don't have anywhere to shoot that would be considered long range so I don't think this matters for me. What are your thoughts on this? Am I on the right track?

Appreciate the help!

You might check out the 6gt 105s around 3k fps. I have mine on a Krieger 26 inch barrel 1:8 twist. It will hit coke cans out at 750 if I do my part. I shoot 80 gr Eldvt during coyote season around 3300. I have gotten it to 3450 with Varget but they were a little warm. I shot a doe at 600 with the 80 gt vt and it worked wonderful. I have also hit them with my 105 at 700 and that also worked well. Alpha, Lapua, and Hornady brass are decently easy to come by. It likes about any powder from 4166 to rl-16 from what I have tested. I have watched about 8-9 does taken with it under 300 and they don't make it far.

 

[Nimrodmar10]

Lots of good info here guys! I appreciate the feedback. For all you 6 creed guys, a lot of you are mentioning shooting the heavier 100gr+ bullets (which makes sense as that's where it shines) but what are you experience with lighter weight varmint bullets like say a 65gr VMAX or a 70gr. Nosler ballistic tip? Are you getting as good of performance out of those as you are the heavier bullets?

Out of my 6mm Creedmoor, I'm shooting the Nosler 55gr. Ballistic Tip Varmint bullets at 4108 fps with less than MOA accuracy. I'm also shooting the Hornady 87 gr V-Max at 3107 fps with great accuracy. It's not that hot a load, but it's plenty hot for the V-Max bullets.