Which action for 6 ARC bolt gun?

[Elkeater]

Alright. I'm itching to build a lightweight 6 ARC bolt gun with a folding Chassis. I've got a 6ARC gas gun that I really enjoy but it's a touch heavy for deer hunting. Love it for coyote hunting where I'm generally only walking 300-500 yards max to a stand location. I've been playing around with the 6 ARC for a couple years now and really enjoy the cartridge. It's light recoil, drives nice high BC bullets like the 105 Berger VLD at reasonable velocities. Suppresses very well and sips powder and uses small rifle primers.

I've been digging and my first thought was to use a Aero SOLUS action but they don't make a bolt with the ARC/Grendal bolt face. Also looked at just ordering a CF barreled Howa Mini action from brownells but don't know much about them. Also thinking I'd rather have an action I can just drop prefit barrels into.

So what does the brain trust around here think. What action would y'all recommend?

 

[Elkeater]

Or am I better off building a 6 Dasher? I'll be buying more brass anyway so the only extra thing I'd be buying is dasher dies.

 

[TRG65]

I have an ARC in an AR-15. There is no question for me that if building a bolt gun, I would go with something in the BR family. I like my 6mm Creedmoor, I just don't like the short barrel life. But to many good 6mm on a 473 bolt face with proven loads not to just press that easy button.

 

[Sdvldog1371]

Alright. I'm itching to build a lightweight 6 ARC bolt gun with a folding Chassis. I've got a 6ARC gas gun that I really enjoy but it's a touch heavy for deer hunting. Love it for coyote hunting where I'm generally only walking 300-500 yards max to a stand location. I've been playing around with the 6 ARC for a couple years now and really enjoy the cartridge. It's light recoil, drives nice high BC bullets like the 105 Berger VLD at reasonable velocities. Suppresses very well and sips powder and uses small rifle primers.

I've been digging and my first thought was to use a Aero SOLUS action but they don't make a bolt with the ARC/Grendal bolt face. Also looked at just ordering a CF barreled Howa Mini action from brownells but don't know much about them. Also thinking I'd rather have an action I can just drop prefit barrels into.

So what does the brain trust around here think. What action would y'all recommend?

I'm running a Zermatt TL3. I'm actually running several cartridges through that one rifle.
I also have a dasher.

 

[Elkeater]

I have an ARC in an AR-15. There is no question for me that if building a bolt gun, I would go with something in the BR family. I like my 6mm Creedmoor, I just don't like the short barrel life. But to many good 6mm on a 473 bolt face with proven loads not to just press that easy button.

I've got a 6 ARC in an AR platform already. It's my go to coyote gun. Looking at load data you can run the 6 ARC in a bolt gun 100-200FPS faster. And I like the 6 ARC for efficiency over some of the other offerings.

The dasher is just a bit more powder than the ARC. Might consider the 6 GT as well.

 

[waspocrew]

A Zermatt Origin or TL3 offers a lot of flexibility with swapping bolt faces. I weighed options and landed on the Howa mini from Brownells. I went with the 20" heavy barrel and got it on sale for like $370 or so.

The action is a little rough compared to my other actions, but not bad after cycling it a ton. You can do a home mod on the trigger spring and get it under 2 lbs. I put mine in a Stockys VG and so far, I've been happy with it. I haven't done serious load work as I've been waiting to have the stock bedded, but it's shown some promise with factory ammo.

 

[Sdvldog1371]

I've got a 6 ARC in an AR platform already. It's my go to coyote gun. Looking at load data you can run the 6 ARC in a bolt gun 100-200FPS faster. And I like the 6 ARC for efficiency over some of the other offerings.

The dasher is just a bit more powder than the ARC. Might consider the 6 GT as well.

I have all 3 for the TL3. Also a 6.5 creed, 260 rem, 260 rem short carbon, 6.5 Addiction and a short carbon 6.5 Addiction, I have the bolt face for the .223 but haven't picked up a barrel. My range buddies are all .308 win guys and have been trying to get me to get a .308 win. There is a lot of versatility to the Zermatts as mentioned.

 

[JuddL]

Zermatt is pretty hard to beat to do what you are asking and not be married to the bolt face or have options like sdvldog said…lots of versatility.

 

[V35BTC]

Coup De Grace should be considered.

 

[Poor_choices]

I would lean towards the Howa mini action unless you can find a CZ 527 to build on. I'd go with a BR or Dasher if using a standard short action.