.260rem or 6mmbr

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I've been having a really hard time deciding on either ordering a 6mm or 6.5mm barrel for my next build.

I had my mind made up quite a while ago with the 260rem, but all of my extra reading on the subject has got me considering the 6mmbr now.

I'm posting here because I suppose I'm looking for an arguement that will be hard to disagree with. Help!!!!
 
I guess the first question is: what is your purpose of the build? Competition (what kind)? Hunting? LR plinking? What about your budget/preferences? These will dictate your choices and help others in helping you. :)
 
If your going to shoot F class neither, go with 223 rem or .308win as there a classes for them in Canada and US. if your going to open class in F class take a good look at the 7mm bullet. the 6.5 and 6mmbr just don't compete well at long distances against the high BC of the 7mm
manitou
 
I have 6BR for 300-600M and a .260 that I built for 700-900M.

I am now going to build a .284 or .284 Shehane (still undecided) for the longer ranges to take advantage of the high BC 7mm Berger 180gr bullets.

Out the 600m The 6BR rocks. Past 600m the little 6mm legs just dance in the wind.
 
I agree, depends upon the usage. The 6BR is such an adaptable cartridge, I can't think of many reasons why I would favour a .260 Rem. over it. You've never once mentioned long range shooting or competition as a motivating factor. Nor have you mentioned what rifle you plan to re-barrel for.

More information would be helpful.
 
My next rifle will be a Savage 10FP rebarreled in .260 Remington. A few things I like are that you can easily neck down .308 brass. Which makes it much easier to get brass should you not be able to find 260 brass. You can shoot a .260 all day without beating yourself up with magnum recoil and you save roughly 50% of the powder.

The Case For 260 Remington
 
Tcon said:
My next rifle will be a Savage 10FP rebarreled in .260 Remington. A few things I like are that you can easily neck down .308 brass. Which makes it much easier to get brass should you not be able to find 260 brass. You can shoot a .260 all day without beating yourself up with magnum recoil and you save roughly 50% of the powder.

The Case For 260 Remington
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50% savings in powder compared to what, a .223 Rem?
 
If you are feeding from a mag, 260Rem unless you want a fair amount of mucking about to make the 6BR feed.

Otherwise, they are both really good options and boils down to what you want to do with it.

Cyan1de, you want to look at the 7RSAUM or similar case volume. The 284 and Shehane still need to be pushed really hard to get the speeds desired for the 180gr Berger. Best accuracy may also not be the fastest speed. With more case capacity, you have a more options.

Jerry
 
The 6BR does it all. It even kicks out to 1000. I dont care what cartridge you use, when you get past 500, it is all about reading conditions. When you get past 900, you better have a damned accurate cartridge to begin with.

I'm gonna shoot the US Nationals with a 6BR and it is a 1000 yard shoot.

I love the BR because it is so damned easy to make work extremely well.
 
Obtunded said:
The 6BR does it all. It even kicks out to 1000. I dont care what cartridge you use, when you get past 500, it is all about reading conditions. When you get past 900, you better have a damned accurate cartridge to begin with.

I'm gonna shoot the US Nationals with a 6BR and it is a 1000 yard shoot.

I love the BR because it is so damned easy to make work extremely well.
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I have to agree it is one sweet little cartridge. It doesn't take too much work to make them feed from a fixed magazine. I did what this link from Mike Bryant shows to do. It works well. http://www.bryantcustom.com/articles/6BRMagazine.htm
 
rishu_pepper said:
I guess the first question is: what is your purpose of the build? Competition (what kind)? Hunting? LR plinking? What about your budget/preferences? These will dictate your choices and help others in helping you. :)
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Here's a pic of the rifle in question (been posted here before:rolleyes:) .

Remington SPS-V .243
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I don't participate in any competitons as of yet. Not a hunting rifle either. LR varmint/plinking/bench/tacticool rifle, Call it what you want. I just love shooting this rifle and want better accuracy from it, the next logical step is a match barrel & some work done to the action to achieve this. There are very few places to shoot LR in Quebec, so your looking at shooting under hydro lines in the summer and across secluded frozen lakes in the winter. I would love to eventually find an area where 1000y shooting fun can be had safely in my area.

I was planning on going with a heavier 17A contour krieger so felt recoil shouldn't be a problem up to and including .308win. I aware of how recoil can and will affect your shooting, but funny thing is, lack of recoil is a little bit of a turn off for me:confused: I've owned target rifles in .223, and still own a .22lr bench rifle and they all lose their appeal after a while, as accurate as they are, I always end up feeling like I'm shooting an air rifle. That is why I ruled out the .223, and I'm having doubts that a 6mmbr in a heavy rifle such as this might have the same outcome. Silly priorities I guess.:redface:

The extra cost per round and lack of quality brass available for the 260 bothers me. I want something practical, and Im not planning on spending the extra time to prep .243 or .308 lapua for the 260. I'd have to settle with sorted r-p brass.

As for accuracry, are both the 6mmbr & 260rem similar to 500y?
 
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