6mm Rem - What with and for?

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I know, title is a little general but I am somewhat in awe of this calibre. From it's long neck to hard history to velocity boost over 243 win there's just something that draws me in.

I now only own one 6mm, a 1976 left hand model 788. Effortlessly accurate. When I had two, I had a load for each - one for varmints and one for whitetail deer. Both could knock a wing off a fly at 300 yards.

So just wondering who else may share this fondness and allure. RL-15 and 65 gr v-max landed my first coyote double and I'm hoping to try 100 gr Sierra SPBT on deer next season...H4831 powder worked nicely there.
 
Count me in to the 6mm Remington fan club. I have 3 at present, and have not been without at least 1 since 1968
I have shot countless animals with them, from bunnies to moose, and have always been impressed. For a number of years,
my favorite coyote load was the Speer 75 grain HPFB, chased by a healthy dose of Higginsons 47N powder. 3600 in a 24" barrel
and often did not exit.
Shot a goodly number of Island deer [blacktails], usually used the 95 or 100 Partition and Norma MRP....quick kills, and only ever
recovered one bullet...the rest made exit.
Shot Muleys and Whitetails here on the mainland, about 35 or so, never had to chase any very far once hit with the 6mm.
Black Bears...6 of these, all with the 100 Partition. None went beyond 75 yards after the hit.
One youg Bull moose at 120 yards. I was actually hunting deer at the time, but he made the mistake of showing himslf.
As he was legal, I poked him in the ribs with a 100 Partition, and he obligingly laid down, dead. Bullet exited.
The 6mm is not magic, but a well-placed bullet will get the job done. In retrospect, I doubt any of the animals would have
noticed had I been shooting a 243 instead, but an extra 100-150 fps is nice. Dave.
 
Good to know the 6 mm is still alive...!!! I hope it doesn't fall of the edge of the earth. I believe Rem is the only manufacturer of brass. I am limited to loading hot as the 788 has rear locking lugs, but 3075 fps with a 100 gr is nothing to sneeze at!
 
Does a .244 Rem count?? I've got one in a heavy barreled Remington 40-X. I bought it used in the early 80's for informal benchrest/target shooting. I usually shoot 70 to 85 grain bullets. I've played with several powders, but I keep coming back to IMR 3031 or IMR 4064.
 
I have a Remington 788 in 6mm that looks like it rolled around in the back of a truck for years. I bought it a few years ago from an older gentlemen who claimed to have taken many a deer with it. After I cleaned and tightened it up a bit I took it to the range and found out it will shoot all factory ammo under 1-1.5 inches at 100 yards using a crappy front rest and a 6x Japanese scope. I've used it to take mule deer and white tailed deer in southern AB coulees. Big fan here...
 
I have a 6mm Remington as well. It's built on a commercial 96 Swede Mauser action. I don't load the nuts out of it but it still has a bit more velocity than my 243s. I love the light recoil. The barrel was a take off Remington varmint weight measuring 24in. It has a tight twist of 1-9 and it is more accurate than the Howa 1500 243 and a 98 Mauser with a Shilen bbl. The Howa has a 1-10 twist and doesn't like 100 grain boat tail bullets the 98 has a 1-12 twist rate and only shoots 80 grain and lighter bullets well. The 6mm Remington doesn't seem to care what it's fed. It just shoots everything, including commercial ammo well if I do my part.

As mentioned. It will take any animal in North America cleanly as long as the shooter does their part. I've used mine on Deer, Bears, Moose and one cow Elk. The Elk was about 100 feet out and a shot to the back of her head where the spine meets the skull dropped her instantly. This isn't a shot I would normally attempt. The target is to small and it doesn't take much to screw things up in a hurry.

She was standing still, looking out over the field and I was in a blind with a good rest. All of the planets were aligned so I took the shot I tell people on a regular basis is unethical.
 
Had a 788 for years and loaded it just as hot as my other 6mms. People talk about the rear locking rings on the 788 not allowing you to load hot or the bolt compresses or something else that comes into their mind. Look at the stiffness and rigidity of that action and convince me it will stretch. You don't see anyone telling you not to load the Shultz& Larson hot. This a story someone started and was taken as gospel by everyone. My 788 was hot loaded and all I ever was partially size so just 2/3 of the neck was sized .The down size of loading really hotis that you can break the bolt handle with an overloaded charge. That same load would need another rifle bolt hammered open.
 
All this talk made me get my 6mm 788 out of the safe. Its now staged for coyote hunting this week-actually I have only shot 2 coyotes with a 6mm, just happed to be a double. My second longest shot at a 433 yd groundhog was the 6mm too. I will use it for deer next year.

I had a load with H4350 but got sticky bolt lift in summer so used the chance to switch. H4831sc works great with 100 gr Prohunters but I since swapped those out for Gamekings with equal accuracy.
 
I have two M700s BDLs in 6MM. First one I bought in 1970, heavy barrel, too heavy to pack around hunting deer so I bought a standard barrel version. The "varmitter" is still my go to gun for shooting gophers out to 400 yards. Wind does not affect the heavier 6 MM bullets as much as the 224 cals. Lots of powders work well in the 6 MM. Years ago it was 4831, 4350 and 4064. Lately I have been using H414. My 6 MM are not fussy what bullets they get fed, but usually 87 HPBT for varmits and 100 grs for deer.
 
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