Not saying anything is wrong with it mate, it was more a quip at bushchook due to his "girls" remark. I'd own a 243 if I had a need for one but I own its big brother 7mm08 and see no need for a 243 so a 6mm that is a little more conservative will be great!Drew Jaeger wrote:Hey, there's nothing wrong with a 243 as a medium game calibre!!!kjd wrote:Its more for something different then the 243. I know for me I'd hate to be thrown into the 243 wankers category
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I had a 22-250 for a little while, & every time i used it i thought, wouldn't this be a great round with a 6mm bullet. However I have decided to go with the 6br (nearly finished) now, & later build a longe-range firecracker like a 257w or 257wsm. Maybe the 6/250 should have been the factory round & the 22-250 & 243 discarded??? BTW I do own 2 243's, & i love em both.
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diamond T,
Sould be funny if nothing else, how anyone can raise a calibre like the .243 to God status I don't know but then it doesn't have to make sense does it.
After all its only a necked down 308.
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Mate do you realise how completly irrational .243 owners are, you have made a statement which will send shockwaves through their .243 deveoted little hearts there old son...stand back and wait for the backlash.Maybe the 6/250 should have been the factory round & the 22-250 & 243 discarded???
Sould be funny if nothing else, how anyone can raise a calibre like the .243 to God status I don't know but then it doesn't have to make sense does it.
After all its only a necked down 308.
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Rinso
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jb747
The 6/250 is a pretty versatile round. It isn't a 243, but it is a supercharged 22/250...that just happens to have access to bullets with a decent b/c. We used ours as a rabbit and fox rifle. It was more pleasant to shoot than the 243, but way more effective than the 22/250.
As Trev said, competition bushing dies are available from Redding, brass prep takes all of 20 seconds per case. Brass life is excellent. And it feeds perfectly. What's not to like.
As Trev said, competition bushing dies are available from Redding, brass prep takes all of 20 seconds per case. Brass life is excellent. And it feeds perfectly. What's not to like.
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I think I have a dodgy chrony so dont trust the velocities. It was reading from high 3600 with 70NBTs up to 3800 with 65 vmax.
The Hodgdon manual doesnt list 65s but they got over 3400 with 70s Sierra HPBT. they also use a shorter barrel than mine. So with the higher BC ballistic tip projies I was expecting 3500 for 70s and a little higher for 65s.
As far as VLD projies, i built mine on a swift donar and it feeds well with a heap of room left in the magazine. It was put to me that the 6/250 was like a br that could be magazine fed. You can also improve the case to fit more powder in but then you are back to a 243.
I didnt choose it because I am on a crusade to change the world to adopt the best calibre ever, I just wanted something a little different that would feed from a magazine (its a spotlighting rifle).
The Hodgdon manual doesnt list 65s but they got over 3400 with 70s Sierra HPBT. they also use a shorter barrel than mine. So with the higher BC ballistic tip projies I was expecting 3500 for 70s and a little higher for 65s.
As far as VLD projies, i built mine on a swift donar and it feeds well with a heap of room left in the magazine. It was put to me that the 6/250 was like a br that could be magazine fed. You can also improve the case to fit more powder in but then you are back to a 243.
I didnt choose it because I am on a crusade to change the world to adopt the best calibre ever, I just wanted something a little different that would feed from a magazine (its a spotlighting rifle).
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Sorry Trevort as I have only been reloading for a couple of years I was unaware that the cases were that easy to form. I thought that they had to be annealled and that sort of thing.
My preferance to commercial loadings for a hunting round is only because that most are avaliable in gunshops so if run low on ammo just run into town and buy some more.I have been out shooting and used 120 rounds and we drove 60km and bought some more, where as if I had some wildcat, the hunting would have been over till we got back home and loaded some more.
Where were you doing your sighting in? as those paddocks look very very dry?
PS. can I PM you about some fincial matters?
My preferance to commercial loadings for a hunting round is only because that most are avaliable in gunshops so if run low on ammo just run into town and buy some more.I have been out shooting and used 120 rounds and we drove 60km and bought some more, where as if I had some wildcat, the hunting would have been over till we got back home and loaded some more.
Where were you doing your sighting in? as those paddocks look very very dry?
PS. can I PM you about some fincial matters?
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I haven't been able to get to the range to finish load work. I still reckon the rifle is a one hole shooter once I do my bit. I will keep mucking about with more range time.
I was going away for the weekend and decided that 37 2208 with 65 Vmax load would start hunting. It took 15 rounds to get sighted in just were I wanted. Previously i had shot for groups and hadnt adjusted the scope to get any load perfectly zeroed. I dont know whether there is a problem with the scope but both adjustments read 'up and right'. Its either a quality control problem I need to address or I just didnt read the instruction book. You would get the elevation right and then when you moved windage it also adjusted elevation and vice versa. That couldnt be a purposeful design could it? The optical image quality is brilliant under the light so I would recommend the Burris Black Diamond not withstanding the adjustment issue.
Well anyway, I have to say "thank you Mr Clancy". It felt like cheating. You couldnt miss spotlighting. The farmer always places the ute front on to the target and you have a steady position with your bipod on the roof. My first shot was earlier in the day when the farmer was taking us on a tour of the farm. We stopped when a crow in a tree decided to challenge us by not flying away. It would have been somewhere between 100 and 150 m. Farmer said 'dollar on the crow". When it exploded, three others erupted from the foliage and one circled back to see why its buddy hadnt followed. He fell out of the tree too. Farmer was mightily impressed.
The only shot I missed was when I was following a running fox in the spotlight hoping he would stop for a look over his shoulder. Dont put your finger anywhere near a 10 ounce trigger when you do this! I think I educated him!
The stock does look odd in all honesty, being so short with a 26 inch barrel but it is super comfortable to shoot and as it was built for spotlighting you dont hold the forend at all. I made the right choice.
I was going away for the weekend and decided that 37 2208 with 65 Vmax load would start hunting. It took 15 rounds to get sighted in just were I wanted. Previously i had shot for groups and hadnt adjusted the scope to get any load perfectly zeroed. I dont know whether there is a problem with the scope but both adjustments read 'up and right'. Its either a quality control problem I need to address or I just didnt read the instruction book. You would get the elevation right and then when you moved windage it also adjusted elevation and vice versa. That couldnt be a purposeful design could it? The optical image quality is brilliant under the light so I would recommend the Burris Black Diamond not withstanding the adjustment issue.
Well anyway, I have to say "thank you Mr Clancy". It felt like cheating. You couldnt miss spotlighting. The farmer always places the ute front on to the target and you have a steady position with your bipod on the roof. My first shot was earlier in the day when the farmer was taking us on a tour of the farm. We stopped when a crow in a tree decided to challenge us by not flying away. It would have been somewhere between 100 and 150 m. Farmer said 'dollar on the crow". When it exploded, three others erupted from the foliage and one circled back to see why its buddy hadnt followed. He fell out of the tree too. Farmer was mightily impressed.
The only shot I missed was when I was following a running fox in the spotlight hoping he would stop for a look over his shoulder. Dont put your finger anywhere near a 10 ounce trigger when you do this! I think I educated him!
The stock does look odd in all honesty, being so short with a 26 inch barrel but it is super comfortable to shoot and as it was built for spotlighting you dont hold the forend at all. I made the right choice.