6BR -

edgerat · Post by **edgerat** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:47 pm

Has anyone in the silhouette game played with 6BR? The reason I ask is I have about 500pieces of once fired lapua brass and my smith for centerfire stuff is a wizard with 6BR. Does it pack enough punch to get a ram down at 500????
Thank you!
Isaac

sdwooster · Post by **sdwooster** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:48 pm

I wish a 6mm would take rams down 100%. I shot a 6mm Remington for a few years. I was using a 108.5 Hamit and was getting around 80 to 90 % of my hits. Unfortunately thats not good in this sport, you need every hit. As for the 6br I don't know. But I am sure someone has tryed it and will give their experience with it.

Steve

edgerat · Post by **edgerat** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:29 pm

Steve,
Thank you for the info about stocks this weekend and your info about 6mm. If all else fails I suppose I could do a .260 remington as Mr. Imas suggested to me but I am feeling a little cheap today and I don't want to buy the reamer ;)
Hopefully someone will tell me the 6BR will take em down.
Isaac

sobrbiker883 · Post by **sobrbiker883** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:33 pm

There's guys here that shoot 6BR.
They tell me "if you place the shot in the high back they'll go over every time".
Personally if I wing the bugger while my dot's crossing him and only get his nose or his pickle I want him in the dirt! I just went from 308 with 180's to a 7-08 with 150's and that's scary enough for me.
I was spotting for a fellow A class shooter that runs a 243 that hit all 5 rams in his bank, and the middle one just stood there grinning. Not a nice place to be if you ask me.
10 yrs from now when I can (hopefully) actually place shots where I want them offhand at 500m, I may sing a different tune.........

Here's a cute little graph Carl425 made (you wanna be over the 1 for consistent toppling effect)..........

dave imas · Post by **dave imas** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:47 pm

i can tell you from personal experience that, in good conditions, a 6mm bullet going over 3000fps isn't going to consistently take down rams. add a bit of wind at their backs, some mud under their feet, being hard set, bow to their bodies, feet wider than regulation, etc, and you are going to be very unhappy when you hit them. I don't know how much the bullets have changed but we used to experience bullets blowing up on their way down range when pushed in the 3200 to 3300 fps range.

edgerat · Post by **edgerat** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:06 pm

mmmkay, I will consult with my peoples and figure out what will work then best. Thanks guys!

TURKEYSFEARME · Post by **TURKEYSFEARME** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:55 pm

I used a 6mm REM for one year and got dingers on more than half of my rams. I rebarreled the rifle to 7br and have had only one dinger in 5 years with sierra 168's
I use lapu 6mm br brass and a tapered expander ball to turn them into 7br. I use 168s on all animals just so I don't have to mess around with two loads but alot of guys use lighter bullets out to turkeys,I guess this cuts down on recoil but the 168 loads are also pretty mild.

yankee · Post by **yankee** » Fri May 02, 2008 5:52 pm

If you are really hard pressed to use the lapua br brass don't forget the 6.5 br.
The 107 or 120 for the first three and 142's for the rams. They are really sweet shooting and are 90 % or better on rams and decent in the wind.

malinois · Post by **malinois** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:14 am

I wonder how the tubb 111gr 6mm bullets would do at a moderate speed in the 6br on the rams with the longer contact time on the steel. Might be just the ticket for the sticky rams..any thoughts out there.

dave imas · Post by **dave imas** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:02 pm

typical ram bullet was a 105. can't imagine 6 more grains is going to make any difference. as a good friend has said in the past...

you can wish in one hand and shit in the other... see which one fills up faster.

Jim Beckley · Post by **Jim Beckley** » Sun May 11, 2008 11:13 pm

On the 6mm bullets, couldn't agree more. A .243 was bad enough and then several tried the 6mm Benchrest, as far as the hands thing, when I give it a try, I always go with an empty digestive system!

malinois · Post by **malinois** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:33 am

Ok, I get it ,so you all are not to warm on the 6mm...whats all the deal then with this round and the 6X47 then...sounds like you all like the 7BR if you want to stay with the small volume case and keep the lenght at 1.560 to avoid all the trim issues from using 6BR cases that are necked up.

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