Thread: Problematic 6mm Remington

too many moving parts without having a look

I have had this with too long action screws bottoming out but not squeezing the stock, just had to shorten the screws

you wouldnt believe how many "yeah this is a great scope Iv never had a problem with it" scopes turn out to be the problem, something just comes loose inside. this is what I think is the issue personally

loose rings or rings set up incorrectly is very common

rocking in the stock usually doesn't cause this bad a group

try an 80gr flat based soft point, 6mm rem is old school and probably has a slow twist to use varmit weight bullets if its 10 twist or slower 100gr get very on the edge of stability, surprising theres no keyholes

its basically just an obscure 243w so maybe 2209/2208 would be a better fit?

Maybe to check the mag box idea, you can fire it single shot style with no mag box?

where is the OP???? we are all sitting on edge of seats and pulling our hair out trying to figure this out....and they have gone all silent on us......

Maybe he left his phone at home and went hunting

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

where is the OP???? we are all sitting on edge of seats and pulling our hair out trying to figure this out....and they have gone all silent on us......

you have hair to pull out????? not a commodity to be playing loose and free with best to leave it where it is or one day you will look in the mirror and see homer simpson......

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

where is the OP???? we are all sitting on edge of seats and pulling our hair out trying to figure this out....and they have gone all silent on us......

Apologies... had the week off and went on holiday to Nelson ��
Will be home tomorrow and will take the rifle apart and start investigating.

I do still have SOME hair...there is more below my nose than above it these days.....
these rifle "puzzles" are a great part of the forum......we are all trying to solve the riddle and when it does work...life just feels better somehow.

@-BW- if you want I can take an independent look at it. I’m reasonably local to you and tinker making stocks and have done many a bedding job. There’s every chance the issue is something relatively simple.

Following with interest. I've got a 6 Rem with accuracy issues Im looking at currently.

Bedding was beautifully done, but wrong.
2. The bedding material I discovered has gone soft(rubbery feel) when I removed it.
3. A pressure point under the barrel at the front tip of the stock.
4. Barrel was touching the stock in the barrel channel.
5. Trigger was rusty and very hard
6. I suspect the ammo might also be contributing.

Hope you sort yours out. Will hollar if I find anything - owner indicated he might wanna have it turned into a 220 Swift

(As we have gone off topic for reloading.. mods feel free to put this somewhere more relevant...)


Ok I think the problem has been somewhat identified...

I took up Hunter_Nick 's generous offer to have a close look at the rifle. After inspecting the concentricity of the brass and dismissing the chamber as a potential issue, we removed the bottom metal/trigger guard.

The front tang of the bottom metal has a slight but noticeable bend, so that the front lug on the tang which screws into the forward lug of the receiver, is tilting forward. So.. once the front screw is in place, the bottom metal does not sit flush with the stock or the receiver, the rear part of the trigger guard hangs down about 3/4" if you had the rifle upright. Once the rear screw is tightened, this is obviously placing some twisting tension on the front of the receiver.
My word picture here is probably confusing, I'll get photo to make it clearer.

Anyway, Nick surmised that a small metal shim in the front might help relieve some of the twisting tension, at least to test the theory before I tried to bend things back into shape.

I fired 5 rounds with the shim in place, and there was a significant improvement. A 6" or so group in the same area.. as opposed to the 10-12" of shotgun scatter it performed before.
I then decided to just remove the rear bolt entirely and shoot it with the trigger guard hanging down at the back. It shot 3 rounds in 1" and 2 flyers about 4" away.

I'm now 100% convinced the misaligned trigger guard is to blame, and I will commence trying to tweak it straight.. Pics to come..

Pheww . I was a bit worried I'd given you a dud barrel!