Thread: 6mm Creedmoor vs 243

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Would you consider 6mm Remington? About 100 - 200 fps faster than 243 and more foot pounds of energy. Then you have two of the American family Remington.

Originally Posted by Hugh Shields

Would you consider 6mm Remington? About 100 - 200 fps faster than 243 and more foot pounds of energy. Then you have two of the American family Remington.

Most factory 6mm Rem where slow twist and didn't like the heavier 6mm pills.

Originally Posted by tetawa

Most factory 6mm Rem where slow twist and didn't like the heavier 6mm pills.

This is not correct, if it is a factory 6mm Remington, its a 1-9 twist or there about, the 6mm Remington was first called a .244 Remington and was 1-12 twist and wont stabilize over about 90gr bullets, after a thrashing in sales, by the winchester.243, the .244 was renamed the 6mm Remington and had a 1-9 twist, by then the .243 win, was firmly entrenched in the 6mm bore as favorite,

I'd prefer 243 due to ready availability of brass.

I pulled the trigger and got a 243 barrel not long after this post in 2022, bit of a thread revival here. Mate of mine shot one deer with it and now looks like it'll be turned into a 6.5x55

Why the change, 6mm 6mm 6mm now jumping up to 6.5??
Just an itch for something differance or a feeling that you want a larger margin of error for novice shooters (while still easy to shoot) and don't want to follow the crowd to 6.5cm?
Z

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

Why the change, 6mm 6mm 6mm now jumping up to 6.5??
Just an itch for something differance or a feeling that you want a larger margin of error for novice shooters (while still easy to shoot) and don't want to follow the crowd to 6.5cm?
Z

Just itching for scratching I think, I was given a 6.5x55 barrel so I'll screw it on and see where it goes. If I had a creedmoor barrel I'd screw that on instead

Making my way through the calibers, reloading has become the hobby for sure. Probably be cheaper to get my friends to buy rifles that I can experiment with but they are far to sensible

As a 6.5x47 fan in late 80sbefore creedmoor 6.5 remington etc was available , stick to standardize calibres
Easier to get brass
Projjies etc forming brass is a pita
Not worth the hazzle go std calibres
For like 100fps or .1 better groups - the animal doesn't care , time wasted in load development is time wasted on meat