Thread: 6x45 Rem barrel

Should be here in a week to 10 days..

I have a big shout out to give @Wingman for selling me the zastava he built. Not only is it a pretty wee rifle, it shoots like a lazer and it doesn't weigh a tonne.
Will post pics of my next hunt with it as I was waaaay too busy shooting it to take pics

Ill join ya next time as I will no longer be working weekends.. its time for me to get out and get hill fit again.
I might even put you in front of a a deer with it. The reds are back out on that goat property we hunted down the road from me

Well the other week Wingman worked his magic on my work project
What he received was a lefthand Zastava with a so-so 223 barrel and an as-new 243 savage lightweight barrel,
What I got back was a 18.5" 6x45
This left me to give the stock a reshape to better suit me which led to this -



After a balls up of some brass and a failed testing earlier in the week I received some solid advise from Wingman.
This led me to prep from scratch followed by a real test today leading to this final 4 shot group for the day at 75m (longest distance I could set up out of the wind).



I think its a keeper.
Thanks Wingman

That stock came up nice!
That group should tighten up with a bit more velocity and a few more rounds to run the barrel in.
Im going to re-do my chamber with this new zero freebore reamer too, It will give a few more options for projectiles without the big jump from the short seating to fit the mag.

if that group tightened up any more it would grow a hyman (however you spell it) once again your work shows awesome results Wingman.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

if that group tightened up any more it would grow a hyman (however you spell it) once again your work shows awesome results Wingman.

I must have got lucky on other one huh?
Everyone knows you need a $5000 custom build and a $1000 new match barrel to shoot little groups..

Originally Posted by Wingman

I must have got lucky on other one huh?
Everyone knows you need a $5000 custom build and a $1000 new match barrel to shoot little groups..

Well I learnt you must buy your rifle from the Local H&F raather than the local custom builder if you want something that a) works the way it should and b) actually has back up and support

Originally Posted by Wingman

I must have got lucky on other one huh?
Everyone knows you need a $5000 custom build and a $1000 new match barrel to shoot little groups..

skills not luck...from what Ive seen you are fit to be called a tradesman/craftsman of the gunsmithing variety.......thats not something that can be said of every outfit with a lathe, screwing bits on rifles.LEGO rifles .

Thanks @Micky Duck I better make sure I only keep sharing what I want you to see then.. ��

I had a play with my lego rifle today, re-cut the chamber with the new zero freebore reamer.



Took it out with the favored 75gr Sierra HP loads which shoot around 3000fps and shot two 3 shot grouos and two 5 shot groups, it didnt disappoint.
There was a light wind and it was the first time Ive shot groups on paper since March but they were all under 1/2MOA with one at 1/4MOA.
It will be interesting to see if I can get some of the other projectiles in the 70-85gr weight range to shoot better than they did with the longer jump to lands.

yeah nah...thats not clicked together like lego.its been made with care and attention to detail.... and the plywood stock looks great too....
keep up the great work.

Well I just got my 6x45 back from Gunworks so here's another shoutout for such a fine job!

My 6x45 has a rather shiny barrel to it and on a sunny day you really do need to wear sunglasses because of the shine on the barrel.







So I've been humming and harring about it and finally sent it off to Gunworks for a Jenny Craig weight loss with some fluting and getting rid of the 'super bling' with a good old sand blast to dull that barrel!

I'm stoked with the turn around and I'm super stoked with the work done!!!















I did weigh the rifle before it left for Gunworks but in all honesty I don't trust those scales and I suppose anyone going on a weight loss program would say those scales are lying!

What i do know is the rifle is noticeably lighter but also better balanced both when carrying in your hands and shouldering to use.

Looking good there Seventenths

Very sexy @Seventenths just what it needed

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@Seventenths That looks great mate!
What loads did you end up running? Ive just loaded some different projectiles today to test in mine