Thread: 6x45 Rem barrel

Originally Posted by Wingman

I ordered a set of Reddings from my buddy in the states but had been using Southerman's set while he is back in Canada.

I had thought to make some from a .223 rem set of bushing dies and just run the reamer through the seating die but by the time you have done all that and bought a 6mm seating stem, neck bushes and expander balls etc it gets pricey. Robert at workshop innovation can order a set for I think it was $145 in his monthly Redding order.

Valid point about expense. I went the bushing way, as I had a neck run out issue with my Hornady 6mm/223 factory dies. I think this is attributed to the shape of the elliptical expander ball not having a lot of parallel area to keep square in neck when sizing. Its a great expander for opening up the necks though. Changing to bushing die, with no internal neck sizing on return stroke fixed the issue.

I just got back from testing the Zastava on paper.
I ended up backing the load off to 25gr from 26.5gr with the 75gr Sierras and seated them to 47.5mm to feed from the internal mag.
This dropped the velocity back to 2800 and the pressure signs have gone. I actually found my CZ 527 loads at 59mm are in the lands on the zastava so there must be a bit more meat on this ones rifling than the CZs barrel.
Between the faster twist and the deeper seating the loads took 1.5gr less powder to match similar pressures.
Hopefully H335 can claw back a bit of speed in this rifle.

Probably the worst time of day to do it but I tested it at 100 meters in the screaming hot sun with the worst mirage and being mawled by bugs but still surprised myself with a 3/4" group!

@Mathias got a pic of your 6x45? 😎👍

Originally Posted by quadhunter260

@Mathias got a pic of your 6x45? ����

From when I first built it, nearly 8 years ago. First victim.

ok Wingman...you are forgiven...that looks very tidy and she sure knows how to punch holes in things....
I cant see me wearing out my .223 barrel anytime soon....but if I ever do ,well you have given me food for thought.

Thanks Mr Duck, Im glad I finally have your approval

Some advice on your .223 barrel..
Start dipping your bullets in super glue and then sand.

nice rig 🤙😎

@Mathias that looks great!

I figured Id spend a bit of time on this ones stock and tidy it up in general. The metal work is pretty much perfect after a couple of blue touch ups.
The stock is a typical patchy beech wood and needed some refinishing in the barrel channel after opening it up for the heavier barrel. It was pretty good over all with only the odd mark and a compression mark on either side of the butt from someone winding it up in a vice at some stage.



I hit them with the steam wand on my coffee machine which lifted them out well.





I also added a couple of s/s pillars in the action screw holes as it was showing a bit of wood compression and they are bad for splitting if the action screws are not evenly loaded. The front was already bedded but I added a bit in the rear pillar and under the bottom metal to get a nice even torque without adding load.







It then got a good scrub in thinners and a coat of walnut brown with a touch of a darker stain in the lighter patchy spots. I used a very dark Black bean stain on the checkering to give it that classic Sako look the several coats of true oil. Came out pretty sweet and a nice satin finish.









On to the next one...

Thats really nice work @Wingman, I like the fact that you have passion in your work.

since 6x45 fps seems up there is there any benefit going to 6tcu expect abit more fps ?

Originally Posted by quadhunter260

since 6x45 fps seems up there is there any benefit going to 6tcu expect abit more fps ?

Yes there could be. In a single shot where heavier bullets could be loaded out longer or when using a shorter 14 to 18" barrel.
Reports say the TCU/imp version get 150 to 200fps more with the same bullet

sweet as enjoying this thread 😎👍
got the calculator out running numbers🙉🤯🤐 then i may join #6×45/6tcugang

hmmm you have me thinking re poking pillars in now.....got heaps of arrow shaft to do it...my 20year old hot glue gun bedding isnt quite as neat as that job....but not far off it and its still working just fine LOL.

Well that came up pretty nice Phil.

Originally Posted by GWH

Well that came up pretty nice Phil.

Thanks mate!

Your care package left today..