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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 504783" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>When I was working on a possible 6mm member of my APS Allen Magnum family of wildcats, I played with a version of the 6mm WSM and my test results showed me that it is just to much case capacity for the bullets available.</p><p> </p><p>I am surprised to hear any Berger bullet is surviving a 3650 fps velocity launch but I suspect as that barrel gets a bit of wear on it, those VLD will start dusting in flight which is usually what happens with the light jacketed Bergers with anything over 3400 fps.</p><p> </p><p>In my wildcat research I did get the 107 gr SMK up to 3650 fps in a 30" barrel length but throat life was quite limited and velocity spreads were wider then I liked with the proper burn rate powders.</p><p> </p><p>Add to that the problem with carbon fouling and it just did not produce what I felt was worth releasing to the public.</p><p> </p><p>When you look at a 6mm WSM with a 100-107 gr bullet at 3600 fps class velocity in a 30" barrel and then look at a 6mm-284 with the same bullet weights within 100 fps of the larger WSM wildcat, its hard to say its worth it when you consider the much shorter throat life.</p><p> </p><p>The more I play with the 6-06, the more I like that chambering. Feeds MUCH smoother then the 6-284 which feeds better then the WSM version. In the end, the 6-06 will match the WSM version pretty easily and do so with less powder, less powder fouling and while not great as far as barrel life goes, its still much better then the 6 WSM offers in throat life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 504783, member: 10"] When I was working on a possible 6mm member of my APS Allen Magnum family of wildcats, I played with a version of the 6mm WSM and my test results showed me that it is just to much case capacity for the bullets available. I am surprised to hear any Berger bullet is surviving a 3650 fps velocity launch but I suspect as that barrel gets a bit of wear on it, those VLD will start dusting in flight which is usually what happens with the light jacketed Bergers with anything over 3400 fps. In my wildcat research I did get the 107 gr SMK up to 3650 fps in a 30" barrel length but throat life was quite limited and velocity spreads were wider then I liked with the proper burn rate powders. Add to that the problem with carbon fouling and it just did not produce what I felt was worth releasing to the public. When you look at a 6mm WSM with a 100-107 gr bullet at 3600 fps class velocity in a 30" barrel and then look at a 6mm-284 with the same bullet weights within 100 fps of the larger WSM wildcat, its hard to say its worth it when you consider the much shorter throat life. The more I play with the 6-06, the more I like that chambering. Feeds MUCH smoother then the 6-284 which feeds better then the WSM version. In the end, the 6-06 will match the WSM version pretty easily and do so with less powder, less powder fouling and while not great as far as barrel life goes, its still much better then the 6 WSM offers in throat life. [/QUOTE]
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