Do you shoot or reload 6mm 06

[redbone]

I am looking to build an rifle on a rem 700 LA rifle in 6mm 06 .

I would like to know how you like your 6mm 06 ?

I am looking to use this rifle to coyote an deer hunt with it .

What kind of loads do you like the best ?

Redbone

 

[Varmint Hunter]

Re: Do you shoot or reload 6mm 08

How is this cartridge different than the .243 win?

 

[redbone]

Re: Do you shoot or reload 6mm 08

sorry about that 6mm 06 knot 6mm 08

 

[redbone]

Re: Do you shoot or reload 6mm 08

Help please

 

[Varmint Hunter]

Re: Do you shoot or reload 6mm 08

I don't own a rifle or load for the 6mm-06 but here is some info that may get you started.

The 6mm-06 is based on the most popular cartridge in the world. It is a simple process to neck down 30-06 (or even better .270 Winchester) brass to accept .243" diameter bullets. Trim to 2.494". The result is a 6mm-06 case.

Like all wildcats, there is no official SAAMI pressure limit for the 6mm-06, nor is there a set cartridge overall length. In this situation, the chambers of rifles can and do vary, which affects pressure and velocity--a fact that reloaders should never forget.

The 6mm-06 became popular shortly after the introduction of the .243 Winchester in 1955, which made a good selection of 6mm bullets widely available to reloaders and wildcatters. Certainly experimenters had necked down .30-06 and .270 Winchester cases to accept 6mm bullets long before 1955, but it was the .243 Winchester that really brought the .24/6mm caliber into the limelight. The 6mm-06 has gained in popularity ever since, and has become one of the most popular wildcats. The introduction of ever slower burning powders has made this once seriously over-bore cartridge a viable proposition.

The 6mm-06 is at its best with the heaviest bullets in the caliber. The 100 grain and 105 grain spitzer bullets are a particularly good choice for medium size big game at long range.

The 105 grain bullet can be driven to a MV of around 3200 fps. 6mm-284 data can be used as a starting point for working up 6mm-06 loads. As always, and especially with a wildcat cartridge, start with the minimum load and work up slowly, checking carefully for signs of excess pressure. Verify results with a chronograph, and stop testing immediately if you get unexpected velocities. (If you are reloading for a wildcat cartridge, a chronograph is a necessity.)

At 3100 fps the ME of a 105 grain bullet is about 2240 ft. lbs. The 200 yard figures are 2663 fps and 1653 ft. lbs. The trajectory of that load looks like this: +1.5" at 100 yards, +2.3" at 200 yards, 0 at 258 yards, and -3" at 305 yards.

 

[sniper2]

Re: Do you shoot or reload 6mm 08

You can use 25/06 to neck down I think it is easier!Is yours an Ackley Improved?

 

[Reloading Nut]

Been shooting the 6mm-06 for 15 yrs.. I always use 25-06 brass for sizing as it saves me alot of trimming. I use my 06 for coyote mainly! So,I shoot a speer 85gr BTSP at nearly 3500fps, but reduce that load to 3100 fps for deer because the speer bullet is to fragile at that velocity. The 85gr speer is sooo accurate from my rifle at either velocity! + it has a decent B.C.. Favorite powder- IMR Enduron 4955.. I used 4831 for a long time! but the enduron is much less sensitive to pressure spikes caused by the heat or cold.

 

[sable tireur]

The 6mm-06 has gained in popularity ever since, and has become one of the most popular wildcats.

https://www.chuckhawks.com/6mm-06.htm

This is the link to the larger excerpt used above. Chuck Hawks uses quite a bit of literary license when it comes to some of his writing. The sentence I quoted is an example of such. The 6mm-06 may have enjoyed a few minutes of fame at some point in time but it never "has become one of the most popular wildcats".

I started out with the .240 Weatherby for hunting Coues deer in southern AZ. It's a perfect cartridge for those longer shots at this smaller deer. Yes the brass can be a little expensive but it can last through several reloading cycles when you practice proper loading techniques. And as a hunting cartridge the uses are fewer than if this was a target cartridge.

I moved onto the 6mm-6 but in the Ackley form since I don't believe that the 17 degree 30 second angle neck is useful except for rapid loading under extreme field conditions like warfare. The Ackley expands the number of powders found to be useful in reloading this cartridge. It also promotes more complete burning of the somewhat slower powders favored by reloaders.

My normal bullet choice is the 105 gr. VLDs although recently I bought some Tubb 115 DTACs which I'll get around to sometime this year. H-1000 is great due to the lower burn temperature but I like Re-25 as well.