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Is the 6mmXC all that it's made out to be.
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<blockquote data-quote="mauserhouser" data-source="post: 1443702" data-attributes="member: 36692"><p>i just changed my first XC barrel it was a Bartlein 7.7 twist 1.250 straight tube 31" it had been on 2 different actions a Remington 722 to start and then a Nesika so the barrel was set back around 1" about half way through it's life. i started with Sierra 107s then switched to 115 DTACs and when those became unavailable i used 105 Berger and 110 Sierra and 115 Berger and then back to the 115 DACs i used the rifle for F-class so it was shot 1 time per week 22 rounds in 22 mins and some range sessions as well. i kinda lost count due to being on different actions and using so many different bullets but i had at least 1500 rounds through it and possibly as much as 1800. the barrel has been cut back to 28" now and i rechambered it in a wildcat i'm working on and it's still going. you can also if wanted take small primer 6.5 CR brass and run it through the XC die and shorten the necks if you just have to have small primer brass. i probably have 70 of the first 100 norma large primer brass i bought in 2014 left and basically i wore out the barrel with them using 39 gr. of H-4350 and fed 210M primers with 115 DTACs it was right at 2930 fps. i personally don't get hung up on velocity i hang my hat on my X-count. i shot a lot of 200s with that rifle in the midrange game. i never lost 1 piece of brass to a loose primer pocket. i generally culled them for holes burnt in the necks or cracks at the web from full length sizing and my XCs both like to be full length sized and bumping the shoulder back .0025" and slightly turned necks just enough to clean them up and then a .265 bushing giving me around .0035" or so neck tension. i run 4. F class rifles a 6mm XC and a 6.5 Creed and a 6mm Dasher and a .284 win for 1000 yards and by far the XC is my favorite it's easy to load for and is better in the wind than the dasher and creed. and is a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to shoot than the .284 win. that's my 2 cents. as far as accuracy goes on this new barrel it shoots a .167" 5 shot group using the same exact load as the last barrel which is good enough for me and last weekend i shot a local 300 yard F-Class match and shot a 200/17X in moderately gusting conditions with the 115 DTACs. so i'll be staying with the XC for the time being.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mauserhouser, post: 1443702, member: 36692"] i just changed my first XC barrel it was a Bartlein 7.7 twist 1.250 straight tube 31" it had been on 2 different actions a Remington 722 to start and then a Nesika so the barrel was set back around 1" about half way through it's life. i started with Sierra 107s then switched to 115 DTACs and when those became unavailable i used 105 Berger and 110 Sierra and 115 Berger and then back to the 115 DACs i used the rifle for F-class so it was shot 1 time per week 22 rounds in 22 mins and some range sessions as well. i kinda lost count due to being on different actions and using so many different bullets but i had at least 1500 rounds through it and possibly as much as 1800. the barrel has been cut back to 28" now and i rechambered it in a wildcat i'm working on and it's still going. you can also if wanted take small primer 6.5 CR brass and run it through the XC die and shorten the necks if you just have to have small primer brass. i probably have 70 of the first 100 norma large primer brass i bought in 2014 left and basically i wore out the barrel with them using 39 gr. of H-4350 and fed 210M primers with 115 DTACs it was right at 2930 fps. i personally don't get hung up on velocity i hang my hat on my X-count. i shot a lot of 200s with that rifle in the midrange game. i never lost 1 piece of brass to a loose primer pocket. i generally culled them for holes burnt in the necks or cracks at the web from full length sizing and my XCs both like to be full length sized and bumping the shoulder back .0025" and slightly turned necks just enough to clean them up and then a .265 bushing giving me around .0035" or so neck tension. i run 4. F class rifles a 6mm XC and a 6.5 Creed and a 6mm Dasher and a .284 win for 1000 yards and by far the XC is my favorite it's easy to load for and is better in the wind than the dasher and creed. and is a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to shoot than the .284 win. that's my 2 cents. as far as accuracy goes on this new barrel it shoots a .167" 5 shot group using the same exact load as the last barrel which is good enough for me and last weekend i shot a local 300 yard F-Class match and shot a 200/17X in moderately gusting conditions with the 115 DTACs. so i'll be staying with the XC for the time being. [/QUOTE]
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