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What To Expect From 6mmAI
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<blockquote data-quote=".25AOD" data-source="post: 145327" data-attributes="member: 7605"><p>I don't know why you wouldn't just leave it as a .243? You're plenty good out to 250 on the biggest Buck on the planet... hell, I'd shoot one at 400 with the .243 and any well constructed bullet. Load up some 95 grain Nosler BTs at about 3100 and it'll be lights-out on just about any critter you've got running around there in TX... with the exception of some of the bigger exotics like Nilgai or Oryx. </p><p></p><p>A couple of other things too:</p><p>1. The 6mm AI doesn't "require a short action" it's not any longer than the regular 6mm. It may make it easier to seat the bullets into the lands... but it is not a "requirement". If one had to pull the bolt to extract a loaded round then it obviously didn't fit in the magazine. Load them so they fit in the mag and you'll never have any extraction problems. If you have the chamber cut with minimal throat then you'll be able to get bullets close to the lands and fit them in the magazine. </p><p>2. I had a 6-284 with a 24" pipe and it wasn't any quicker than my current 6mm Rem. with a 24" pipe. I don't doubt that the 6-284 should be faster, but I believe it takes at least a 26" pipe to make a difference. </p><p>3. If you're worried about having enough thump to shoot deer at 250 with a .243 then you should become a gun writter... it seems they're the only guys around who can't hammer anything bigger than a coyote with 6mm caliber guns.</p><p></p><p>I think the Remington 700 CDL in .243 is one of the greatest "truck guns" a guy could have. It's a little on the pretty side for beating around on the floor board, but that has never mattered to me. Buy it and shoot it for a while before you do anything drastic to it... I bet you'll be a believer in the .243 in no time at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".25AOD, post: 145327, member: 7605"] I don't know why you wouldn't just leave it as a .243? You're plenty good out to 250 on the biggest Buck on the planet... hell, I'd shoot one at 400 with the .243 and any well constructed bullet. Load up some 95 grain Nosler BTs at about 3100 and it'll be lights-out on just about any critter you've got running around there in TX... with the exception of some of the bigger exotics like Nilgai or Oryx. A couple of other things too: 1. The 6mm AI doesn't "require a short action" it's not any longer than the regular 6mm. It may make it easier to seat the bullets into the lands... but it is not a "requirement". If one had to pull the bolt to extract a loaded round then it obviously didn't fit in the magazine. Load them so they fit in the mag and you'll never have any extraction problems. If you have the chamber cut with minimal throat then you'll be able to get bullets close to the lands and fit them in the magazine. 2. I had a 6-284 with a 24" pipe and it wasn't any quicker than my current 6mm Rem. with a 24" pipe. I don't doubt that the 6-284 should be faster, but I believe it takes at least a 26" pipe to make a difference. 3. If you're worried about having enough thump to shoot deer at 250 with a .243 then you should become a gun writter... it seems they're the only guys around who can't hammer anything bigger than a coyote with 6mm caliber guns. I think the Remington 700 CDL in .243 is one of the greatest "truck guns" a guy could have. It's a little on the pretty side for beating around on the floor board, but that has never mattered to me. Buy it and shoot it for a while before you do anything drastic to it... I bet you'll be a believer in the .243 in no time at all. [/QUOTE]
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