6 Dasher vs 22 Creedmoor?

[pathnz]

One for the GT this morning

 

[BringBackThe80s]

I built a 22 creed and I wish I had built a 6mm instead.

Why? I can think of several potential reasons, but s8nce I've shot neother and considering both it would be great to hear your experience and reasons for change of preference.

 

[BringBackThe80s]

Man...I'm kinda sold on a 6 GT. Do any mainstream rifle makers chamber them?

I believe Ruger American Gen2 is avaliable in 6 GT.

 

[MCS]

Why? I can think of several potential reasons, but s8nce I've shot neother and considering both it would be great to hear your experience and reasons for change of preference.

Barrel life is super short in the 22. The recoil is about the same when I'm shooting 88's. Accuracy has been just ok when I load it above 3000 fps. I'm going to try some different bullets in it but so far I think I would have been happier with a 6 creed.

 

[nm.otter]

I believe Ruger American Gen2 is available in 6 GT.

They do offer the RPR in 6mm GT.

 

[Hurley88]

I don’t get the 6GT…less feed reliability than the 6 Creed out of a standard short action, very negligible difference in powder, not as many components available (cases specifically). Both do the same thing, same speeds & barrel life (what powder and charge makes a bigger difference than which cartridge), but the 6CM will have zero magazine/feeding issues.

In general the 6mm market is overcrowded. The 6GT vs 6 creed thing sounds to me like the 25 Creed vs 6.5 Creed thing. Far, far too much overlap to make a meaningful difference. Pick the one that’s most accessible to you given your personal use case.

To the OP, it sounds like you already have everything you need. If you just want to build a new rifle…the Dasher numbers you quoted are definitely optimistic. On the other hand there really are more options in 6mm, and more coming available as we speak. If going Dasher, do a 6ARC & use LeverEvolution; your barrel will last…well I really don’t know of any that have been shot out. But the Dasher won’t keep up with 6GT/6CM/22CM.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I'd have to go with the 6 for the only reason that 22's are not legal here for big game.

 

[Kimber7man]

I don’t get the 6GT…less feed reliability than the 6 Creed out of a standard short action, very negligible difference in powder, not as many components available (cases specifically). Both do the same thing, same speeds & barrel life (what powder and charge makes a bigger difference than which cartridge), but the 6CM will have zero magazine/feeding issues.

In general the 6mm market is overcrowded. The 6GT vs 6 creed thing sounds to me like the 25 Creed vs 6.5 Creed thing. Far, far too much overlap to make a meaningful difference. Pick the one that’s most accessible to you given your personal use case.

To the OP, it sounds like you already have everything you need. If you just want to build a new rifle…the Dasher numbers you quoted are definitely optimistic. On the other hand there really are more options in 6mm, and more coming available as we speak. If going Dasher, do a 6ARC & use LeverEvolution; your barrel will last…well I really don’t know of any that have been shot out. But the Dasher won’t keep up with 6GT/6CM/22CM.

6 GT was designed for and has no feeding issues out of AICS mags, and runs about 50-100 fps slower than a 6 creed with only 34 grains of Varget.

 

[Lawnboi]

Even with dasher. If your using aics mags, your not going to have feeding issues in 2026.

My dasher/tikkas have actually been more problem free than when I was shooting 6 creed.

With the correct setup you really shouldn’t have any issues feeding any of these cartridges.

 

[nm.otter]

Case capacity to bore are ratios for 6.5mm Creedmoor and 6mm GT differ by 1%.

6mm Creedmoor is within 1% of .280 AI on that scale.