6 mm Remington

[Deeker]

I am looking for ideas on what to do with my 6mm Remington. It is a late 90s ish Remington model 7 youth. It is a cool little gun, super accurate with the right ammo (hence the possible change). When I was younger and didn’t know anything about rifles my grandfather would pick up my ammo. Never looked at what grain weight it was or even the manufacturer. He always called them “stingers”. He has long passed away, but what I have concluded was stingers was just a light weight varmit bullet, because this gun will not shoot anything over 85 grains into a reasonable group. I’m talking 1 inch group to a 10 inch group. So this brings me to my dilemma on what to do with this gun. I’m not a coyote hunter, the smallest game I hunt is deer.

As far as I can tell I have several options.

Keep the gun as is and just run it with light bullets.

Rebarrel it and keep it with 6 Remington but a faster twist.

Rebarrel and switch it up all together. 6 creed, 6xc …..


My gut tells me to switch it up to a creed. Whether that’s 22 or 6.

What do yall think, or is there something else I should be looking at?

 

[sierracharlie338]

Rebarrel in your desired flavor with a modern twist.

Kill things without pause.

I went through the same dilemma with a 257 Roberts that was my first deer rifle given to me by my dad. It’s now a 257AI with the right twist and it hammers. Couldn’t be happier.

 

[KyleR1985]

If you reload and have a bunch of brass and like thinking about your grandpa, get it rebarreled to 6Rem and twist that suits your needs.

If you don’t reload, 6GT, 6creed, or 243 are all easy enough to get ammo for. Pick the one that gives you the recoil and speed you want and rock on.

 

[Deere_Man]

I would change it to a 243 Win just to take advantage of readily available cheap factory ammunition.

 

[tt_johnsclist]

I would get a few pounds of 4831 and some 85g HPBT’s and thank my grandpa every time I knock a deer down.

 

[Lowell]

I would get a few pounds of 4831 and some 85g HPBT’s and thank my grandpa every time I knock a deer down.

Yes, shoot out the barrel first.

 

[coyotekilla]

The 85 hpgk is 1 deer killing sob. Probably my favorite 6mm hunting bullet from woodchucks to whitetails.

 

[Deeker]

Just to clarify a few things. This was not my grandpas gun, and he did not buy it for me. He did however supply a pile of ammo for me to shoot out of it. I also do not reload as of now, looking into it heavily, but it seems a touch daunting.

 

[Deeker]

The 85 hpgk is 1 deer killing sob. Probably my favorite 6mm hunting bullet from woodchucks to whitetails.

Hpgk?

 

[RWT]

Hpgk?

Hollow point game king. You will likely have to reload for it as I didn’t see any available after a quick search.

May consider this

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It is the only sub 85 grain I found.

 

[Cherokeeguide]

As far as I can tell I have several options.

Keep the gun as is and just run it with light bullets.

Rebarrel it and keep it with 6 Remington but a faster twist.

Rebarrel and switch it up all together. 6 creed, 6xc …..

Out of these, "Keep the gun as is and just run it with light bullets" is the correct answer in terms of making the most economic sense. It costs you nothing while not detracting from the value of your Model Seven to someone out there looking for one that hasn't been "dicked up".

My "gut" tells me that no hooved animal you're likely to shoot with a 6mm Remington is going to know the difference between getting drilled through the heart with it from zero to 300 yards or the .300 Weatherby Magnum Ruger No.1 I used to have, or the pipsqueak .250 Savage I shot most of my lifetime's mule deer with, or the 5.56 NATO 77 grain TMK load I kill deer and feral pigs with now.

On the paper of a ballistics table, my old .300 Weatherby and your 6mm Remington look so dramatically different. In the real world, if you see a broadside buck out to 300 yards and poke it in the heart, you're going to get exactly the same "dead deer" result with either one.

Inside of 300 yards, a "Six Creed" isn't going to kill deer or anything else any deader than what you've already got already can.

What practical, real-world problem do you think that changing from 6mm Remington to something else is going to solve?

 

[Ralphie]

I have a 12 twist 6 Remington. 70 ballistic tips have killed graveyard dead deer, antelope, wolf, mtn lion and truckloads of smaller stuff. My son killed a mature wt buck at bayonet range once with it.


That said it’s really better hand loaded. I’d rebarrel yours to 6 creed and not even think twice.

 

[Patriot2]

I was looking for another 6mm Remington as I have dies and other guns in that cartridge and need a gun for the kids. Went 6.5 CM, but really just wanted another 6mm Remington.....wanna sell it?

 

[Deeker]

I was looking for another 6mm Remington as I have dies and other guns in that cartridge and need a gun for the kids. Went 6.5 CM, but really just wanted another 6mm Remington.....wanna sell it?

I want my kids to use this rifle, it was my first rifle. If for some reason my kids end up not hunting I will sell it in the future.

 

[Deeker]

Out of these, "Keep the gun as is and just run it with light bullets" is the correct answer in terms of making the most economic sense. It costs you nothing while not detracting from the value of your Model Seven to someone out there looking for one that hasn't been "dicked up".

My "gut" tells me that no hooved animal you're likely to shoot with a 6mm Remington is going to know the difference between getting drilled through the heart with it from zero to 300 yards or the .300 Weatherby Magnum Ruger No.1 I used to have, or the pipsqueak .250 Savage I shot most of my lifetime's mule deer with, or the 5.56 NATO 77 grain TMK load I kill deer and feral pigs with now.

On the paper of a ballistics table, my old .300 Weatherby and your 6mm Remington look so dramatically different. In the real world, if you see a broadside buck out to 300 yards and poke it in the heart, you're going to get exactly the same "dead deer" result with either one.

Inside of 300 yards, a "Six Creed" isn't going to kill deer or anything else any deader than what you've already got already can.

What practical, real-world problem do you think that changing from 6mm Remington to something else is going to solve?

As I am not yet reloading I think it would solve the factory ammo issue. That’s the big hurdle I am trying to get past. Most if not all of the factory ammo available now does not group out of this gun. I believe it has to do with the barrel twist. I am not worried about “dicking up” the rifle for the next guy. Honestly I don’t sell my guns that I dislike, so the chances of me selling this one are slim to none. I do agree with you that this rifle kills deer, I have seen it on many occasions. This rifle and cartridge combo is the main reason I joined rokslide, I was looking for 6mm ammo and came across the 6mm 243 kill thread. Love the rifle , not a fan of the selection of ammo.

 

[NICKJ]

Figure out the barrel twist. I think most 6mm Remingtons were 1:9. If it was labeled .244 it might be 1:12.

I have a Remington 600 in 6mm Remington (only made 1964-1967) and it shoots 90-100 grain bullets accurately.

I’d load up 90 grain partitions and kill stuff

 

[Ozarkansas]

6mm Remington is a handloader’s cartridge, if I were you I’d definitely make the leap. It’s easier than you think and cheaper too if you buy used.

My uncle has killed a pile of deer and pigs with 85-87 grain soft points in his .244 remington. Even if you’re limited to that bullet weight you still have a very capable deer rifle. Heck Nosler has an 85 grain partitions that could probably kill anything on the continent.

I’d prefer my dad’s faster twist 6mm Remington, but realistically the slow twist is still plenty capable.

 

[Deeker]

so would it be beneficial to rebarrel to a 6 Remington with a faster twist barrel or a 6 creed. Or hand load a lighter bullet?

 

[Unclecroc]

If you handload the world is your oyster. As stated there are several good options that will run in the 6mm Remington with a 1-10” twist barrel. I run the 95 Berger classic hunter in mine.
I would leave it alone and find something that works for it. I’m a sucker for the nostalgia of stuff like that.

 

[KyleR1985]

The 87vmax is a known deer slayer too, albeit at slightly lower velocities than you’d have on top end with the 6Rem. Could load up a cupcake load with that bullet and be fine in slower twists