Build a 6cm, Buy 243 1/8 twist or go with a 6.5cm?

[ada5771]

Congrats!

 

[Packmansion]

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Did you drop the bison with the 6 creed?

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

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Sweet!!

Would you mind sharing bullet, impact velocity, and distance travelled after shot if you could?

 

[LongWayAround]

Anyone care to speculate whether Tikka will drop a 6CM option this year?

@mxgsfmdpx you seem to have a bit of a line on them. Any thoughts?

 

[Brandon]

Did you drop the bison with the 6 creed?

Yes, I have shot a bison before with a 300wm but wanted to see what the 6cm would do with the 108 eldm. I had a friend with a 300 ultra just in case things went sideways.

 

[Brandon]

Sweet!!

Would you mind sharing bullet, impact velocity, and distance travelled after shot if you could?

I’m shooting factory 108 ELDM out of a 17in barrel doing around 2810.
Pronghorn shot at 190 went 20 yards
Deer shot at 220 went 20 yards
Elk shot at 300 went 3 yards
Bison shot at 120 yards and went 100 yards

Only had an exit on the pronghorn. Small entrance hole on everything but jello inside. I would not want to try and blood trail anything but if you put them in the vitals they go down pretty quick.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Anyone care to speculate whether Tikka will drop a 6CM option this year?

@mxgsfmdpx you seem to have a bit of a line on them. Any thoughts?

Speculation is justified but not sure on timing. SHOT show may be telling.

 

[walk2112]

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All of us rifle nerds got right to good stuff and forgot to ask… is that a UFO over above the pronghorn? (Ha)

 

[Brandon]

All of us rifle nerds got right to good stuff and forgot to ask… is that a UFO over above the pronghorn? (Ha)

Yeah, that's funny! I think it was something on my camera lens on my phone. Didn't notice it till I got home.

 

[UnckleBob]

If you are under a time crunch, use a Tikka 243 for the season and get a nice 6 CM or UM barrel made.

 

[UnckleBob]

Just put together a Tikka in 8 twist .243 that Morgan with Class 3 Machining in the Dallas area shortened to 16” and threaded for me. Take off barrel I picked up from J&A. With UM 103 gr ELD X handloads it’s averaging 2850 fps. Quickly becoming my favorite rifle to shoot. Even cheap 100 gr Hornady Interlocks group amazingly well and make predictable hits out to 500. Only taken the ELDs to 800 on steel but they are deadly accurate. Have an 18” Carbon 6 6 CM cf barrel in the works. Will be a while and had to scratch the 6mm itch in the mean time.View attachment 749605

Unfortunately, the guy who ran the shop seems to have passed away per their website. I am in the Dallas area and looked them up after I saw your post.

I am trying to decide if I want my T3X Lite 223 chopped and cut, try to buy a take off barrel already threaded, or have a prefit made.