Gunsmiths with 6mm reamers in Western MT / Northern ID

[RockCreekGuy]

Good morning

I'm very interested in joining the fast 6mm craze. I was hoping local gunsmiths would be willing to respond to this post with a list of 6mm reamers using a magnum bolt-face they have on hand. The rifle will be a Tikka, already owned.



Happy Holidays everyone.

 

[khuber84]

I know Hoover Precision in NW Montana has a 6um40 reamer.......

 

[JMundy84]

@Unknown Munitions and Kampfeld customs are gonna be your guys in North Idaho

 

[BAKPAKR]

Hmm, who in North Idaho might have a 6UM reamer?

Edit - @JMundy84 beat me to it.

 

[bhylton]

Bringing this this back up - looking for a 6prc reamer near the flathead valley. Could go to unknown and do a 6um30 but I don’t really need the speed or want the spendy brass.

 

[Thejet]

Long range customs in post falls has 6prc and 6SAUM

 

[eLightfoot]

Manzella in MT did a 6prc from my bud

 

[khuber84]

Manzella has 6prc, 6saum, basically all the 6mms, soon to have my 6saw reamer too! Excited for that one. If you're really looking for local, check with Hoover Precision and Weber Customs, they may have one. Manzella can prefit most of the nominal headspace action.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Long range customs in post falls has 6prc and 6SAUM

Chris at Long Range Customs can build a nice rifle. My brother and I are both happy with the ones he built for us. BTW - I was texting him recently about a hotrod 25.

 

[Thejet]

Chris at Long Range Customs can build a nice rifle. My brother and I are both happy with the ones he built for us. BTW - I was texting him recently about a hotrod 25.

He has a couple pretty cool options for wild 25s.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

soon to have my 6saw reamer too! Excited for that one.

High level a 6saw sounds like the 6slr but I am sure there are nuances differences, can you elaborate?

 

[khuber84]

High level a 6saw sounds like the 6slr but I am sure there are nuances differences, can you elaborate?

WTO is going to stock 22 and 25 saw brass shortly, it's a very simple neck up/down. It'll be freebored at 150 but the long neck gives it a lot of seating depth variation. It's pretty much same capacity as a 243 and 6slr, but low taper 30° shoulder and long neck. The problem with 6slr, you're turning a lot of shoulder material into neck, and there will be neck thickness inconsistency from end of neck to base of neck, would require neck turning. Since I'm starting with 7saw brass, and necking to 6mm, the necks gaining approx 0.0015-002 thickness, so roughly 0.016 neck wall thickness, and that thicker than I wanted. The reamer is specd at 278 neck, so I'm turning the 7saw once necked down to 0.015 thickness. But once the 22 and 25 saw brass is out, there shouldn't be any turning required.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

WTO is going to stock 22 and 25 saw brass shortly, it's a very simple neck up/down. It'll be freebored at 150 but the long neck gives it a lot of seating depth variation. It's pretty much same capacity as a 243 and 6slr, but low taper 30° shoulder and long neck. The problem with 6slr, you're turning a lot of shoulder material into neck, and there will be neck thickness inconsistency from end of neck to base of neck, would require neck turning. Since I'm starting with 7saw brass, and necking to 6mm, the necks gaining approx 0.0015-002 thickness, so roughly 0.016 neck wall thickness, and that thicker than I wanted. The reamer is specd at 278 neck, so I'm turning the 7saw once necked down to 0.015 thickness. But once the 22 and 25 saw brass is out, there shouldn't be any turning required.

Purely from a curiosity standpoint how different are the resultant dimensions between 6saw and 6slr. Does the 6saw dimensions in itself solve anything about the thicker shoulder material in good brass or is it the fact there is saw brass that is solving it? I guess another way to ask is if you ran saw brass into a 6slr die would there be any shoulder issue and/or what different is the formed case of 6saw and 6slr? If you don't know off hand that is perfectly fine, I am just genuinely curious. A quick google didn't pull up a dimensional print for 6saw hence I'm asking you.

 

[khuber84]

Purely from a curiosity standpoint how different are the resultant dimensions between 6saw and 6slr. Does the 6saw dimensions in itself solve anything about the thicker shoulder material in good brass or is it the fact there is saw brass that is solving it? I guess another way to ask is if you ran saw brass into a 6slr die would there be any shoulder issue and/or what different is the formed case of 6saw and 6slr? If you don't know off hand that is perfectly fine, I am just genuinely curious. A quick google didn't pull up a dimensional print for 6saw hence I'm asking you.

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