Tikka 6cm vs factory 243

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Thank you all for the feedback. Since I RELOAD it seems just sticking with the 243 is the way to go. i havent seen anything indicating that the extra effort/cost is worth it on the 6cm

You could collect up a couple 20" take off 243 barrels and send them and a rifle all out to be punched into 243ai with the same reamer/headspace... not saying you should, just saying that is something a feller who likes to tinker and let the idea creep in his head COULD be inclined to do.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I was saying you may have misinterpreted the person.

The comment you responded to the person said they got loaded ammo to shoot to obtain brass and break in the barrel and they are enjoying the practice with it. They literally said their group size (ie its sighted in) and they were enjoying practicing with it.

You honed in on the "break in" comment in the second half of your reply and I was implying that phrase may have been semantics since you were talking about break in procedures where as someone saying break in may not have meant some formal procedure. Some reloaders prefer to get ~100rd on their barrel AND have the brass once fired in their chamber before they start the load dev on it because those two things can reduce (not eliminate) how much the velocity for a give powder charge evolves from when it was first developed. They are merely focusing more on the sight in and practice part of the shooting initially and postponing dialing in a load, not some shoot/clean/shoot routine.

Maybe the poster did do a shoot/clean/shoot routine, dunno. But it doesn't negate that some prefer to postpone load dev till Xrds and some prefer once fired in their chamber brass.

I get that. I just get curious when considering limited barrel life and planning to shoot 100/1500 rounds before “really getting to shoot the rifle.” That’s all.

And in the context of this thread, I was considering how long it will take to shoot out the factory barrel before rebarreling to a new cartridge. At 1500-3000 rounds/barrel, that’s not something relevant to me until two to three years from now. By that time, Tikka might actually have a 6mm CM chambering available.