Which smith to chamber a barrel in 6 PRC?

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Which calculator did you use? I did one and it said 12 lbs recoil
 
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Had Manzella Precision do mine, he used an Ace blank, turned out awesome with cerekote, 20” length. But it’s a #3 contour and ended up heavier than I thought, bumped my rifle weight up almost an lb…anyone have an idea what kind of weight fluting could cut out? I see why people are going taper less on steel!

I’d consider just having it recontoured to your desired weight.
 
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If I do it, I’m between Manzella and High Voltage.
 
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Now I’m in a quandary between a CF or fluted stainless steel. I love the looks of Proof CF barrels, as I currently own two, and have had a total of three. Kinda thinking Proof CF, or an Ace stainless fluted. What say you? I realize CF doesn’t do anything but look cool.
 

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Manzella just added some freebore to two Tikka 243 barrels for me - I dropped them off with dummy rounds on Sunday evening and had them back Thursday afternoon.
 

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The 6prc Manzella worked his magic with. Gave him a dummy with 115 dtac and it's about 230k freebore. Doesn't go below neck till about 75k off lands. Shooting mild break in today with 58gr of a slow lot H1000, going low 3000s. Shooting really well so far, every seating depth has been under moa, 15-20k were both under 1/3 moa for 5 shot groups. Only have 35 rounds through it. Hope to have load dev done next week. He cut me a 20" 6cm barrel too, thing did 10 shots at 0.4moa with factory 108eldm, just stupid. He's a great smith!
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After season, I am looking to move from a 6.5 PRC to a 6 PRC. Not a ton of smiths have reamers for the 6 PRC. My first choice would be UM, but I don’t know if they are set up for the 6 PRC. Who did you use, and are you happy?
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The 6prc Manzella worked his magic with. Gave him a dummy with 115 dtac and it's about 230k freebore. Doesn't go below neck till about 75k off lands. Shooting mild break in today with 58gr of a slow lot H1000, going low 3000s. Shooting really well so far, every seating depth has been under moa, 15-20k were both under 1/3 moa for 5 shot groups. Only have 35 rounds through it. Hope to have load dev done next week. He cut me a 20" 6cm barrel too, thing did 10 shots at 0.4moa with factory 108eldm, just stupid. He's a great smith!
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What stock is this? Looks like a Rokstok but less silly.
 

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That’s the new McMillan Mountain Tracker LR I believe
@LostWapiti, Schmo is correct, McMillan mountain tracker LR. It's near perfect. I don't notice the 3° toe line making any bag tracking difference VS the rokstock 0° toe line. It's 2 oz lighter than the rokstok, plus already comes with integrated arca rail. The downfall? They're near 2x the money of a rokstok. But my last two, 60 day lead times from order to shipping. Real kicks the shit out of 10 month wait times, F stockys, or machine more molds UM. If you don't want to make molds thats your choice of money over customer satisfaction and order fulfilment.
 
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@LostWapiti, Schmo is correct, McMillan mountain tracker LR. It's near perfect. I don't notice the 3° toe line making any bag tracking difference VS the rokstock 0° toe line. It's 2 oz lighter than the rokstok, plus already comes with integrated arca rail. The downfall? They're near 2x the money of a rokstok. But my last two, 60 day lead times from order to shipping. Real kicks the shit out of 10 month wait times, F stockys, or machine more molds UM. If you don't want to make molds thats your choice of money over customer satisfaction and order fulfilment.

Do you like the grip as much as a RS? Also seems like its a little chunkier for general hand holding while hunting. Seems like a nice stock!
 

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Do you like the grip as much as a RS? Also seems like its a little chunkier for general hand holding while hunting. Seems like a nice stock!
Its a bigger grip but same trigger reach. I have big hands, works well for me. The womans is gonna be here tomorrow.
 

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@LostWapiti, Schmo is correct, McMillan mountain tracker LR. It's near perfect. I don't notice the 3° toe line making any bag tracking difference VS the rokstock 0° toe line. It's 2 oz lighter than the rokstok, plus already comes with integrated arca rail. The downfall? They're near 2x the money of a rokstok. But my last two, 60 day lead times from order to shipping. Real kicks the shit out of 10 month wait times, F stockys, or machine more molds UM. If you don't want to make molds thats your choice of money over customer satisfaction and order fulfilment.
Looks awesome. I’m considering the same stock, but I live near saltwater and need to clean periodically. Can you clean the bore without removing the stock?
 

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Looks awesome. I’m considering the same stock, but I live near saltwater and need to clean periodically. Can you clean the bore without removing the stock?
Negative. I have to remove barreled action. It's not that bad. Rokstok is same situation.
 
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