rem 700 rebarrel time

[thenotoriousmo]

After a good 7k-ish of rounds through my rem 700 in 308, its time for me to rebarrel the thing. Now I am leaning towards a 6.5 (either 6.5x47 as the brass is great or maybe a 6.5 creed) but have also heard plenty of good things about all the 6mm stuff too. I am getting ready to purchase a barrel but I have no clue which way I want to go now. I will typically be shooting at steel around 800-1200 (or more depending on if I take my quad out to our spot so I dont have to walk all the way out there with heavy targets and what not).

now my only requirements are that it stays in a short action and can be used in a standard aics mag. I am not trying to kill anything but steel so energy at target is not a concern to me, however I do enjoy seeing a dust cloud. Also I do reload but I would prefer not to fireform and brass for all those fancy cartridges out there.

Sorry that this is long winded for a simple "what round should I use" but honestly I have no clue which way I should go and hope I could give as much info as I could.

[bsumoba]

6.5 creed...im biased

6.5 creed brass seems to be easier to find, it fits in an aics mag, and its becoming a more and more popular round, which will benefit us more. It uses LRPs vs SRPs so you can use your LRP stock.

for barrels, you can go to bugholes.com to get your barrel, although you got to troll the site to see if you can catch the stock as it goes fast. Bartlein seems to be very popular for the 6.5 crowd. Kreiger is popular as well.

http://bugholes.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=88_89_93

have AR15barrels do the smithing for you also.

[CobraRed]

Congratz on your first worn out .308, it's a badge of honor. I'm about 12k .308 rounds fired in my life with about 11 years of shooting, but only one barrel worn out as I keep buying rifles.

6.5x47 seems too expensive to me for it's capability. I would go 260AI or 6BR, 6mm dasher would be nice too.

[milotrain]

6.5x47 seems too expensive to me for it's capability. I would go 260AI or 6BR, 6mm dasher would be nice too.

Word.

http://www.accurateshooter.com/featured/300m-shooting-a-challenging-discipline/

6BR for accuracy.
6XC if you want the extra muzzle velocity but sacrificing barrel life.

[oni]

You can't really go wrong with any of the 6.5 or 6 cartridges. They all shoot the same bullets within their respective size. Some feed better from mags then others and the cases have different capacities for powder.

Personally I have a .260 and a .243. Both shoot awesome.

My .260 has a Lilja barrel on it. Their site is riflebarrels.com and this particular barrel is an in stock item.

http://riflebarrels.com/products/in-stock_barrel.htm

My .243 has a bartlein barrel on it and it also shoots awesome.

If you like to spend a lot on brass Lapua makes both .260 and .243 brass. For .260 I use Remington 7mm-08 brass necked down by running it thru a .260 full length sizing die.

For .243 I just use Winchester brass. Though trying the Hornady brass since I can't find any Winchester brass in stock.

If your in SoCal I can't recommend AR15Barrels enough. His rifles shoot bug holes (see photo at the end), your rifle is built as you wait. He can true your 700 action, fit the barrel, etc...

Here is a 5 shot group from my .260 that AR15Barrels built. The action is a trued 700 with a PTG bolt. The rifle already had 1200 to 1400 rounds thru it and these were the first 5 rounds fired that day.

.391 edge to edge. In the .2's if you measure from the center of the furthest holes.

[Cypriss32]

6.5 creed, I have one because sometimes I feel lazy and can buy factory ammo. But I have other rifles in 6mm and 7mm flavor too.

[killshot44]

Either the Creedmoor or the 6.5x47 would be good choices. I'd favor the heavier 6.5 bullets for steel, over the 6mms.
Relatively long barrel lifes, accurate, easy to load for.

Here's an entertaining link for anyone wanting to know more about the more accurate cartridges http://www.accurateshooter.com/categ...tridge-guides/ The site itself is great for anyone interested in precision.

[thenotoriousmo]

Thanks for all the input. It is nice to get real world imput. As of right now I am leaning towards the 6.5 creed. I just shot around 60 rounds of hornady ammo this morning and if made it out to the target we set up at ~980m just as easy as my 300wm but with out the punishment. Ive always heard that they were preformers but i was actually really impressed with what it could do. The only down side was that the smaller dust cloud with that hard packed dirt to spot misses, but I guess there has to be some give and take.

Also really nice shooting with that 260. Ive had randall do some work on my rifels before so I know his work is quality stuff. So when i get the barrelI ill email him to see if he has this reamer on hand or if I need to split it with him.

[ar15barrels]

Ive had randall do some work on my rifels before so I know his work is quality stuff. So when i get the barrelI ill email him to see if he has this reamer on hand or if I need to split it with him.

I have 6.5lapua, 6.5creedmoor, 260rem, 243win and 6xc reamers.

I probably have 6br too, but it might be a neck-turn reamer and the BR is not as friendly in AI mags...

[russ69]

If feeding from the magazine is a priority, the 243 and 260 are good feeding rounds. A quick twist 243 can really put them out there without much recoil.

[hermosabeach]

Have you played around on http://www.6mmbr.com/index.html ?

They have a lot of info on the types of calibers you are considering...

[Glamis]

Wish I cooed afforded to wear out my 308.

[LynnJr]

A 6mm 107 Sierra Matchking and a 30 caliber 190 grain Matchking have the same ballistic coefficient and are shot at the same velocity so they fly the same to the target.The lighter bullet has less energy but ballistically they are twins.
For the 6BR use 0.104 freebore 3 degree included angle and 0.274 neck and you can use out of the box brass that will last 25 firings and be shooting the second most accurate rifle on the planet.
Barrel life will trump any and all o the 6.5's and so will accuracy.
You get 1800 rounds out of a keg of powder and no recoil.
If you get bore with no recoil and world class accuracy you can run a 243 reamer in and if that isn't enough you can run a 6/284 reamer in after that.
Get a 8 twist barrel and use CCI 450 Magnum primers over 30 grains of Varget with any bullet from 95-108 grains and enjoy your shooting.