I don't doubt that one bit, seen good stuff with the 90 gr btips and sgks too...but I have wind... the 2.8" mag length would work up to the amaxish.... doableish but might be better off with the 6cm as was previously mentioned.
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The 6mm Max Cartridge......
- Thread starter LoonWulf
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Most of the hunting bullets aren't real jump sensitive, so as long as the twist is fast enough most of those will be GTG in either 243 or 6 CM.
I had built a fast twist 243 AR and it worked good with the 107 SMKs which aren't real jump sensitive.
I basically went off the advice of a nationally ranked PRS/ELR shooter and "load 107 SMKs to mag length and go shoot".
I decided to get a bolt gun to shoot the PRS style stuff so I didn't have to chase brass. Long story short I stumbled across a Gen2 Ruger precision at such a discount I could buy dies and brass an be money ahead.
Using the same powder bullet combination I went from SD in the low 20s to single digits. Between that and the availability of factory long range match ammo my AR got rebarreled to 6 CM.
In keeping with the 6mm Max theme after running some numbers I could easily see it replacing my Valkyrie if it would shoot the 90 or 95gr VLD type bullets, my home range only goes to 960 so I can step down a notch on ballistic coefficient and still get there with a little added velocity.
someguy2800
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I was hoping the aftermarket would jump on the SFAR platform and run with it. I would actually like a 6mm dasher SFAR. I’m on the fence about buying one to make my own 375 raptor barrel.
I wasn't looking at jump, more of how much crams into the powder space to fit, and several of the heavy eld types are longer than the smk.... it's doable ish with them, but not gonna bother if it can be done with the CM, and again, the MAX can ram little bullets through at fairly decent speeds, but it's the same tradeoff game as the Grendel, and between the 2, one is much more commonly available...stepping up to ar10/sfar turf, the CM still makes more sense, for those of us that hunt critters with wind in the mix have different variables over just "what's accurate/lethal enough". There's useful niche and then niche niche. I can justify the 6.5/.350/.360/.450/.458 a LOT easier than a neutered 6mm. And if I can justify a neutered 6mm, the arc takes care of it enough to not bother the niche niche MAX, for me a .243 in an ar10 is similar (albeit not exactly the same) to the .284w in a short action (excluding savage's longerish short action), it can do it, but the CM does it gooderer. I'm a .243 lover, period, and maybe as a dedicated varmint only rig, the max and sfar in .243 would tick a lot of boxes....but again that's niche niche for my purposes, and I'm utilitarian enough to pick a 2500 diesel and an s10 over a 1500 that kinda does both jobs mediocre.
