6mm Remington

[sidelock]

Looking for 6mm Remington ammo. If anyone knows of a store that has stock, please let me know.

[diverduck]

Looking for 6mm Remington ammo. If anyone knows of a store that has stock, please let me know.

Have you tried Sail? Surprisingly they carried 6mm in the rem corelokt in the past. Worth a try. Elwood Epps has a few boxes of Hornady superformance in stock. If your planning on shooting it long term I’d suggest taking up reloading. I can also give you a good load for the 80 grain TTSX and imr 4350.

[sidelock]

Thanks, I may take you up on the 80 grain load sometime in the near future. Gotta figure out the cost of getting set up for reloading first. Last time I checked Sail's website they didn't even have a listing for any ammo.

[Gun Nut]

I started off cheap with Lee Loader hand tool with my 243 win. I'm not sure of what they are worth now, but I've picked kits up at Gun Shows form $10-$20 dollars. They should reload cases form fired in your rifle as they only neck size the casing. Cases from other guns may require full length resizing until they are once fired in your rifle. With the hand tools you can knock back about 20 rounds within a 1/2 hour. Be sure to get the Kit for the 244 Rem. and not the .243 Win The .244 Rem. casings are a bit longer than those of the .243 Win. Beyond that all you will need is a pound of rifle powder ( I use 4064) , A box of 6 mm 80 gr bullet, and package of large rifle primer. and possibly a plastic face hammer so you won't damage the punches of the loader. Later I picked up a loading press and dies, but again I will still fall back on the hand tool to only neck size the cases after I have once form fired them in my rifle. that way you don't over work the brass and it will last for more reloads. If you find a case neck splitting, you should anneal the upper portion of the rest of your cases to soften the neck brass. Hope the info is useful.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

[sidelock]

I started off cheap with Lee Loader hand tool with my 243 win. I'm not sure of what they are worth now, but I've picked kits up at Gun Shows form $10-$20 dollars. They should reload cases form fired in your rifle as they only neck size the casing. Cases from other guns may require full length resizing until they are once fired in your rifle. With the hand tools you can knock back about 20 rounds within a 1/2 hour. Be sure to get the Kit for the 244 Rem. and not the .243 Win The .244 Rem. casings are a bit longer than those of the .243 Win. Beyond that all you will need is a pound of rifle powder ( I use 4064) , A box of 6 mm 80 gr bullet, and package of large rifle primer. and possibly a plastic face hammer so you won't damage the punches of the loader. Later I picked up a loading press and dies, but again I will still fall back on the hand tool to only neck size the cases after I have once form fired them in my rifle. that way you don't over work the brass and it will last for more reloads. If you find a case neck splitting, you should anneal the upper portion of the rest of your cases to soften the neck brass. Hope the info is useful.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

Looked at the Lee website and only found the .243, no .244 unless I'm missing something.

[Gun Nut]

Looked at the Lee website and only found the .243, no .244 unless I'm missing something.

Yes, I notice the same thing when I went looking for the .244 Rem Lee Loader. Apparent they weren't popular enough so they must have phased them out. I suspect LEE could to do them up as a special order, probably not a major operation for them, it would just be a matter of adjusting the depth of the neck sizing die on the .243 die. I did see some advertised on Amazon that might be a place to look. LEE did manufacture them at one point. Another place to look would be Gun Shows but that can be kind of hit and miss.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

[Stu]

Looked at the Lee website and only found the .243, no .244 unless I'm missing something.

You haven't mentioned what rifle it is that you have. The only reason I ask is that while the Lee Loader is a great economical way to get reloading, if you have anything but a bolt action it may not be what you want. It only neck sizes your brass and a lot of pump actions, semis and levers need full length resizing. Some even need small base full length resizing. One of my friends had a Rem. Model Six pump action that we had to full length size even with his fire formed brass.
I used one when I first started loading for a .222Rem. Model 600 and must have loaded at least 2000 rounds for it. They are a great little unit as long as you can get away with neck sizing.

[sidelock]

You haven't mentioned what rifle it is that you have. The only reason I ask is that while the Lee Loader is a great economical way to get reloading, if you have anything but a bolt action it may not be what you want. It only neck sizes your brass and a lot of pump actions, semis and levers need full length resizing. Some even need small base full length resizing. One of my friends had a Rem. Model Six pump action that we had to full length size even with his fire formed brass.
I used one when I first started loading for a .222Rem. Model 600 and must have loaded at least 2000 rounds for it. They are a great little unit as long as you can get away with neck sizing.

Browning Model 78 single shot falling block.

[jlmorgan]

IMO you will need to do full length resize with that gun, try your once fired brass back in the chamber and see if they fit.

[Stu]

IMO you will need to do full length resize with that gun, try your once fired brass back in the chamber and see if they fit.

Probably, but maybe he will be lucky. If it was a straight wall case cartridge and less pressure than the 6mm has neck sizing would likely be fine.