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What is your intended use? 6ARC and 22CM are pretty different cartridges with ARC being AR15, 22CM is AR10.
Everyone is different, but I'll likely never build a large frame AR again.
6 ARC, 24-26" Bartlein Compass Lake Engineering barrel, Adjustable rifle+1 gas system. SixFive Outfitters or JP bolt. Duramag, E-lander or ASC magazines. Get the stiffest upper you can (Seekins, Aero...) and glue/bed the barrel to it.
That's for PRS or as long range as you can make it... If you want something a little more practical swap the barrel for a Proof Research 16-18". Ammo is out there, LeverEvolution or CFE223 for reloading powder in the 90-110gr range. Whatever dies make you happy. I've been using Hornady standard dies since before the cartridge was released, 10,000+ rounds at this point.
6 ARC, 24-26" Bartlein Compass Lake Engineering barrel, Adjustable rifle+1 gas system. SixFive Outfitters or JP bolt. Duramag, E-lander or ASC magazines. Get the stiffest upper you can (Seekins, Aero...) and glue/bed the barrel to it.
That's for PRS or as long range as you can make it... If you want something a little more practical swap the barrel for a Proof Research 16-18". Ammo is out there, LeverEvolution or CFE223 for reloading powder in the 90-110gr range. Whatever dies make you happy. I've been using Hornady standard dies since before the cartridge was released, 10,000+ rounds at this point.
honestly, I would need to really find a reason to shoot a 22CM, but that's me. 6 ARC is pretty impressive. But, you need the gun built for 6 ARC, and not a little of this and a stretch of that. It is a different gun than an AR15. This is not like moving to .300 BLK or 6.5 Grendel.
Wut? It's almost exactly like moving to 6.5 Grendel.
My "assumption" was I'd procure a 16" or 18" 6ARC Barrel from either a WC or a Ranier Match grade, one of my BRA Grendel BCGs- check headspace, add a Riflespeed adjustable gas block, a JP buffer and head to the farm with a can full of Black 105s. If I can get it dialed, slap on my AGM Rattler 35-640, dial that in and turn on my Pied Piper magic music box for Yotes... screw on my Vox S and get jiggy with it
Someone tell me where I'm going wrong! LS is making it sound like I might need a Voodoo Priest on retainer...wth?
Someone tell me where I'm going wrong! LS is making it sound like I might need a Voodoo Priest on retainer...wth?
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Just trying to move from 308 to a 6mm for predators (also need a small varmit load) keep hearing 22cm comes with fairy dust pre sprinkled on every pill... prairie dogs and other small varmits the longer I think the more I think 6ARC is my cartridge...also want some longer range steel shooting, say 1k'ish
I built a 6 ARC several months ago. Used a 20" Compass Lake Engineering barrel. Once I got a load developed that it likes, it is really a blast to shoot for such a light caliber. I have had it out on a steel range banging plates out to 1200 yards with it. My daughter will most likely use it for deer this fall. All in all, I am very impressed with the downrange capability it offers in a standard AR-15 platform.
I built a 6 ARC about 2 years ago. Admittedly, not much of a gas gunner. But it took me a long time shooting it in matches off and on to get the bugs worked out to where I was comfortable with its performance. I would recommend if you run suppressed to have some type of "flow through" suppressor and not just a traditional baffle, and go with a full mass bolt, an H2 or H3 buffer, with an adjustable gas block. If I'm going hunting or shooting recreationally, the 6ARC or my 6.5 Creedmoor AR10 are the ones I grab. The only time the 223 comes out is for 2 gun matches.
It sounds like ARC is the right choice then. While 22CM had a great selection of varmint bullets, 6mm is catching up and would be less finicky to tune the rifle, and have better barrel life.
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