PRS Talk What weight 6mm bullet?

[buffalowinter]

What weight 6mm bullet....6mm dasher, 6mm Creedmoor, 6mm BR, and specifically the .243 Winchester...is being used for PRS?

 

[morganlamprecht]

probably 99.99% 105-115 grain

 

[buffalowinter]

That's what I figured. I have a rifle using a Remington 700 Varmint bbl'ed action. It has 9 1/8 rh twist rifling. I can get 1/2 moa with 75 g bullets, where 100 and above barely get 2 moa. The 100 g plus bullets are Berger VLD's set .02 off the lands. Should I try touching the lands? The 1/2 moa 75g bullets are SMK's. Any thoughts or suggestions on what might work for this gun/twist rate for PRS?

 

[Sheldon N]

Try the 95gr Sierra TMK's. You don't have enough twist rate for anything heavier.

 

[demonjigger]

I worked on a load for a friend with the same gun 9 1/8" twist. I could not get any of the heavier bullets to work with multiple powders. I ended up using the Berger 95 grain VLD with IMR 7828. I would think the 95 grain Sierras would work well too. You definitely want the highest BC you can possibly get, so I would go heavier than 75gr. Good luck.