Comments on: ‘Also-Ran’ Cartridges — The .244 Remington (aka 6mm Rem) https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2015/07/also-ran-cartridges-the-244-remington-aka-6mm-rem/ from AccurateShooter.com Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:26:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: Richard https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2015/07/also-ran-cartridges-the-244-remington-aka-6mm-rem/comment-page-1/#comment-48338 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:23:01 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=56788#comment-48338 What Boyd said but with the added comments of I had one, in Mashburn configuration, as a long range bench gun. It was good at the time (early Noughties) but would I do it again?

The answer, given things like the 6/6.5 x 47 are now around, is “no”. I think there are now better, more efficient, cases out there in 6mm land to solve the problem.

But the advantage it offered over the 243 fast twist/heavy bullet combination, was an absence of the vertical you get at longer ranges.

]]> By: Boyd Allen https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2015/07/also-ran-cartridges-the-244-remington-aka-6mm-rem/comment-page-1/#comment-48337 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 16:39:18 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=56788#comment-48337 The .244/6mm Remington is a great cartridge that was doomed by a poor factory choice in twist. (No matter what others have said, marketing is all about perception, and Remington should have understood that.)Looking at the current list of popular long range bullets, a one in eight twist would be the best selection for a custom barrel in either caliber. A friend has built himself just such a rifle, With a tight neck chamber in a top line cut rifled barrel, that has been installed in a properly bedded Remington clone (Stiller) action. It performs flawlessly.

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