No production rifles in 6mm Remington.

No the 6mm was just not popular enough for Remington to leave in production. However its seems every so often they will offer a certain model of the rem. 700 in the 6mm chambering but only one. You can always order one from there custom shop however you would like it.

The .244 Remington tripped on the starting gate because they thought it was going to be a light bullet varmint cartridge and gave it too slow rifling twist to stabilize hunting bullets.

In the mean time, Winchester brought out the .243 with faster rifling and stormed the market with one of the more popular duel-use cartridges ever.

By the time Remington realized the error, and re-named it the 6mm Rem with faster rifling for heavy hunting bullets?

Game over!
The .243 had already slam-dunked it in that caliber.

I think another factor was calling it anything ending in MM back in 1963.
People still harbored bad feelings and some distrust about getting shot at by 8mm's in WWII.

On the other hand, that sure didn't hurt the 7mm Mag any when it came out in 1962.
But it had the right rifling twist from the get-go!

rc

I know of a benchshooter who loves the 6mm as a hunting rifle. Since he reloads his own, he swears how good it is.

The 6mm is dead for one reason and one reason only- It's based on the 57mm case. All cartridges based on the 57mm case is pretty much dead in America. Too long for a short action and too short for a long action.

I know the history but still shake my head at the fact that nobody does the 6mm anymore and theres truck loads of 243s out there.

I have a 6mm Rem. Parker Hale sitting out in the safe in the shop. The guy I got it from beat up the wood a bit but I think the gun has never been shot. I;ve been thinking about making it a project gun and restoring the stock and putting some glass on it. Just what I need is another caliber.............

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I realize that you are pronouncing the 6mm rem dead due to no current production rifles....but there are some of us out here who shoot the 6mm Rem, I have Remington 788 in 223 & 6mm Rem.....I have varmint hunted with these two rifles since they were introduced....I use the 223 out to 200-250 yds and when my range may be beyond that the 6mm gets loaded up....collected two big coyotes a couple weeks ago with the 6mm. At this location the 6mm will always "be alive" as long as I can find brass...just like the 222 mag.

Betamax was actually a better system than VHS, but so it goes.

No production because of no demand. It doesn't matter as to the "why" of the lack of demand. No point in manufacturing something that won't sell.

Fella's;

I've not done a search, but I'm guessing that what the OP's issue is, is that there are no 6mm Remington cartridge guns in current production. At one time in the not-too-distant past, that same situation applied to the .220 Swift. The Swift remains alive and well and I think the same will also be proved in the case of the 6mm Remington.

Ruger has a well documented habit of producing runs in calibers that have been out of production for a bit, the .257 Roberts being an excellent example.

I've never had a problem getting components to roll my own, and regard questions in that regard as mere "crying wolf". It's simply too good a cartridge to disappear. Good grief, even the Winchester .284 re-emerged as the 6.5-284!

900F

My cousin is in the same boat. He recently bought a Remington 660 in .350 Rem Mag. He just found 3 boxes of brass. Factory ammo is not to be found. This caliber is effective on any game in North America and the rifle is a slick little jewel.

I'm sitting on a pile of 6mm Remington brass and bullets waiting to find a rifle chambered in that caliber...for several years now. Everyone seems to be holding on the their rifles. I'll have to wait for someone to die before one comes up for sale, but then I'll probably be dead.

M

M1key;

Just checked Gunbroker, several 6mm's for sale there. The Remington 40X is tempting, but awful pricey, there are others though.'

900F

Doh...you made me look.

SC

You could get a long action Savage, and a good drop-in barrel from Shilen or PacNor chambered for 6mm Rem.

You can swap barrels on a Savage in your garage, no gunsmith needed.

Could you also not do it with a short action Savage?

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6mm Rem is a bit long for a short action. (You can make a short action work, but with longer bullets, expect magazine issues. Doing a build, I'd pick a long action.)

I'd get a Savage in .30-06 (bolt head would work for 6mm Rem), and a pre-fit barrel from PACNOR in 1-8" twist. It would handle any OAL, and if at all similar to other drop-ins I've had from them, be a great shooter. They'll let you pick your reamer and rifling.

That would be a wonderful project.

Remington did make the classic in 6mm back in the day. I have one that I bought back in the 70s before the classic was there run of the year gun. It was a cataloged production gun for quite a few years. It was the first bolt action rifle I ever bought. I bought it used off a buddy for a 125 bucks and it was like new. He was selling a pump rem in 6mm at the same time. I was never a fan of them but wish I would have picked that one up. I have to agree with some of the others here though. I think the classic was the best looking gun Remington ever did.

What would be awesome would be a 700 classic (not cdl) in 6mm

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Does that go for any savage or just certain models?

Looking back 37 years to when I bought my first centerfire rifle I remember deciding in the caliber. I was torn between the 6mm and the .25-06. I didn't think the .25 would be around very long and the 6mm would. A friend talked me into the .25-06 telling me that if I reloaded it didn't matter if production was discontinued. So, I went with the .25-06.

I've been following the demise of the 6mm and just can't understand why. It has a lot to offer and yet it's unpopular.

Don't think it will ever completely die, but will reappear in special runs forever.

If im walking the woods for varmints , you will probably see me with this 6mm.