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Just waiting for my renewal to come back and have asked for the above.
So what is my choices? Would ideally like a target style with adjustable stock and longish barrel
Recommendations from those with experience of such rifles would be welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Not many manufacturers cater for this excellent cartridge but Savage offer a couple of models and they do shoot very well.

They offer the 'benchrest' version in a laminate stock or the synthetic stocked LRPV.

One of our guys shot the 2014 UKBRA Factory Sporter small group at 1000 yards with his - 5.075 inches! (with a 26 inch barrel!)

Osprey Rifles often have one or two in stock.

Mainly German and Swiss rifles:
Grunig Elmiger
Keppeler
SIGG Sportgewehr
Tanner

I reckon Savage will be in this case the best value for money option.

Hubert wrote:Grunig Elmiger
Keppeler
SIGG Sportgewehr
Tanner

...and Bleiker

Or you could get one made up to your spec....................would work out cheaper than the German/Swiss alternatives.

I recently made a 6.5x47 up from a "donor" Tikka 22-250 M595 rifle, used GRS stock, and a new 30" Lothar barrel. Total cost just south of £1400.........

Donor needs to be 308, 243, 22-250, anything with a 308 boltface. Or if you want new, then a Barnard action, maybe, Joe West stock.........cost around £2200.

The Savage mod 12 action is a good choice at a very good price, but the fully adjustable Palma stock whacks it up a bit. We have a mod 12 F/TR that I re-barrelled last year in 6BR, and it's incredibly accurate.

H/man

I just re-barrelled my BRNO ZKK .243 to 6br and put it in a Boyds stock , very cost effective and with the set trigger so so accurate .

German and Swiss rifles are very expensive, starting at 3 000 EUROS for SIGG, 4 000 EUROS Keppeler, Grunig and Bleiker cost even more.
Tanner production is very limited.
Schultz and Larsen is good as well.
Tikka T3 Sporter .308 might be a good choice to start with, then re-barrel. Savage will be a good choice as well.

Thanks for your information. Very helpfull. Coincidentally
I was reading about the Tanner made of virtually unobtanium limited production each one made by one guy at the factory and I would say the most expensive of the ones listed.
Blieker I have been looking at as well one for sale now in the UK.
The savage I have also been looking at. I like the look and style of the Barnard 07.
The FLO here recons I will get my certificate retuned in 3 weeks from Police Scotland. I wait in anticipation!!!

I have a Savage based 6BR - I built it myself out of "off the shelf" bits.

The 6br is a cracking cartridge, it's easy to load, plenty of bullet/powder choice, economical with only around 30 gr powder and accurate out to 1000yds.

I bought a Savage F12 action, new from Northwest custom parts. I ordered a Shilen select grade 1/8 prefit barrel, direct from Shilen as a personal import. A Riflebasix Sav-2 trigger direct from RB, Ken Farrell 20moa rail and a Richards microfit stock and topped it off with a Sightron S111 8-32x56.

I screwed it all together and pleased with the results.



Five shots - 220 yds

Five shots - 110 yds


Action/trigger

One of the guys in the club bought a Bleiker in 6mm BR.