Custom 6mm Remington

[shrapnel]

The Kalispell gun show has been slow, but I did find a couple guns worth buying.

This is a custom rifle made by Lee Helgeland. It is a 6mm Remington.

Lots of good features, nice wood, and metal work…

 

[LopeHunter]

Wow. You could display that in a room which had outstanding oil paintings and yet the wood would still catch your eyes.

I switched to non-wood stocks when built ordered three custom guns over the past 25 years. Wood that sells in rain or cracks when fall out of a scabbard were my reasons. No regrets but my rifles will never be as impressive as that 6mm.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Damn, I have heard of, but don’t recall seeing any of his work. That would have been worth the drive.

 

[shrapnel]

Got it out today and sighted 2 shots on paper, third shot on gopher. Hornady 75 grain HP at 3425 fps...

 

[shrapnel]

 

[D4570]

That 6mm is a wonderful round. 26" barrel 1x14 I'm guessing. I have one, I wish it was a 1x10. I push a BT 55 gr 4200 fps gophers vaporize. I use it for deer with an 80-grain TTSX at 3600 fps. Deer and antelope 400 plus never hear the shot...

 

[6mm Remington]

That is a beautiful rifle in the best antelope/deer cartridge out there! Nope not biased one bit. Is that a post 64 Winchester action it was built on? I'm not certain from the picture. Hopefully it has a 1-9 twist. I have a Ruger 1B in 6mm Remington and my son now has my Remington 600 Centennial in 6mm and a Ruger MKII in 6mm Remington. I'd say we are pretty well set. I also gave my fathers Remington Model 700 in 6mm to my grandson Ethan. He's going to be old enought to hunt here pretty soon.

 

[Wild Bill]

Good shooting Shrap. I’m glad the rifle gets to live. Too many folks buy pretty rifles like that and put them in the safe for eternity.

 

[shrapnel]

That is a beautiful rifle in the best antelope/deer cartridge out there! Nope not biased one bit. Is that a post 64 Winchester action it was built on? I'm not certain from the picture. Hopefully it has a 1-9 twist. I have a Ruger 1B in 6mm Remington and my son now has my Remington 600 Centennial in 6mm and a Ruger MKII in 6mm Remington. I'd say we are pretty well set. I also gave my fathers Remington Model 700 in 6mm to my grandson Ethan. He's going to be old enought to hunt here pretty soon.

I don’t want fast twist. I will use this for varmints and maybe an occasional deer or antelope.

It is a modified Remington action with 3 position safety…