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85 Varmint 6mm BR

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Hi guys. I have a Sako 85 varmint laminated stainless in 243 I am going to have rechambered to 6mm BR. My question is in relation to the magazine and getting the BR rounds to feed reliably. I have seen 75s converted to BR using the PPC mag and that is quite successful. I had the thought to change the bottom metal and use a 75 PPC mag, but that was put to bed quickly with the actions being different. Any thoughts or ideas?
 
That short stubby case with a severe shoulder angle is going to be a feeding problem out of any magazine/feeding system that is not designed for the BR/PPC type case. There is a possibility that you could have ejection issues as well, but I have no hands on experience with that in the Model 85. If you are like most guys that shoot these rounds, you are saving your brass & shooting single shot anyway so I wouldn't worry too much about the mag/feeding issue. If you want a repeater with this conversion, I'm not sure there is a good solution unless you can find a smith that can modify it to work.
 
I have had a discussion with my gunsmith and we think that putting a block in the current mag and making adjustments to the mag lips should give a satisfactory result. Maybe modifying the internals out of a 75 PPC mag and putting them in the 85 outer also. Will let you know how we get on.
 
Just load the magazine full with any BR round (.22 BR, 6mm BR, 7mm BR) and see how they feed. You don't have to change the barrel first in order to do this.
 
We have figured this out by removing the internals from the 85 mag and replaced them with modified internals from a 75 PPC mag.
 
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