6GT...Who here has one or more?

xphunter

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Sep 15, 2005
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If you have a 6GT, give us a description (pictures would be awesome), and why you chose the 6GT.

I have two them myself. Both are rear-grip specialty pistols.
The first one, is a re-barrel job, on a Christensen Arms, Modern Precision Pistol (MPP). I do not think they make them anymore.
Several years ago, these were on sale for around $799. Pretty sure they were trying to get rid of their stock, when all of the forearm brace stuff was lit up in the courts.
If you know me, I am NOT a fan of their rifles with their Carbon Fiber barrels. It is like gambling...One of them may shoot great, another average, and still yet another one horrid.
Knowing this I bought two of them: One with a 223 Rem bolt face (223 Rem), and and the second one in a 308 bolt face (6.5 Creed). I was hoping at least on them would shoot reasonable, and I only would have to rebarrel one of them. I guess I should not got to Vegas. They both shot bad.
I still wasn't a loss, as the components I had for the money, was still a bargain.
$800 per unit: Trigger, action, picatinny rail, muzzle brake, and the chassis, which automatically has the bottom metal
The 6.5 Creed would get around 3/4" at 100 yards, but the 223 Remington was like 2.5" groups at 100 yards.
I had a 7.5T Sendero Bartlein handy, and had it rechambered to 6GT. I even used the CA muzzle brake. I have run it out to around 1600 yards on steel.
Both of them before rebarreling.
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After rebarreling
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The other one is a custom from the ground up with a Kauger Arms (Non-designated) CRS actions, and the wood stock they use for the Black Widow pistol, H-S Precision Bottom metal, Holland Brake, M24 contour 7.5T Bartlein, Holland brake, Bix and Andy trigger.
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Ernie, I am not familiar with the 6GT. Could you post a photo of one with a photo of a 243 Win., or 6.5 CM, or 308 Win. or something that I would recognize? Thank you.
 

Article explains the cartridge.
 
Thanks @RL338 !
There are handful of articles on the 6GT
the 22GT and 25GT have a good following as well.
I don't have a 25GT, but I am not opposed to it :)
 
I had mine built by GAP when George brought it out and components were becoming readily available.

The the 6GT AKA “Gay Tiger” was formed from 6.5x47 brass that was shortened, and necked down to 6mm in the very beginning. It required a lot of effort to make from the Lapua case. Eventually he had Jason Hornady to make him the brass for it, and then Alpha brass, and soon this Fall Lapua.

Easiest cartridge to tune there is! I have a fast 26” Bartlein bbl. 2,930 fps with the 105 Berger Hybrid Target behind VarGet, F205M’s in Alpha 6GT brass vs the Gay Tiger logo.

It’s a lot of fun to shoot, and like most of what GA Precision does it’s stupid accurate!
 
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