6 PPC Custom
This rifle I call my “Custom”, it was originally a M77 MK II in .223 Rem. I purchased a couple 6mm Match take-off barrels from a friend and turned this one into my “Custom” 6 PPC. The other is now a 6 x 45 on a Remington 700 action.
The only thing I’ve done to this rifle is have a muzzle brake installed. It’s a very accurate rifle using bullets in the 55 too 70 grain weight in the wind; which blows all the time in the West. The 6 PPC shoots well with a number of powers. I chose to stick with TAC, A 2230, and LT-32 all Western Powders. The other powders have become way to hard to find at a good price.
Ruger got in a little trouble with Dr Louis Palmisano and Ferris Pindell (gunsmith). The designers of the cartridge (PPC) “Palmisano Pindell Cartridge”. In the mid to late 90’s when they came out with the rifles and didn’t ask the designers. I don’t know the whole story but Ruger stopped making the PPC (22 and 6mm) and were the only American company to make a factory rifle. No one in the USA made or makes ammo. Sako, Lapua, and Norma were the only ammo manufactures and only a few European riles were factory produced.
Both calibers took over the bench rest world, and today still hold their own. Cases can be purchased from the above at a hefty price. I did purchase some cases from a US company a couple years back, SSA (Silver State Armory), I don’t know if they still make them or not. I bought 3,000 when I had the chance. But even they only made 6 PPC.
The PPC case is a completely different bolt design. It falls between the .378 of the .223 Rem parent and the .473 of the .308 parent case at .441. Ruger had a good thing going for them. Their bolt used the control-roll-feed method of feeding a round, easily converted to .441. Many thousands of custom rifles have been produced with great results in every action you can think of.
The one big thing I like about the PPC is the fact they take a “small rifle primer”. The bench shooter will tell you the small rifle primer with the small flash hole will make for much better accuracy. Their records are hard to argue with.
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