.244 Remington????????

[DonT]

Can someone answer a question for me.  Somehow over the years I ended up with some dies and (mostly) norma brass in .244 remington.  In the little bit of searching I have done it looks like this may be or was the for runner of 6mm Remington.  Is this correct?

I have them in the classified but wanted to get a little more info in case someone asked...

Thanks..
DonT

[ricciardelli]

In components and dies, it is exactly the saem as the 6mm Remington.  The difference is in Remington  barrels.  Originally the 6mm was known as the .244 Remington, and was marketted as a "varmint caliber", therefor a slower twist for lighter bullets.  When the .243 Winchester caught on, Remington saw that shooters were using heavier bullets in the .243 for big game, so they renamed the cartridge, and put a faster twist on the barrel.  .244 twist 1:12, 6mm twist 1:9.

[Ron T.]

What Ricciardelli wrote was very true...

The 1:12 twist in the original "Remington .244 caliber" won't stabilize the popular 100 grain 24 caliber hunting bullet.  The 1:9 twist will... end of story.

The .244 Remington & the 6mm Remington rounds are IDENTICAL in EVERY way, as Ricciardelli wrote.  Thus the cartridge cases, loading dies. shell holder will "work" for either the .244 Remington or the 6mm Remington... and loading data applies to either round.

Incidentally, the .244 Remington/6mm Remington cartridge case is a necked down 7mm Mauser cartridge case as is the .257 Roberts.