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Advice wanted on rifle calibers
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 869666" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Tris, your questions are a little confusing, at least to me they are. What is your priority? Shooting a 70 bullet? Flattest cartridge? Flatest to what range? A 22-250 will be very slightly flatter than 6-284 to 300 yds. A 6-284 will be slightly flatter than a 22-250 at 400 yds and it will buck wing a lot better than the 22-250 at any range.</p><p></p><p>On the lighter end of my rifles, I have a 223, 22-250 and 6-284. All of them are basically for "fun". The 223 and 22-250 are mainly for gophers, prairie dogs and rocks and they can definitely hammer yotes if the opportunity arises. </p><p></p><p>The 6-284 is also for all the above and it it is heads above the others for being a dog regulator. For a flat shooting, wind bucking, 500 yd yote buster, the 6-284 is way above the 22-250. That is, using the appropriate bullet like a 105 hybrid or a 107 smk.</p><p></p><p>If your desire is to shoot 70 gr bullet, then by all means shoot a potent 22 cal. As for barrel life, the 6-284 and 22-250 are probably going to be close. the main factors are volume to bore ratio, load pressure and velocity (higher velocity causes great heat friction in the barrel), powder heat index, and rate of fire. There are some other factors, but those are the main ones. No free lunch... you want performance, you will pay.</p><p></p><p>You can easily figure all this out by doing some searching and using a ballistic calc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 869666, member: 11717"] Tris, your questions are a little confusing, at least to me they are. What is your priority? Shooting a 70 bullet? Flattest cartridge? Flatest to what range? A 22-250 will be very slightly flatter than 6-284 to 300 yds. A 6-284 will be slightly flatter than a 22-250 at 400 yds and it will buck wing a lot better than the 22-250 at any range. On the lighter end of my rifles, I have a 223, 22-250 and 6-284. All of them are basically for "fun". The 223 and 22-250 are mainly for gophers, prairie dogs and rocks and they can definitely hammer yotes if the opportunity arises. The 6-284 is also for all the above and it it is heads above the others for being a dog regulator. For a flat shooting, wind bucking, 500 yd yote buster, the 6-284 is way above the 22-250. That is, using the appropriate bullet like a 105 hybrid or a 107 smk. If your desire is to shoot 70 gr bullet, then by all means shoot a potent 22 cal. As for barrel life, the 6-284 and 22-250 are probably going to be close. the main factors are volume to bore ratio, load pressure and velocity (higher velocity causes great heat friction in the barrel), powder heat index, and rate of fire. There are some other factors, but those are the main ones. No free lunch... you want performance, you will pay. You can easily figure all this out by doing some searching and using a ballistic calc. [/QUOTE]
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