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Can light weight and long range go together?
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<blockquote data-quote="hawk45" data-source="post: 1160961" data-attributes="member: 27634"><p>Welcome!</p><p></p><p>The trade off with a light weight rig is stability. It's possible but practice is the most important thing. </p><p></p><p>Trade-offs:</p><p>Shorter barrel is less weight, but less velocity/stability </p><p>Longer barrel is more weight, but more velicity/stability</p><p>Thinner barrel is less weight but whippy.</p><p>Thicker barrel is more weight but less whippy.</p><p></p><p>What is your definition of "long range" though? If you are hunting game past 600yds, you may want to step up from a .243, even with 115's. </p><p></p><p>You could always just get a Tikka Lite T3 in 300WM or 7RM and have an effective setup for as far as your terminal ballistics can take the game you are hunting.</p><p></p><p>As far as mag length.. you'll have to look up the recommended length of the 115 DTACs (shortest I've seen is 2.860") I know they are super long, so not even sure they will fit in Wyatt's DBM. Factory Remington 700 box mag will feed up to 2.820", maybe a bit shorter for reliability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hawk45, post: 1160961, member: 27634"] Welcome! The trade off with a light weight rig is stability. It's possible but practice is the most important thing. Trade-offs: Shorter barrel is less weight, but less velocity/stability Longer barrel is more weight, but more velicity/stability Thinner barrel is less weight but whippy. Thicker barrel is more weight but less whippy. What is your definition of "long range" though? If you are hunting game past 600yds, you may want to step up from a .243, even with 115's. You could always just get a Tikka Lite T3 in 300WM or 7RM and have an effective setup for as far as your terminal ballistics can take the game you are hunting. As far as mag length.. you'll have to look up the recommended length of the 115 DTACs (shortest I've seen is 2.860") I know they are super long, so not even sure they will fit in Wyatt's DBM. Factory Remington 700 box mag will feed up to 2.820", maybe a bit shorter for reliability. [/QUOTE]
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