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"Inherently more accurate"
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<blockquote data-quote="Alex Wheeler" data-source="post: 1790344" data-attributes="member: 101859"><p>Theres definitely accuracy in case design. 1000yd Match results are good but you also have to realize different conditions play a role in what or who won that particular match. To really compare cartridges it has to be done in the best conditions you can find to allow them to shoot to their potential. Shooting them in a match comes down to the tune, shooter, relay draw, conditions, ext. A 4" group may win, but they are capable of much much better. Many of the top shooters will not take a rifle to a match thats not capable of mid to low 2" 5 shot groups or better. We have Benchrest rifles in cases from 6BRA up to 338 lapua improved and play with different designs often. The 338 Norma imp is showing a lot of promise and looks like the next one worth trying. In equal rifles, the 338s will not touch the 6mms for raw accuracy at 1k, but at 2k thats another story. The mid sized 30s show potential to run with a 6mm, but on average are a little bigger. Theres some other factors involved there however. Even comparing just 6s, the 6x47 has been tried often but it just wont agg with a 6br/bra/dasher. The dasher is at the larger end of what will agg competitively in a 6mm case. So yes, there is accuracy in a case. In my opinion its mostly volume. Shoulder angles, taper, neck length, can effect bolt thrust and throat wear but are not much of a role in raw accuracy. In 1k BR almost everything you can think of has been tried and many still are being tried. You just wont hear about it unless it works. And it wont even make it to a match if it didnt work in testing. A lot of people are making assumptions about a sport they have no first hand experience with. Over the years the winning cartridges have consistently gotten smaller, and its not been by accident. There are different factors involved in long range hunting, so the cases we are using in BR are not really the best choice, but doesnt mean you cant take everything you learn in BR and apply it to long range hunting rifles. Accuracy is accuracy no matter what you use the rifle for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alex Wheeler, post: 1790344, member: 101859"] Theres definitely accuracy in case design. 1000yd Match results are good but you also have to realize different conditions play a role in what or who won that particular match. To really compare cartridges it has to be done in the best conditions you can find to allow them to shoot to their potential. Shooting them in a match comes down to the tune, shooter, relay draw, conditions, ext. A 4" group may win, but they are capable of much much better. Many of the top shooters will not take a rifle to a match thats not capable of mid to low 2" 5 shot groups or better. We have Benchrest rifles in cases from 6BRA up to 338 lapua improved and play with different designs often. The 338 Norma imp is showing a lot of promise and looks like the next one worth trying. In equal rifles, the 338s will not touch the 6mms for raw accuracy at 1k, but at 2k thats another story. The mid sized 30s show potential to run with a 6mm, but on average are a little bigger. Theres some other factors involved there however. Even comparing just 6s, the 6x47 has been tried often but it just wont agg with a 6br/bra/dasher. The dasher is at the larger end of what will agg competitively in a 6mm case. So yes, there is accuracy in a case. In my opinion its mostly volume. Shoulder angles, taper, neck length, can effect bolt thrust and throat wear but are not much of a role in raw accuracy. In 1k BR almost everything you can think of has been tried and many still are being tried. You just wont hear about it unless it works. And it wont even make it to a match if it didnt work in testing. A lot of people are making assumptions about a sport they have no first hand experience with. Over the years the winning cartridges have consistently gotten smaller, and its not been by accident. There are different factors involved in long range hunting, so the cases we are using in BR are not really the best choice, but doesnt mean you cant take everything you learn in BR and apply it to long range hunting rifles. Accuracy is accuracy no matter what you use the rifle for. [/QUOTE]
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