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Longrange PD cartridge - Part II
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<blockquote data-quote="chris matthews" data-source="post: 7878" data-attributes="member: 66"><p>VH,</p><p>All the other guys are right on the money. Not saying you're caliber is bad but in this situation the 243 is better.</p><p> Call Kevin Thomas at Sierra and ask him about the computer data. He'll tell you that beyond 300 it's pretty much an educated guess. Real world is not accurately portrayed in the ballistics programs. The wind does not blow at 9 oclock position at 10 mph from muzzle to the 1000 target. The guys on this site shoot and shoot often, me included, at 1,000 or beyond. They have real world experience. Now that's not saying you can't do it with the 22-243 you can as a 1000 record was held for awhile by a 220 Swift and I have seen a 6" 1000 yrd group shot by a 17 Rem.</p><p>Fact is the 243 will be more consistant than the Cheetah(basically what you have), 17, Swift etc. But the 300 WSM, RUM or 338 Lapua will outperform the 243.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chris matthews, post: 7878, member: 66"] VH, All the other guys are right on the money. Not saying you're caliber is bad but in this situation the 243 is better. Call Kevin Thomas at Sierra and ask him about the computer data. He'll tell you that beyond 300 it's pretty much an educated guess. Real world is not accurately portrayed in the ballistics programs. The wind does not blow at 9 oclock position at 10 mph from muzzle to the 1000 target. The guys on this site shoot and shoot often, me included, at 1,000 or beyond. They have real world experience. Now that's not saying you can't do it with the 22-243 you can as a 1000 record was held for awhile by a 220 Swift and I have seen a 6" 1000 yrd group shot by a 17 Rem. Fact is the 243 will be more consistant than the Cheetah(basically what you have), 17, Swift etc. But the 300 WSM, RUM or 338 Lapua will outperform the 243. [/QUOTE]
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