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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 84318" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p><strong>Re: Most \"Inherently Accurate\" Cartridges</strong></p><p></p><p>Jerry,</p><p></p><p>I certainly am not arguing with you here just adding to the many thoughts and ideas.</p><p></p><p>Its fair enough for you to compare match quality chamberings, barrels ect...Take the flip side to this comparison. Factory for factory. I have owned numorus factory 308 rifles that were solid 1000 yard rifles out of the box. I never have owned a factory 30-06 that I could justify shooting at 1K, unless I just wanted to blow powder. The 308 is one rifle I have never owned in a custom format due to its "inherent" accuracy and simply never needed to go custom. Even with the sloppy factory chambers and long freebore and corn cobb barrels I still have had them deliver some astounding 1000 yard groups consistently. Never in a 30-06, for me anyway. You cant argue with the variety of powders, bullets and charge weights that the 308 will shoot extreemly well and in so many combinations where other cartridges might only like 1 or 2 powders and a couple charge weights, bullets ect...</p><p></p><p>Some of the other cartridges you mentioned in your last post are also, like the 308, very inherently accurate, such as the 6.5x284 and a wide variety of 6mm's. Personally I still belive that some will be more inherenty accurate than others regardless of rifle quality. The 6mm PPC and the 6mm BR are 2 similar cases yet the PPC's dominate the bench rest scene. Maybee its a fluke, or maybee its better.</p><p></p><p>This is a good topic and very good insight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 84318, member: 1007"] [b]Re: Most \"Inherently Accurate\" Cartridges[/b] Jerry, I certainly am not arguing with you here just adding to the many thoughts and ideas. Its fair enough for you to compare match quality chamberings, barrels ect...Take the flip side to this comparison. Factory for factory. I have owned numorus factory 308 rifles that were solid 1000 yard rifles out of the box. I never have owned a factory 30-06 that I could justify shooting at 1K, unless I just wanted to blow powder. The 308 is one rifle I have never owned in a custom format due to its "inherent" accuracy and simply never needed to go custom. Even with the sloppy factory chambers and long freebore and corn cobb barrels I still have had them deliver some astounding 1000 yard groups consistently. Never in a 30-06, for me anyway. You cant argue with the variety of powders, bullets and charge weights that the 308 will shoot extreemly well and in so many combinations where other cartridges might only like 1 or 2 powders and a couple charge weights, bullets ect... Some of the other cartridges you mentioned in your last post are also, like the 308, very inherently accurate, such as the 6.5x284 and a wide variety of 6mm's. Personally I still belive that some will be more inherenty accurate than others regardless of rifle quality. The 6mm PPC and the 6mm BR are 2 similar cases yet the PPC's dominate the bench rest scene. Maybee its a fluke, or maybee its better. This is a good topic and very good insight. [/QUOTE]
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