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Need advice to pick a .243 bullet.
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 779578" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>quote from referenced article:</p><p></p><p>" For years we encouraged shooters to use a base of cartridge to end of bearing surface OAL (I will use the term COAL to represent this dimension) <strong>which allows the VLD to touch the rifling or to be jammed in the rifling.</strong> This provided excellent results for many shooters but there were others who did not achieve top performance with the VLD jammed in their rifling. These shooters were left with the belief that the VLD bullets just won't shoot in their rifle.</p><p> </p><p>Other groups of shooters were discouraged by our recommendation to touch the rifling. <em><strong>Some of these shooters knew that at some point during a target competition they will be asked to remove a live round. With the bullet jammed in the rifling there was a good chance the bullet will stick in the barrel which could result in an action full of powder. This is hard on a shooter during a match.</strong></em>"</p><p></p><p>This was first person from </p><p>Eric Stecker</p><p>Master Bulletsmith (Berger Bullets)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 779578, member: 35183"] quote from referenced article: " For years we encouraged shooters to use a base of cartridge to end of bearing surface OAL (I will use the term COAL to represent this dimension) [B]which allows the VLD to touch the rifling or to be jammed in the rifling.[/B] This provided excellent results for many shooters but there were others who did not achieve top performance with the VLD jammed in their rifling. These shooters were left with the belief that the VLD bullets just won’t shoot in their rifle. Other groups of shooters were discouraged by our recommendation to touch the rifling. [I][B]Some of these shooters knew that at some point during a target competition they will be asked to remove a live round. With the bullet jammed in the rifling there was a good chance the bullet will stick in the barrel which could result in an action full of powder. This is hard on a shooter during a match.[/B][/I]" This was first person from Eric Stecker Master Bulletsmith (Berger Bullets) [/QUOTE]
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