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opinions on rifle make & cal for long range rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 676494" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>I learned decades ago that if you've got a good barrel fit to a good receiver properly bedded in most any stock, using the same load that others have won matches and set records with do very well indeed. If one scrutinizes the loads used in a give cartridge for a given bullet for success in competition, there typically ain't a big difference except for a few tenths of a grain in charge weight. </p><p></p><p>With one 7mm Rem. Mag. barrel, about fifteen .308 Win. and four 30 caliber magnum barrels from Hart, Obermeyer and Kreiger, I used the same load for given bullet weights others did well with. They all shot no worse than 1/2 MOA at 600 and 3/4 MOA at 1000. The only cartridge I worked up or "tailored" a load for was a .264 Win. Mag. as nobody had shot one in long range matches and the only match bullet available was a 139-gr. one from Norma. Accuracy attained with these is based on several 20+ shot groups/scores.</p><p></p><p>If one shoots a couple of few-shot groups to base accuracy on, then all sorts of component suites will surface as the "best" one to use. No wonder there's dozens of "best accuracy" sets of components for a given cartridge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 676494, member: 5302"] I learned decades ago that if you've got a good barrel fit to a good receiver properly bedded in most any stock, using the same load that others have won matches and set records with do very well indeed. If one scrutinizes the loads used in a give cartridge for a given bullet for success in competition, there typically ain't a big difference except for a few tenths of a grain in charge weight. With one 7mm Rem. Mag. barrel, about fifteen .308 Win. and four 30 caliber magnum barrels from Hart, Obermeyer and Kreiger, I used the same load for given bullet weights others did well with. They all shot no worse than 1/2 MOA at 600 and 3/4 MOA at 1000. The only cartridge I worked up or "tailored" a load for was a .264 Win. Mag. as nobody had shot one in long range matches and the only match bullet available was a 139-gr. one from Norma. Accuracy attained with these is based on several 20+ shot groups/scores. If one shoots a couple of few-shot groups to base accuracy on, then all sorts of component suites will surface as the "best" one to use. No wonder there's dozens of "best accuracy" sets of components for a given cartridge. [/QUOTE]
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