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Short-action F-class rifle, caliber?
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 337940" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>Youre going to have to choose between a bit more drift and a bit more drop and long barrel life or short barrel life and a laser trajectory. You simply cannot have the best of both worlds. You can meet in the middle but not have it both ways.</p><p></p><p>IMHO, the 7mm SAUM or 300 WSM are good balances between barrel life, recoil and good down range energy for hunting and respectable drift for F-Class.</p><p></p><p>Other wise, the 308's secret weapons are 26-30" barrels, VV N-500 series powders and VLD bullets. The 190 Berger hosts a BC of .570 and can be run over 2750 with 26" tubes and N500 powders. This makes a heck of a F-Class load. At 1K in a 10 MPH wind the drift is 75-80" where as the 6.5x284 runs 62-67". The difference here is afforability and bbl life.</p><p></p><p>If it is hunting you have in mind, look at the 200 SGK. With a minimum expansion velocity of 1500 FPS she gets you out to 750 yards with just over 1500 FPS and just over 1000 pounds of energy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 337940, member: 1007"] Youre going to have to choose between a bit more drift and a bit more drop and long barrel life or short barrel life and a laser trajectory. You simply cannot have the best of both worlds. You can meet in the middle but not have it both ways. IMHO, the 7mm SAUM or 300 WSM are good balances between barrel life, recoil and good down range energy for hunting and respectable drift for F-Class. Other wise, the 308's secret weapons are 26-30" barrels, VV N-500 series powders and VLD bullets. The 190 Berger hosts a BC of .570 and can be run over 2750 with 26" tubes and N500 powders. This makes a heck of a F-Class load. At 1K in a 10 MPH wind the drift is 75-80" where as the 6.5x284 runs 62-67". The difference here is afforability and bbl life. If it is hunting you have in mind, look at the 200 SGK. With a minimum expansion velocity of 1500 FPS she gets you out to 750 yards with just over 1500 FPS and just over 1000 pounds of energy. [/QUOTE]
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