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What makes a cartridge accurate?
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<blockquote data-quote="IdahoCTD" data-source="post: 1110492" data-attributes="member: 13110"><p><img src="http://accurateshooter.net/GOTW/samhallhg08.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>How about the 40 degree shoulder on the Dasher that holds the 600yd record or the 300 Hulk that holds the 1000yd benchrest record or the 35 degree shoulder of the 300wsm that is slowly taking over the 30 caliber magnum stuff used at 1000yds. Believe it or not a 30 degree shoulder is fairly steep compared to many of the calibers used prior to the 6BR and 6ppc. The 222 Remington is only 23 degrees and it was one of the top calibers prior to those. 25-35 degree shoulders are common place for new calibers today but there are still a lot of good calibers with pretty moderate shoulder angles like the 243, 308, 270, 30-06, etc.</p><p></p><p>Personally I think the barrels are by far the most important part followed by gunsmithing and reloading (obviously the shooter has to be capable as well). Without the first one the rest don't matter. IMO the more the powder capacity increases for a given bore size the harder it is to get consistent result and that is why the most accurate rifles are of relatively moderate powder capacity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IdahoCTD, post: 1110492, member: 13110"] [IMG]http://accurateshooter.net/GOTW/samhallhg08.jpg[/IMG] How about the 40 degree shoulder on the Dasher that holds the 600yd record or the 300 Hulk that holds the 1000yd benchrest record or the 35 degree shoulder of the 300wsm that is slowly taking over the 30 caliber magnum stuff used at 1000yds. Believe it or not a 30 degree shoulder is fairly steep compared to many of the calibers used prior to the 6BR and 6ppc. The 222 Remington is only 23 degrees and it was one of the top calibers prior to those. 25-35 degree shoulders are common place for new calibers today but there are still a lot of good calibers with pretty moderate shoulder angles like the 243, 308, 270, 30-06, etc. Personally I think the barrels are by far the most important part followed by gunsmithing and reloading (obviously the shooter has to be capable as well). Without the first one the rest don't matter. IMO the more the powder capacity increases for a given bore size the harder it is to get consistent result and that is why the most accurate rifles are of relatively moderate powder capacity. [/QUOTE]
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