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243/6mm rifle build...thoughts?
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<blockquote data-quote="esorensen" data-source="post: 2845252" data-attributes="member: 4302"><p>I'm in the OP's boat as well. A well used AR10T .243 with a 24" 10 twist. Silly accurate, but pretty much stuck with the 87 vmax due to the slow twist. Killed a boat load of stuff with it over the years, and it's getting tired. I already have a 6 CM bolt gun and it's great too! However the .243 barrel is most likely being replaced with the 6SLR 26-27" 8 twist or so carbon affair. IMO that's what the .243 should have been in the first place. I may be wrong, but smacking the SLR case from a straight .243 is maybe a pinch easier than doing the full AI. Then again you might be able to get away with firing a straight .243 in an AI chamber and then you have your brass. My concern is the full AI not feeding so great in the AR platform, but that's most likely not the case with a bolt gun. The SLR does not have as much capacity as the AI, but better neck length than either the CM or AI. Honestly they're all apples to apples. Do you really think there's a coyote, antelope, deer, whatever out there that will question a solid hit from the ~100 fps difference from any of them? I think we in this wonderful hobby of ours we tend to split hairs. Do whatever scratches the itch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="esorensen, post: 2845252, member: 4302"] I’m in the OP’s boat as well. A well used AR10T .243 with a 24” 10 twist. Silly accurate, but pretty much stuck with the 87 vmax due to the slow twist. Killed a boat load of stuff with it over the years, and it’s getting tired. I already have a 6 CM bolt gun and it’s great too! However the .243 barrel is most likely being replaced with the 6SLR 26-27” 8 twist or so carbon affair. IMO that’s what the .243 should have been in the first place. I may be wrong, but smacking the SLR case from a straight .243 is maybe a pinch easier than doing the full AI. Then again you might be able to get away with firing a straight .243 in an AI chamber and then you have your brass. My concern is the full AI not feeding so great in the AR platform, but that’s most likely not the case with a bolt gun. The SLR does not have as much capacity as the AI, but better neck length than either the CM or AI. Honestly they’re all apples to apples. Do you really think there’s a coyote, antelope, deer, whatever out there that will question a solid hit from the ~100 fps difference from any of them? I think we in this wonderful hobby of ours we tend to split hairs. Do whatever scratches the itch. [/QUOTE]
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