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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 518327" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>well I've been around, and have owned several 500+ yard rigs in the past and present. I honestly think you need to start thinking 6mm something when you slip past 400 yards. A plain jane 6mm remington is capable of making steady hits at 600 yards in the right rifle and with the right shooter. A 6mm AI is an honest 750 yard rifle with the right bullet and the right shooter. But I'm also one of those folks that think that when your looking at 700 yards plus; it's time to move on up to a 6.5 or a 7mm something. Sure you can make a 6mm AI or a 6mm Vias shoot 900 yards, but it's a lot easier with a 6.5!</p><p> </p><p> Now I shoot a lot of .223 these days. Not my favorite caliber, but it works really good (and that's what counts!). Onething I've learned about the .223 is that for some oddball reason it has some really bad barrel harmonics (have noticed this in every .223 rifle I've shot over the last 42 years). Yet they don't seem to be there as much in the .222. Now my dog rig is a .223 national match in a 20" barrel. I lost about 75fps, and seem to have reduced the harmonic factor about 70%. I have a hunch that a .222 Ackley might be the ticket here, and allow me to use a 22" barrel (about the max for the .223 case family anyway)</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 518327, member: 25383"] well I've been around, and have owned several 500+ yard rigs in the past and present. I honestly think you need to start thinking 6mm something when you slip past 400 yards. A plain jane 6mm remington is capable of making steady hits at 600 yards in the right rifle and with the right shooter. A 6mm AI is an honest 750 yard rifle with the right bullet and the right shooter. But I'm also one of those folks that think that when your looking at 700 yards plus; it's time to move on up to a 6.5 or a 7mm something. Sure you can make a 6mm AI or a 6mm Vias shoot 900 yards, but it's a lot easier with a 6.5! Now I shoot a lot of .223 these days. Not my favorite caliber, but it works really good (and that's what counts!). Onething I've learned about the .223 is that for some oddball reason it has some really bad barrel harmonics (have noticed this in every .223 rifle I've shot over the last 42 years). Yet they don't seem to be there as much in the .222. Now my dog rig is a .223 national match in a 20" barrel. I lost about 75fps, and seem to have reduced the harmonic factor about 70%. I have a hunch that a .222 Ackley might be the ticket here, and allow me to use a 22" barrel (about the max for the .223 case family anyway) gary [/QUOTE]
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