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7MM Rem Mag - hardly a sniper rifle!
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<blockquote data-quote="Shane Lindsey" data-source="post: 952338" data-attributes="member: 25831"><p>"The question that comes to mind is, do snipers go through the effort to find the right load for their rifle like us hand loaders do, or do they all use mass produced ammo out of pallets of production?"</p><p> </p><p>The guns are built to shoot the ammo on hand. Test fired and if they hold a MOA, they are about good.</p><p> </p><p>Heard the discussions about getting new rigs for many years now. I would say we are closer to getting one now than before, but the only ones that really get what they want are the units so small they don't have to go through the same procurement processes. I think that with the budget and our lack of wartime funds, this may get canned. I will remain optimistic though.</p><p> </p><p>.308 is hard to get rid of based on money alone. It was mentioned before, but barrel life is a huge consideration. A student puts roughly 50 rounds through a gun a day for about 3 weeks (I am not exactly sure anymore). On a bigger 30, that could be half the life of the barrel on school alone. With a bigger 30, right about the time you really start to learn your gun, its time for a new barrel. 308 doesn't have that problem.</p><p> </p><p>I personally am a fan of the 308, but it was what introduced me to the long range thing. I also would love to see us go to the 300 WM with the big pills.</p><p> </p><p>Semper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shane Lindsey, post: 952338, member: 25831"] "The question that comes to mind is, do snipers go through the effort to find the right load for their rifle like us hand loaders do, or do they all use mass produced ammo out of pallets of production?" The guns are built to shoot the ammo on hand. Test fired and if they hold a MOA, they are about good. Heard the discussions about getting new rigs for many years now. I would say we are closer to getting one now than before, but the only ones that really get what they want are the units so small they don't have to go through the same procurement processes. I think that with the budget and our lack of wartime funds, this may get canned. I will remain optimistic though. .308 is hard to get rid of based on money alone. It was mentioned before, but barrel life is a huge consideration. A student puts roughly 50 rounds through a gun a day for about 3 weeks (I am not exactly sure anymore). On a bigger 30, that could be half the life of the barrel on school alone. With a bigger 30, right about the time you really start to learn your gun, its time for a new barrel. 308 doesn't have that problem. I personally am a fan of the 308, but it was what introduced me to the long range thing. I also would love to see us go to the 300 WM with the big pills. Semper [/QUOTE]
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