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<blockquote data-quote="johnnyk" data-source="post: 384130" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>matt,</p><p> All these guys have good suggestions. In a 10lb + rifle the .243 is comfortable off the bench and can be shot and cleaned all day. I have one in this weight range but I must confess I lust after the AI version. It is more of a good thing. The plain, vanilla .243 is very capable of taking varmints at 600yds, and farther with good optics, lots of practice, favorable conditions and a little luck. </p><p> Thw 6mmBR is a great little cartridge. Once you shoot one it's hard not to fall in love with it. It is more efficient and more economical. About 35gn of powder is the most you will ever get in the case with the lighter pills (55gn). It will flat out make the trip to 600yds quicker than you can blink and is eerily accurate to that range. It holds its own in 600yds BR.</p><p> Look at the 6.5X284 also. It is very popular in 1000yd competition because of a few attributes. One it is very accurate in the majority of rifles (inherently accurate), two; the 6.5 (.264") bullets have great BC's and three; it is low in recoil. </p><p> I picked up a Savage in 6.5X284 in March and just shot it today for the first time. The first two groups at 100yds measured .327" and .452". The first one was with 100gn Nosler Ballistic Tip with 54.5gn of AA3100/w BR2's. The second group was with the 120gn SMK, 50.0gn of same powder and primer. This is my barrel break-in load. Saturday I will stretch it out to 500yds and see what it can do. JohnnyK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnnyk, post: 384130, member: 307"] matt, All these guys have good suggestions. In a 10lb + rifle the .243 is comfortable off the bench and can be shot and cleaned all day. I have one in this weight range but I must confess I lust after the AI version. It is more of a good thing. The plain, vanilla .243 is very capable of taking varmints at 600yds, and farther with good optics, lots of practice, favorable conditions and a little luck. Thw 6mmBR is a great little cartridge. Once you shoot one it's hard not to fall in love with it. It is more efficient and more economical. About 35gn of powder is the most you will ever get in the case with the lighter pills (55gn). It will flat out make the trip to 600yds quicker than you can blink and is eerily accurate to that range. It holds its own in 600yds BR. Look at the 6.5X284 also. It is very popular in 1000yd competition because of a few attributes. One it is very accurate in the majority of rifles (inherently accurate), two; the 6.5 (.264") bullets have great BC's and three; it is low in recoil. I picked up a Savage in 6.5X284 in March and just shot it today for the first time. The first two groups at 100yds measured .327" and .452". The first one was with 100gn Nosler Ballistic Tip with 54.5gn of AA3100/w BR2's. The second group was with the 120gn SMK, 50.0gn of same powder and primer. This is my barrel break-in load. Saturday I will stretch it out to 500yds and see what it can do. JohnnyK. [/QUOTE]
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