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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Thomas" data-source="post: 554078" data-attributes="member: 15748"><p>No, not a lot of logic here in all cases, and there's a big dose of plain old personal preference in how many shooters choose a cartridge. No argument at all here that a lot of folks are grossly overgunned, but that's their choice, and not really any of my business . . . unless they ask. </p><p> </p><p>Depends on what you mean about the 300 WM holding the records. It may, but I don't recall having ever seen it broken down by cartridge like this. Thing is, you won't see them today. It was a widely used cartridge for 1000 yard matches for 15-20 years, but you almost never see them on the line anymore. Haven't, for at least ten years or more now. Today, the hands-down favortie for this type of shooting is the 6.5x284. With the development of the heavier higher BC bullets in 7mm, they're geting some attention these days. Lot of F-class shooters going that way and getting good results so far. But the 30 cal mags are pretty much a thing of the past for this game. Again, it all comes down to a personal choice. What are you after, vs what you're willing to trade for that performance? There's a good range of high BC bullets available in 30 cal, but with that you get heavier recoil. going to a lighter cartridge (such as the 6mms) to reduce recoil usually means giving up some of that BC. Some cartridges, like the 6.5x284, seem to split the difference quite nicely, and are the current choice. But again, that's always subject to change. It really does come down to what <u>you</u> want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Thomas, post: 554078, member: 15748"] No, not a lot of logic here in all cases, and there's a big dose of plain old personal preference in how many shooters choose a cartridge. No argument at all here that a lot of folks are grossly overgunned, but that's their choice, and not really any of my business . . . unless they ask. Depends on what you mean about the 300 WM holding the records. It may, but I don't recall having ever seen it broken down by cartridge like this. Thing is, you won't see them today. It was a widely used cartridge for 1000 yard matches for 15-20 years, but you almost never see them on the line anymore. Haven't, for at least ten years or more now. Today, the hands-down favortie for this type of shooting is the 6.5x284. With the development of the heavier higher BC bullets in 7mm, they're geting some attention these days. Lot of F-class shooters going that way and getting good results so far. But the 30 cal mags are pretty much a thing of the past for this game. Again, it all comes down to a personal choice. What are you after, vs what you're willing to trade for that performance? There's a good range of high BC bullets available in 30 cal, but with that you get heavier recoil. going to a lighter cartridge (such as the 6mms) to reduce recoil usually means giving up some of that BC. Some cartridges, like the 6.5x284, seem to split the difference quite nicely, and are the current choice. But again, that's always subject to change. It really does come down to what [U]you[/U] want. [/QUOTE]
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