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Best long range cartridge that fits in a Mark V
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<blockquote data-quote="drbobc" data-source="post: 254310" data-attributes="member: 9366"><p>Well Broz I also raced cars but never at 220. I drove sports cars and the last one I had was a TR-250 which was actually more of a TR5 (English model) but mine had triple weber carbs and a racing cam and bronze lifters. Sucker had a 7 speed transmission (no joke - first, second, second overdrive, third, third overdrive, fourth, fourth overdrive) but I got over it. </p><p> </p><p>Still chosing a caliber that will fit in a mark V has some serious issues to contend with if not a weatherby caliber. First one that comes to mind is the rate of the rifling. Second one is the fit of the bolt to the cartridge. Third one is the bedding of the stock. I have old westhunt do all the bedding for me and my 30-378 is one very nice looking rifle and I have no hesitation at all of shooting it at 1000 yards just like Earl did. Even though there is a 1200 yard course here, there is very little interest in shooting over 400 yards. My 30-378 has a 6.5-20X scope on it and of course I would shoot long distance with the Sierra 240 grain matchking bullet with 110 gr of Alliant reloader 25 and traveling at 3300 fps. That is a dramatic load and a pretty hot load as you can propably guess but the BC and velocity would take care of the long distance and you could easily drop down to a 180 gr bullet that would suffice for normal hunting. This load is very similar to what Earl used.</p><p> </p><p>bob chronister<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drbobc, post: 254310, member: 9366"] Well Broz I also raced cars but never at 220. I drove sports cars and the last one I had was a TR-250 which was actually more of a TR5 (English model) but mine had triple weber carbs and a racing cam and bronze lifters. Sucker had a 7 speed transmission (no joke - first, second, second overdrive, third, third overdrive, fourth, fourth overdrive) but I got over it. Still chosing a caliber that will fit in a mark V has some serious issues to contend with if not a weatherby caliber. First one that comes to mind is the rate of the rifling. Second one is the fit of the bolt to the cartridge. Third one is the bedding of the stock. I have old westhunt do all the bedding for me and my 30-378 is one very nice looking rifle and I have no hesitation at all of shooting it at 1000 yards just like Earl did. Even though there is a 1200 yard course here, there is very little interest in shooting over 400 yards. My 30-378 has a 6.5-20X scope on it and of course I would shoot long distance with the Sierra 240 grain matchking bullet with 110 gr of Alliant reloader 25 and traveling at 3300 fps. That is a dramatic load and a pretty hot load as you can propably guess but the BC and velocity would take care of the long distance and you could easily drop down to a 180 gr bullet that would suffice for normal hunting. This load is very similar to what Earl used. bob chronister[FONT=TimesNewRoman][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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