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Building 240 Wby
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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 187308" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>The VLD bullets should hold up to the speeds that round can produce but I would get a 5 or 6 groove barrel over a 3 because the lesser gooves will be realy hard on the bullets and may cause them to fail. Speed wise I would thinkthat you could safely get 3400 fps out of it with a 100gr class bullet and that barrel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Now for an oppinion :</p><p>the 240 Weatherby is a great round no doubt about it but the 6mm-06 and the ackley improved version will shoot right with it and faster with good brass , the cases will be cheaper and last alot longer and their is no belt to deal with , your dies will be cheaper typicaly.</p><p>You may also look at the 243 Ackley , it will shoot pretty **** close speed wise (within 200fps) with the 240Wby and have alot better barrel life , easier to feed the long VLD bullet from the mag of a long action and great brass is available.</p><p> </p><p>What kind of ranges are you talking about shooting these "varmints" at?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 187308, member: 8843"] The VLD bullets should hold up to the speeds that round can produce but I would get a 5 or 6 groove barrel over a 3 because the lesser gooves will be realy hard on the bullets and may cause them to fail. Speed wise I would thinkthat you could safely get 3400 fps out of it with a 100gr class bullet and that barrel. Now for an oppinion : the 240 Weatherby is a great round no doubt about it but the 6mm-06 and the ackley improved version will shoot right with it and faster with good brass , the cases will be cheaper and last alot longer and their is no belt to deal with , your dies will be cheaper typicaly. You may also look at the 243 Ackley , it will shoot pretty **** close speed wise (within 200fps) with the 240Wby and have alot better barrel life , easier to feed the long VLD bullet from the mag of a long action and great brass is available. What kind of ranges are you talking about shooting these "varmints" at? [/QUOTE]
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