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<blockquote data-quote="nmbarta" data-source="post: 1982078" data-attributes="member: 78438"><p>I've found the 6.5 saum to be easy to load for. Same for the .260. Mostly I've found certain rifle's are easier to load for than any particular cartridge. I've had some 7's that you couldn't hardly get to shoot over 1 moa, and some that you couldn't get to shoot under 1 moa. That had much more to do with the build than the cartridge.</p><p>That said, I've never got a rifle to shoot in .3's and never over .5's @ 500 with mild wind and a "decent" barrel out of a "not necessarily high end build". </p><p>I do quite a bit a load development, to get any rifle to shoot consistent 2 1/2" groups at 500. It's actually what I'm looking for, but never found. 1/2" @ 100 is one thing. It's really tough to pull off 2 1/2" groups @ 500 with a rifle that will only shoot 1/2" @ 100. In fact, it's really tough to get a rifle to be a true 1/2" gun @100, what I mean by that is, as you stated "holding in the .3's and never over 1/2 moa" And we all know that what happens at 100 doesn't happen at 500.</p><p>I don't know you from anyone, and hope I don't come across wrong. With a skill set like you just stated, you really should be be shooting high end competitions, very, very few people in the world are capable of doing that. A 1 mph wind change @ 500 out of a 6.5 saum takes a consistent 1/4 moa group to over a 1/2 moa @ 500.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nmbarta, post: 1982078, member: 78438"] I've found the 6.5 saum to be easy to load for. Same for the .260. Mostly I've found certain rifle's are easier to load for than any particular cartridge. I've had some 7's that you couldn't hardly get to shoot over 1 moa, and some that you couldn't get to shoot under 1 moa. That had much more to do with the build than the cartridge. That said, I've never got a rifle to shoot in .3's and never over .5's @ 500 with mild wind and a "decent" barrel out of a "not necessarily high end build". I do quite a bit a load development, to get any rifle to shoot consistent 2 1/2" groups at 500. It's actually what I'm looking for, but never found. 1/2" @ 100 is one thing. It's really tough to pull off 2 1/2" groups @ 500 with a rifle that will only shoot 1/2" @ 100. In fact, it's really tough to get a rifle to be a true 1/2" gun @100, what I mean by that is, as you stated "holding in the .3's and never over 1/2 moa" And we all know that what happens at 100 doesn't happen at 500. I don't know you from anyone, and hope I don't come across wrong. With a skill set like you just stated, you really should be be shooting high end competitions, very, very few people in the world are capable of doing that. A 1 mph wind change @ 500 out of a 6.5 saum takes a consistent 1/4 moa group to over a 1/2 moa @ 500. [/QUOTE]
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