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Different 6mm Wildcats
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 667426" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>While there have been some studies saying the sharper shoulder/longer neck designed cases offer longer barrel life, I would say you would be very hard pressed to prove that point in my opinion anyway. From what I have seen the shooter has more effect on barrel life then any case design, heat the barrels up and keep shooting and barrel life goes down. With these extreme chamberings you want to keep shot strings as short as possible.</p><p> </p><p>By that I mean, if you want a high volume varmint rifle, it would be silly to pick either of these obviously. IF you keep the barrel cool and clean, it is amazing how long todays barrels will last. In the years I have been doing this, 90% of the accuracy problems with barrels was a result of either over heating or poor cleaning practices. It is actually a rare thing to see a barrel that has actually been shot out when cared for properly. I have seen many barrels shot out because the owner got them hot and kept shooting so its more in your hands then the case design!!</p><p> </p><p>I would personally go with the 6-06 for three reasons. </p><p> </p><p>1. it feed like its not even there, smooth as butter.</p><p> </p><p>2. No fireforming means no additional wear on your barrel</p><p> </p><p>3. With many of the long range match bullets, the 6-06 already produces about as much velocity as they can handle, especially with the Berger and A-Max bullets. The 6-06 AI just addes 100 fps to this which actually exaggerates the problem. Simply put, the standard 6-06 is already pushing the envelope with current 6mm bullets, especially the long, heavy VLD type bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 667426, member: 10"] While there have been some studies saying the sharper shoulder/longer neck designed cases offer longer barrel life, I would say you would be very hard pressed to prove that point in my opinion anyway. From what I have seen the shooter has more effect on barrel life then any case design, heat the barrels up and keep shooting and barrel life goes down. With these extreme chamberings you want to keep shot strings as short as possible. By that I mean, if you want a high volume varmint rifle, it would be silly to pick either of these obviously. IF you keep the barrel cool and clean, it is amazing how long todays barrels will last. In the years I have been doing this, 90% of the accuracy problems with barrels was a result of either over heating or poor cleaning practices. It is actually a rare thing to see a barrel that has actually been shot out when cared for properly. I have seen many barrels shot out because the owner got them hot and kept shooting so its more in your hands then the case design!! I would personally go with the 6-06 for three reasons. 1. it feed like its not even there, smooth as butter. 2. No fireforming means no additional wear on your barrel 3. With many of the long range match bullets, the 6-06 already produces about as much velocity as they can handle, especially with the Berger and A-Max bullets. The 6-06 AI just addes 100 fps to this which actually exaggerates the problem. Simply put, the standard 6-06 is already pushing the envelope with current 6mm bullets, especially the long, heavy VLD type bullets. [/QUOTE]
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