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Has anyone tried or heard of anyone playing with this cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="HARPERC" data-source="post: 1453863" data-attributes="member: 30671"><p>I have seen both sides discussed and advocated. Which is more correct I don't know. Which factors make it more, or less feasible I can't say. </p><p></p><p>I did look seriously at it, and decided it's known to be an unknown. For that reason I decided against it for the initial effort. For essentially the same purpose stated by the OP. A heavy, 6.5 mono-metal, driven hard from a large case.</p><p></p><p>We're looking at a 160ish grain 6.5, that will need a 1-6" twist to stabilize. </p><p></p><p>As far as I can tell the purpose is to reduce those initial engraving issues. In my mind I can't visualize trading the initial stresses, for stress the length of the barrel, being a good thing. Bartlein refers to this as the bullet never going to "sleep". </p><p></p><p>There are shooters saying it works, and some military applications I'm told. Maybe it works in certain situations, but not in others. </p><p></p><p>For myself I'm curious enough that at some point I could try it, just for a learning experience if nothing else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HARPERC, post: 1453863, member: 30671"] I have seen both sides discussed and advocated. Which is more correct I don't know. Which factors make it more, or less feasible I can't say. I did look seriously at it, and decided it's known to be an unknown. For that reason I decided against it for the initial effort. For essentially the same purpose stated by the OP. A heavy, 6.5 mono-metal, driven hard from a large case. We're looking at a 160ish grain 6.5, that will need a 1-6" twist to stabilize. As far as I can tell the purpose is to reduce those initial engraving issues. In my mind I can't visualize trading the initial stresses, for stress the length of the barrel, being a good thing. Bartlein refers to this as the bullet never going to "sleep". There are shooters saying it works, and some military applications I'm told. Maybe it works in certain situations, but not in others. For myself I'm curious enough that at some point I could try it, just for a learning experience if nothing else. [/QUOTE]
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