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target caliber

dchristiandchristian Member Posts: 309 ✭✭✭
edited April 2004 in Ask the Experts
If you were going to buy or have built a rifle purely for target shooting at a distance of 200 yards or so and reloaded, what caliber would you choose, taking in consideration accuracy and recoil?
Thanks,
dchristian
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .243.
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
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  • D@DD@D Member Posts: 4,407
    edited November -1
    22-250 or 25-06 it would be a toss up.
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  • kingjoeykingjoey Member Posts: 8,636
    edited November -1
    6mm Remington[8D]

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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    6mm PPC Curently the flavor of choice of the bench rest circut.

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  • HangfireHangfire Member Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    22-250

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob
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  • torquimatatorquimata Member Posts: 200 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Prefer the 6mm,was the caliber of choice for Marine snipers,good enough for me!
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    6mm ppc, but the .243WSSM would be a close approximation.

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  • Salvage33Salvage33 Member Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    200 yds? 25-06 or a 6mm Rem. Going to be 'bangin' and clangin' with it? Then the 25-06.

    John

    A friend will post your bail. A good friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying, "man that was fun!"
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  • cussedemguncussedemgun Member Posts: 985 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    caliber you say, It would have to be 30 caliber (.308) because of the vastly superior choice of bullets made in match grade for the 30. You specified you load so that has to be a large part of the decision.
    If in fact what you meant was actually what cartrige would you choose, the answer is almost the same, 308 Win. When hand loaded
    to moderate pressure (45K ish) it is capable of extreme accuracy,
    look at how many National Match Hi-Power have choosen it & then you tell them they are wrong- I want to be there though, to watch the fight.

    "all I really need to know I learned in kindergarten" Robert Fulghum


    anyone who says "nobody needs a full auto" has never been in front of a brown bear charge
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  • ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .308

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  • temblortemblor Member Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The 6mmPPC. It is the most accurate 200yd benchrest target cartridge in the world. It holds over 300 world records in that arena.-- Documented fact.............[8D]
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