About the 6br?

[fm1947]

I knew you did that in your head , good job, I'm ok if it is even numbers, if not I go to my spreadsheet I made that now does that for me.

I also made a spreadsheet in Microsoft excel that calculates line value change on a variable scope, I got the formula from Nightforce some years ago , sincemost of the variable scopes range at 22 or 25 power and go to 42 or 50 power the formula is .

Calibrating range power( /) divided by operating power, Times ( x) line or Gap value=value at various power settings

if you have a scope that calibrates at 22 and you want to shoot at 45 at 600 yards and you have a mil dot,it would look like this

22/45=.489x3.6mil=1.760 at 100 yards x6yards, meaning 600yards =10.56 so, your gap value at 100 yards is no longer 3.6 at 45 power it is 1.760

 

[Webster]

Is the action glass bedded? I have a Rem 700 BDL with a Kreiger barrel 14 twist. Used for hunting. Shoots almost any bullet powder combo under .4". 58 -70 gr work well. I have shot 3 shot groups in the .1s. Have you tried different bullets. Your rifle sounds like a good setup. I had to skin coat my bedding with epoxy because the stock warped. Someone told me you should check te bedding every year. I found out how bad mine was by loosening and tightening the action bolts and seeing the space between the barrel and stock forend change.

 

[fdshuster]

If not using at least one wind flag, you are greatly handicapping yourself and being most unfair to judge the accuracy capabilities of the 223 or the 6BR. Get a minimum of one wind flag and learn how to read it. Use it everytime there is the slightest breeze.

 

[tobycoda]

yes,I suppose I should get a flag and learn how to use it..What type of flag should one be using? Is a ribbon on a dowell alright to use?

 

[A j shooter]

yes,I suppose I should get a flag and learn how to use it..What type of flag should one be using? Is a ribbon on a dowell alright to use?

yes use it till you can get a flag or two

 

[snert]

try the Sierra 70 blitzking

Bob

+1....I use it with a fair load of IMR 820* XBR and a standard primer (what I had) and it shoots pretty darn well and THUMPS woodchucks to 500. I like it more than my 40X 22-250 with 55 grain Vmax for terminal thump, and out to 500, it shoots nearly as flat.

I also use 105 Amax, and it is nice out to the 600 plus, but it recoils more, and leaves pencil holes in chucks.

Snert