Best 200 yd bench rest caliber

[Sneedvegas01]

I'm thinking of buying a bench rest rifle to shoot in a local match. I've been to the shoot several times and ive shot in it some with other people's rifles.. But I would like to have my own.
It's a 200 yd best 3 shot group, no matter where your group is on the target they just measure the group itself.

Most of the guys that shoot and are competetive shoot 6ppc or 6br cooper's, Dakotas, and some built guns.

There rules are anything centerfire and the gun has to have a sporter type barrel, I'm not sure on the exact size but I can find out. Those are really the only 2 rules they told me about.

I know someone on this forum can help me with this and I'm very green in match shooting so I don't really know anything about it. I'm just wondering which caliber would be best to go with.

Thanks in advance.

 

[falconpilot]

6PPC..my good friend shot a .093 - .096(it is being officially scored for the world record right now). 5-shot group with his PPc this summer. Doesn't get much small...

 

[Terry]

Are you shooting for Group or Score?

 

[LHSmith]

How many targets are shot in the agg ( duration of the event)? Are flags used? Some parameters I would look for: 1/ Ability to install a good aftermarket trigger (Remington gets my vote because of their fire control design) 2/ Stock fore end should be flat and as wide as possible (ala 3" BR stocks) 3/ Heaviest contour barrel permitted 4/ a top quality scope that you know holds POA 5/ 6 BR standard neck with bbl. twist that optimizes stability of a good custom ~68 gr. bullet like Barts. ( 6 PPC's are too much of a thoroughbred for the average shooter - neck diameters run the whole spectrum, to shoot well I believe they are more sensitive to keep in tune- a much larger learning curve involved)
You might try visiting a UBR match at Gallatin, TN to see what those competitors use. See Ultimatebenchrest.com

 

[Kermit in Va.]

This wouldn't be the Kyle Ford match would it ???


Kermit

 

[Eddie Harren]

falconpilot, what sanctioning body is scoring your friends target for a world record?

 

[stacy]

6PPC FOR GROUP MATCHES 30BR FORESCORE MATCHES!!!!!!!!

 

[Phil]

6PPC FOR GROUP MATCHES 30BR FORESCORE MATCHES!!!!!!!!

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[falconpilot]

NBRSA..

 

[Dusty Stevens]

It is a 200yd taget too eddie. Shot at the east west in st louis this past yr. nbrsa

 

[Eddie Harren]

http://nbrsa.org/sites/default/files/World%20Records%20as%20of%201-12-2015R.pdf

NBRSA Existing records.

 

[f18hornet]

Several of the names on the list used the 6 PPC without a doubt. A couple may have been shooting another cartridge???? I don't see the cartridge listed.

 

[Eddie Harren]

What class was your buddy competing in?

 

[Tim Singleton]

What class was your buddy competing in?

Eddie, imnot sure if it was in the LV or HV
here is a link to the post results from the East West 2015
http://benchrest.com/showthread.php?92920-2015-East-West-Show-Me-Shoot-Out-Results!!!

 

[Eddie Harren]

Tim, if it was an LV group it won't be a record. If it was a HV group, and was .093 it will be a new record.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Yes it was HV

 

[expiper]

thats a good un,,,my personal best at 200 is .140",,,,Roger

 

[Tim Singleton]

It's a nice one for sure. My best at 200 is a .155 under a .100 at 200 is just tiny

 

[halfmoanut]

6ppc hands down, the most accurate cartridge in the world 100-200-300. Check out the grand aggs for national events. That is shooting a whole lot of bullets (150 I think) and a lot of times the agg is under .250 pretty tough to beat consistency when talking accuracy!