Is 30 BR losing favor???

[FNSafari]

About the only deal you will find on most any caliber barrel is a talkoff with maybe 600/1000 fired rounds. On a new one, you can wait and wait until the price goes up or buy now.

 

[P1ZombieKiller]

If I could find a deal on a 30 cal, 17 twist barrel I would be shooting one this season for sure.

@Raydee

https://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/new-bartlein-and-krieger-blanks.4163995/

 

[JEFFPPC]

Agree for the most part, but we both know it is not quite as simple as just adding a ring and calling it good. IMO, the closer one can hold to the intended POI, the better your chances of not getting burned on a quick unexpected letup. Been there. Done that.

Is that where all these scars I have come from? I've been wondering.

 

[TonyinKY]

The last IBS score match I shot years ago was 100, 200 & 300 yds and lots of shooters were shooting a longer version of the 30BR including me. Is this still the case?

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

The last IBS score match I shot years ago was 100, 200 & 300 yds and lots of shooters were shooting a longer version of the 30BR including me. Is this still the case?

I think the standard 30BR is still by far the most common but a few are shooting the longs and a few more choices like a 30 Major etc. I like the 30 Major but it's hard to beat just a standard 30BR IMO and it's way more popular than anything else in IBS/NBRSA score shooting.

 

[Pete Wass]

The 30 br ibs competition shooters are not a talkative crowd. Rarely does a six outperform a 30 at 100, 200 and 300 yards. It's an x count game.
And i find that the 30 is blown much farther than a 6. So several will shoot a 6 at 300 just trying to get all 10's.
In ubr it's just not sensible to shoot a rifle that beats on you.

I agree. I shot a 6BR a couple of years in the IBS VH class. I won 4 matches with it and all 4 of them were windy. I felt the 6 shot more consistently in the wind.

 

[butchlambert]

About 20 years ago the late Eric Klemitich built a HBR rifle around 44 caliber. He used a Panda action.

He used 6BR cases expanded to .429. It headspaced on case mouth like a 45 ACP.

The bullets he chose were Sierra match bullets, which are actually pistol bullets intended for the 44 special/magnum.The barrel was a Shilen.

He put a lot of effort into it. And spent a ton of money. He even tried different twist rates. The only problem was it never shot better than 3/4 groups at 100 yards. He finally gave up on the project.

Yes, I remember Eric fooling with it.

 

[MikeElliott]

I'm one of those that hasn't converted to a 30 BR yet..... Yet being the word. The 6 PPC has been really good to me, it enforces good bench manners. Things I might get away with with a 30, will cost you a point with the 6.

At 100 yards, it is kinda discouraging to look at my targets though, and see several 10's, that JUST missed being an X. I am building a 30 BR right now, plus a 30 BR hunter gun for Casper later this summer.

At 200, particularly if its switchy winds, I will probably stay with the 6 PPC, I feel like that is a game of 10's, more than a game of X's.