bozo699 said:
Laurie,
It's a neat little cartridge, do you have one yet? if not you better get one and burn the courses up over there with it. I think it is every bit as good as a dasher, time will tell I guess. I guess I have read you fellas like the big 7mm's to fight the wind with, I understand that. What kind of weather have been having the last few weeks or so? still windy and rainy here, NW USA.
Wayne.
Wayne,
I've plumped for the BR-DX version and a 1-10" twist barrel for my 500-600yd Light Gun replacement barrel. We're waiting on the reamer from PT&G throated for the 88gn Berger HBC-FB. Thought I'd try a lighter bullet at higher MVs this time around.
The rifle currently has a (shot-out) Border 1-8" and was originally built for F Class in 6mm Norma BR / 105s in the early days of F Class when there were more than a few 6BRs being used here. It has done very well indeed over a 4,500 round barrel life, and was still competitive in 600yd bench rest with getting on for 2,000 rounds down it. For longer range BR, I have a 6XC wearing a Bartlein 1-8" which I've not got sorted yet - too many rifles, not enough time so far.
F Class wise, I'm an F/TR competitor at national GB level these days, and Open in club competitions, the latter alternating between .308W (soon to be 6.5X47L) and 6.5X55mm rifles at the moment. (Don't ask!) 7mm rifles are a bit too rich fare for me, although I fancy having a go with a short .280AI based on Lapua .30-06 brass at some point. My 'league F/TR' rifle is a Savage based .223 Rem shooting 90gn Berger VLDs at 2,850 fps and I'm doing very well with it. Your F/TR team guys will see it in early July at Blair Atholl in the annual Scottish Rifle Meeting where I'll take part in a Scotland v USA F/TR team shoot at 900, 1,000, and 1,100yd.
Weather here? We've had a strange mix. After the coldest winter in around 30 years, we had an abnormally warm early spring, and over most of the UK, it has been near drought conditions for the last 3 months. The English grain harvest will be maybe 15% down on normal and food prices will rise we're told. Three weeks ago the weather broke and it's been cool, slightly damp and very windy ever since. Both F Class league rounds to date had difficult, windy conditions, the first (our sole 'short-range' national league match at 500 and 600yd) won by Ian Boxall shooting a 6mm Crusader cal Surgeon and beating all the sevens despite some very tricky winds on Day 2, the second at Blair by the standard 7mm short magnum. The top handful of shooters used 7mm/300WSM, 7mm SAUM and .284 Shehane - take your pick! The only time we see sixes in F Open at this level is the annual F Class European championships that see several European entrants use them. A lot of our top 'Open' guys such as the F Class world champion Gary Costello are very fond of the sixes though and had an unofficial 6mm F Class league series last winter that I think may become a fixture, maybe even 'official'.
Robert,
Changing subject to electronic scales, I came to this conclusion too last autumn and bought an Acculab VIC123. I really need it for the .223 Rem ammo as plus or minus 0.15gn is too coarse in the little cartridge with 0.1gn = 10 fps. I've not regretted the purchase.
Laurie,
York, England
Note to Robert: Great Redding BRX FL bushing die: It's working as expected. Thanks again. fds ps: my chronographed velocities are averaging 2930 with a 26" Krieger .237" bore.
