M24 Light Varmint Rem Varmint/Sendaro

[Wellington]

Does it matter (contour). Club level BR.

I cannot get the profile from Companies and twist I want by next spring, (wanting cut rifling). But someone has the company and twist I want in a Rem Varmint/Sendaro.

Can get profile and twist I want in button by spring.

 

[Wellington]

No answer, perhaps I have not been clear enough, not unusual for me. I had wanted an M24 or light varmint contour in a ten twist cut rifling barrel. After doing some checking that combination is not available to me by Jan or Feb from companies I had targeted. There is a Rem Varmint/Sendaro in the combination I wanted from my first choice of companies available right now. The profile is a little different than I had wanted. The question I have is, am I giving anything up by buying this barrel for club level BR competition or should I stick with the Light Varmint or M24 contour.

Another option is buying a button cut barrel, that would be getable by Jan.

 

[lawman29]

I would post in the classifieds what your looking for - might get lucky.

 

[JEFFPPC]

Does it matter (contour). Club level BR.

I cannot get the profile from Companies and twist I want by next spring, (wanting cut rifling). But someone has the company and twist I want in a Rem Varmint/Sendaro.

Can get profile and twist I want in button by spring.

The lighter the barrel the quicker it heats up. Depending on the discipline may not mean much. A lot of killer light rifles in 10.5 class in short range backrest. So, a light barrel can be just as accurate as a heavy barrel as far as the marriage between the bullet and the barrel. A heavier barrel means a heavier rifle which tends to be s bit more forgiving. My current light ppc has a barrel lighter than a LV to make weight with a tuner. It has shot a ton of groups on the zeros and ones.You will get better answers to questions if you give the discipline your shooting in. It's not about the gun as much as the guy steering it.

 

[AlNyhus]

Caliber??????

 

[Wellington]

100 200 yd bench rest, Varmint for Score. 6br.

 

[AlNyhus]

Why the 10 twist????

 

[Wellington]

Why the 10 twist????

I will also be shooting out to 6oo yds and live in a windy region, plus the availability of 90 gr bullets. Definitely want to be shooting 90s.

 

[AlNyhus]

If I can make a suggestion....if you're considering a 10 twist, seriously consider an 8 twist instead. You'll have more flexibility with longer bullets and give up little to a 10 twist. Barrel availability will be better, as well.

Of course, neither the 10 or 8 are what you'd choose on purpose for a 100-300 yd. BR gun. But if you have to compromise, compromise on a twist that will handle the biggest majority of what you want to do.

Keep in mind that a chamber throated for all the bullets you may use will also be a compromise. If you can live with that, I'd opt an 8 twist in a LV, M24 or Palma contour.

I'd add the BIB flat based 95's are amazing in the 8-10 twist 6MM guns.

. My 2 cents worth....

 

[Ray123]

M24 and Remington Varmint contour are not the same. The Remington Varmint/Sendero will fit existing Remington Varmint/Sendero stock profiles with little or no stock modifications... if thats what you want. If not, get the profile that fits your needs and modify the stock to fit or buy a chasis for your barreled action. The M24 is a fairly heavy barrel contour if you're carrying it as round as in hunting or walking varminter it gets heavy. The Sendero/Varmint would make more sense there and still be accurate. But for bench shooting or sitting supported and shooting varmints or targets the M24 is great...some strong young guys will get by running the hills with the M24 profile, but not me. Look at manufacturers profile charts and see how heavy the profiles are look at stocks and bottom metal, and attachments to estimate what the final rifle weight might be and if you want to pack that much weight and how far.

 

[357Mag]

Wellington -

Howdy !

+1 on what Ray123 said. See how much barrel wt your rifle can have, and still make all-up " claass " wt.

I had similar thoughts to yours, for a rifle I shot ( starting ) back in the mid -70's. While myrifle was primarily intended for use on groundhog, I also discovered a local short range BR match held monthly.

My full-tilt " varmint " rifle had a heavy, straight bull 24" SS barrel, chambered for my " .22-35Remington " wildcat. Put the metal in a walnut/walnut laminate stock, and used a Wichita WBR1375 action.

I was too heavy to make the wt class I wanted to be in, and I finally had Fred Sinclair re-do the rifle to make wt. Fred put the re-contoured barrel into a surplus M-40A1 McMIllan stock; and the scoped rifle was then legal for wt. It still shot just a good as it did when it was too heavy for class wt when shooting the wood stock/bull barrel.

My point:
For good manners on the bench, make the gun heavy as you are allowed ( IMHO ).

This could mean... buy a heavy-er contour in calibre & twist you desire, and have it re-contoured ?


With regards,
357Mag

 

[Eric Leonard]

I’d get an 8 twist and a 13 1/2 twist