The next level - - 223 or 6mm

[S Miller]

This reminds me of a guy who broke into the short range group game with a laminated stock savage that he put a 14 twist hart barrel on with a 36x weaver and proceeded to thump many ppc’s myself included. One season he got ahold of a great batch of Allie Euber’s 52’s and climbed further up the board. I was glad when he ran out of those! He loaded good ammo, could read the range and had good bench technique and could shoot fast. A good 52 coming out of a good barrel with its ass one fire surprises many even at 300. Good luck and have fun whichever way you chose to go. I feel the bipod restriction limits your options.

 

[KMW 1954]

. I feel the bipod restriction limits your options.

Most likely but it really levels the playing field. Moreover it is even restricted to Harris type bipods and not benchrest type.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Call urbanrifleman and get a 6br barrel. Screw it on, go have fun.

Probably not a bad idea.

Although a 223 is cheap to shoot. As is the 223 Ackley.

 

[KMW 1954]

Many valid points and comments but it is not making the decision any easier. If there were any chance of shooting past 300yds the decision would be easier. Honestly what I would like to do is build both and then compare for myself but those funds just are not available at this time.

 

[Bob3700]

About this league. This is limited to 20 shooters, rifle must be a center fire and nothing larger than a 30cal.. Rifle make up is like this; I am the only one shooting a 223. There is 1. 243, 1. 7-08, 1. 30BR, 2. 308, 3. 6.5 and I believe the rest are some form of 6mm.

As for rifle particulars, anything goes. I again believe that I an shooting the least expensive, least custom. There are also about 6 shooters that also shoot PRS matches all summer. The top 8 shooters are routinely shooting 190/200 or better each week. My weekly average this year is 156/200.

My thinking is I am already well set up to load the 223 and can already apply much of what I've already learned and at the same time it is much more economical to. Then no new dies to purchase, no new hard to find brass or the mostly unavailable Varget that everyone seems to be using.

Two questions from responses above, Why the No Fast Twist? The heavier bullets such as 77gr, 80gr, 85gr will not shoot in a 9:1.. I can't even get 75gr bullets to shoot well and stabilize.
How am I limited to what I can do by using a Savage model 10 or Model 11 Action? All barrel makes will supply any barrel, Most even have Prefit.. Seems triggers and chassis are readily available for the Savage. Besides I already have 2 Savage actions.

Optic upgrade is already on the upgrade list as is a new barrel.

My bad...... my words not yours and I didn't mean to imply that if I did, I apologize.
BUT I would eventually set it aside if I thought it was holding ME back.

In competitive shooting, if u think it matters, it does. There is the mental side of this game that is not emphasized enough.

 

[Bob3700]

Many valid points and comments but it is not making the decision any easier. If there were any chance of shooting past 300yds the decision would be easier. Honestly what I would like to do is build both and then compare for myself but those funds just are not available at this time.

My most trusted rifle for mid and long range shooting is a trued Remington 40X action. In my competitions, I will shoot it with confidence against any custom action I own ( and I have a bunch)!