Re: .30-06 with 155?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Carter Mayfield</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: armorpl8chikn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">3100fps is possible, depending on who made your rifle and barrel 3200+ is plausible.
The only reason to use a 155 in a match is because you are limited to that by Palma rules. Using the 155 against open class shooters out to 1000yds is putting yourself behind the eightball. A 16lb 30-06 using H4350 and a 190 SMK does not kick enough to make my 12 year old wince. Tkae the same bullet and pack 4831SC in the case and it is less than comfortable.
I do have a friend who had neck surgery and he has had to relegate most of his shooting to lighter recoil like the 6BR so I can see where you are coming from, but a bit heavier rifle should help a lot. You don't have to shoot 208's and 210's in an '06 to reach way out there, but 155's aren't that great. I would try the 175 SMK before I mess around with 155's. If you have some bullets to trade I have some new boxes of 155's if you want to try them.</div></div>
Not really true there... the 155 has a different bullet design which gives it a very high BC for its weight. It is actually a pretty long bullet.
I don't know that you get that much recoil reduction from staying with lighter bullets. If recoil is a concern, why not go 308?
For another high BC for its weight bullet, the 175 gr Berger LRBT packs a lot of BC into 175 grains.
Don't get me wrong... I love the 175gr SMK... mainly because it is so easy to get it to shoot well AND it flies well in the transonic range AND it has a good enough BC to get it to 1,000 in 308 with a little heat. My problem is that I get one feature or the other. If I am not pushing it hard, it is really accurate at short range. If I push it, it loses short range accuracy, but stays safely transonic in long range (where I shoot, which is pretty low altitude). I am not bagging on the 175 at all, but for high BC at lower weights, there are better options. </div></div>
Carter I have always thought you were a pretty smart guy....
What exactly did I say that was not true? I did not say the 155 was not a good bullet design or even say it was not longer than a 155 should be. In open FClass you will be facing a whole shitload of balistically superior bullets to the 155SMK.
You don't really believe lighter bullets cause less recoil? Are you serious? Like I said I thought you were pretty smart.
Do you believe in the laws of physics?
Recoil is a function of the weight of a bullet and its powder charge combined. I have done some informal testing on the functions of bullet weight and charge weight in recent years, in my quest to shoot a pistol with a rifle scope with great accuracy from the prone position. When you hold a pistol 4 inches from your face you quickly deduce even the subtlest differnces in recoil. Lighter bullets, have in all cases I have tried, reduced recoil a noticable amount.
