i'm trying to find a solution to my shooting woe's. these last few years have been rough financially and the gun safe took the biggest hit. now things are starting to stabilize and rather than just buying something to see if I like it I need to be a little more methodical. I got into a caliber frenzy when I started loading and went overboard. long story short had 5-10 bullet weights per caliber and tons of different powders. spent more time developing and changing scope adjustments than actually learning shooting skills.
I have been enjoying the long range shooting and want to get serious. right now I shoot my mkII 22lr consistantly at 200-250yds. my next rifle up is a .308 but its a gas gun with only a 16" barrel and at best it's a 3/4moa rifle. not to mention a powder hog.
i've read about long throated .223's and .223ai and i'm really likeing what I see. I have thousands of .223 brass, and small rifle primers so I feel it necessary to stay with that parent case. and I've seen that the 75gr a-max is the bullet of choice and what I plan on building the rifle around.
....but I have also tinkered with quickload and essentially a 6mm tcu with a long throat also sounds appealing using a 105gr a-max.
I plan on using a savage action, 22-24" barrel is fine by me, and one idea I do have floating around is buying my own reamer and getting it piloted, as well as buying bushing dies. this will leave the option of making say a .257 hunting barrel for the kids once their old enough to hunt deer. just machine a new barrel, buy a throat reamer, change bushings in the die and essentially have a very different rifle for little money.
I have been enjoying the long range shooting and want to get serious. right now I shoot my mkII 22lr consistantly at 200-250yds. my next rifle up is a .308 but its a gas gun with only a 16" barrel and at best it's a 3/4moa rifle. not to mention a powder hog.
i've read about long throated .223's and .223ai and i'm really likeing what I see. I have thousands of .223 brass, and small rifle primers so I feel it necessary to stay with that parent case. and I've seen that the 75gr a-max is the bullet of choice and what I plan on building the rifle around.
....but I have also tinkered with quickload and essentially a 6mm tcu with a long throat also sounds appealing using a 105gr a-max.
I plan on using a savage action, 22-24" barrel is fine by me, and one idea I do have floating around is buying my own reamer and getting it piloted, as well as buying bushing dies. this will leave the option of making say a .257 hunting barrel for the kids once their old enough to hunt deer. just machine a new barrel, buy a throat reamer, change bushings in the die and essentially have a very different rifle for little money.
