Rickyd Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 Just having a thought really, I see that the .243 Superformance can shoot 58g vmax at 3925fps which I think is pretty fast! Which is pretty much on par with a .204 and 22-250. It’s got me curious to think what could put preform this still shooting the 58g vmax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banus02 Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 great fun for 800/1000 round then the barrel will be toast ! enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chikentikka Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 with the hot wildcats, you arent getting the most out of them shooting light bullets. in my opinion. better with 75+gr, 6x284 comes to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Pimp Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 6-284 is awesome but think 450 rounds............. If you want benchrest accuracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 If I remember right the Canadian F class team tried the 243 it simply didn’t work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSOK Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 Mine 🙂.... 6mm WSM .... 55g Bal tip at 4,530 ft/sec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 A good friend of mine got a new barrel on his 243 the node for the 55 grain Vmax is 4100fps it’s like a Lazer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No i deer Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 20 hours ago, OSOK said: Mine 🙂.... 6mm WSM .... 55g Bal tip at 4,530 ft/sec 😳🤩 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 I may be incorrect but I recal Kirby Allen did a 338 lm necked down to 6 mm many years ago barrel life was …… short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSOK Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 Mine is used August to March each year .... settled on 67.5g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyw Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 6x47 -58gn vmax warp factor 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalahari Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 19 hours ago, Ronin said: I may be incorrect but I recal Kirby Allen did a 338 lm necked down to 6 mm many years ago barrel life was …… short Gosh, how surprising! David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT3_richy Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 23 hours ago, OSOK said: Mine is used August to March each year .... 'Used' - I imagine the majority of deer rifles for e.g. are used 8 months a year, or more - but in the majority of cases (i.e. recreational stalkers) are probably only fired a handful of times. Kirby Allen's 6/338 would probably last a lot of stalkers a life time! What's your barrels round count to date out of interest? If yours is doing well it must be a good bit of steel, assume youre using Reloader17/RS60 from your notes; the throat and first few inches of my 6XC barrel looked wasted after <1k warm-ish rounds with RS60, still shoots good enough for its intended use, but would win any BR comps 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSOK Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 Mine is only on Foxes ... like i mentioned from Aug to end of Feb ..... Round count is 261 and i'm guessing somewhere between 400 & 500 rounds as a max ? ... But then that's a lot of Foxes . I use R17 as was and have quite a few tubs left still ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT3_richy Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 I wondered what you were shooting. They don't get much of a let up around here, shepherd doesn't give hungry vixens with cubs a free pass with lambs about. As you say, if you get 500 out of it that's still a lot of foxes. As long as it doesn't break the bank...life's too short Will you re-barrel 6WSM again when its shot out dyou think, or try something else/another 'over-bore'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSOK Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 I have a new barrel sitting here waiting with another hundred 270 wsm cases which need sizing , neck turning and prep etc .. it’s not for everyone but it works for me with the drone on top . I had to use Winchester brass as the Norma was far too soft for these velocities 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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