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Why not get her a 1/9 or 1/10 twist .204 and use the 50 grain Bergers. I use these in my 1/9 twist Dtech AR and it shoots great out to 600 yds. I even tried it on the 600 yd targets, shooting prone. On one of the fairly calm days at the range it shot 200 out of a possible 200, shooting at a 6in. bull target. When I shot it at PD's it did pretty good even with me shooting it.varminter wrote:Hey thanks hotshotIt's my take too that a 1:12 twist won't work with heavier bullets. It seems that the 204 isn't a LOOOONG range cal. Guess I'l stick with my .243 win.
Actually I'm looking for a cal. for the wife that can do what
a .243 can do with less recoil. Any thoughts?
You need heavy, but more importantly higher BC bullets to reach out that far. Once they slow down the game is over. I am bringing my 6BR for the longer shots when I go to Co. in June.stevecrea wrote:Hotshot,
You may very well be right. However, it seemed odd to us that all shots continued to fall short, even as we added and added elevation. I was shooting factory 40 grainers and my partner was shooting 32s.
Finally, my partner got his 6mm Remington in a Ruger varmint barrel out, and while I spotted, he finally got one on the third shot, and the lasered range was 654 yards.
as explained to me by a bench shooter and smith that i know, "when velocity drops below the speed of sound, 1100 fps, causes a bullet or any object, with a muzzle velocity above the speed of sound, breaks thru a barrier that causes the instability." with respect to bullet weight, lighter bullets will tend to lose velocity faster than a heavier bullet, and drop really fast.stevecrea wrote:It was our impression that after velocity dips below a certain speed, the bullets begin wobbling, which rapidly results in velocity loss, and eventually tumbling.