gvnwst
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Cartridge/platform combo for F-Class and LR plinking
I am wanting to get into F-class, but i need a rifle that i can hunt with too, and is fairly cheap. I have been looking a lot, and i have narrowed it down to the .260 remington, (AI maybe) the .243 winchester, (AI maybe) and the 6mmBR(X?). I have heard that the short action AI cartridges don't feed well in most rifles, espically out of mags, this true? Are there any other downsides to the AI cartridges?
The .260 has good barrel life, is accurate, and the AI version has 6.5/284 ballistics, but there is not a lot of good brass available. Could also go with the 6.5x47 lapua, but that is even more expensive.
The .243 has the worst barrel life, but very good ballistics with 115gr DTAC bullets, the AI version even more so. Good brass is available.
The 6mmBR(X) has the best barrel life of the three, REALLY good factory ammo is available (normal BR), as with brass, and i can get a AR upper for it. Then i could use my current trigger and lower set up.
Any other cartridge suggestions? I am wanting to stay in the 6mm/6.5mm range, smaller, i have a .223, bigger, too much recoil, cost, and too large a rifle. This rifle is going to "pass off" as a hunting rifle, but due to my budget, i might as well get a rifle that i can shoot F-class and other matches with, right?
Also there is the platform selection. I have been thinking something like the savage 12 F/TR, but rebarreled. Then i have heard good things about the MAK tubeguns, and i would transfer all my AR pratice easily with those. For the BR(X), there is this AR upper, but would a bolt be a better pick? I would prefer a mag fed rifle, but i realize these are more expensive, and so if i can't get one....
So, basically, what would you pick and why? Are there any details i have missed, things that i should know?
Thoughts; Suggestions? Thanks.
I am wanting to get into F-class, but i need a rifle that i can hunt with too, and is fairly cheap. I have been looking a lot, and i have narrowed it down to the .260 remington, (AI maybe) the .243 winchester, (AI maybe) and the 6mmBR(X?). I have heard that the short action AI cartridges don't feed well in most rifles, espically out of mags, this true? Are there any other downsides to the AI cartridges?
The .260 has good barrel life, is accurate, and the AI version has 6.5/284 ballistics, but there is not a lot of good brass available. Could also go with the 6.5x47 lapua, but that is even more expensive.
The .243 has the worst barrel life, but very good ballistics with 115gr DTAC bullets, the AI version even more so. Good brass is available.
The 6mmBR(X) has the best barrel life of the three, REALLY good factory ammo is available (normal BR), as with brass, and i can get a AR upper for it. Then i could use my current trigger and lower set up.
Any other cartridge suggestions? I am wanting to stay in the 6mm/6.5mm range, smaller, i have a .223, bigger, too much recoil, cost, and too large a rifle. This rifle is going to "pass off" as a hunting rifle, but due to my budget, i might as well get a rifle that i can shoot F-class and other matches with, right?
Also there is the platform selection. I have been thinking something like the savage 12 F/TR, but rebarreled. Then i have heard good things about the MAK tubeguns, and i would transfer all my AR pratice easily with those. For the BR(X), there is this AR upper, but would a bolt be a better pick? I would prefer a mag fed rifle, but i realize these are more expensive, and so if i can't get one....
So, basically, what would you pick and why? Are there any details i have missed, things that i should know?
Thoughts; Suggestions? Thanks.
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