wanderinwalker
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TMM,
Though I could just change the barrel on my AR, it is getting a fresh match barrel instead of being turned into some odd test rig. I have my sights set on going back to Camp Perry next year for CMP week, cause it was fun last year. While I hate to set numerical performance goals on things like shooting, I am telling myself I will practice and train and be shooting in the 95-96% range next year like I was two summers ago. My college schedule for the spring will actually lend itself to more practice time than I have had.
jefnvk,
.243 is based on a .308, so I'd have to go to an AR-10 platform. At which point I'd just have it in .260 Remington (AKA 6.5-08) for the better SD and BC of the bullets.
But I fear going to the AR-10 platform negates the handiness and speed of the AR that make me so fond of the sporter version in the first place. My match rifle is a pig (lead sled, sort of) but shoots like a dream.
One of my coworkers pointed out that I could get an Encore with a muzzleloader barrel, a shotgun barrel and a centerfire rife barrel for the cost of some of these AR setups. I thought it about, have thought about it and still think about it as a hunting gun (the Encore). I always end up thinking, "It's cool, but it doesn't load and cock itself."
We'll see. Looks like I might have a venture into handguns for a bit before this rifle thing sorts itself out. Fortunately my .260 Remington Mountain Rifle remains a perfectly useful and accurate hunting rifle, and it's PAID FOR!! :banghead:
Though I could just change the barrel on my AR, it is getting a fresh match barrel instead of being turned into some odd test rig. I have my sights set on going back to Camp Perry next year for CMP week, cause it was fun last year. While I hate to set numerical performance goals on things like shooting, I am telling myself I will practice and train and be shooting in the 95-96% range next year like I was two summers ago. My college schedule for the spring will actually lend itself to more practice time than I have had.
jefnvk,
.243 is based on a .308, so I'd have to go to an AR-10 platform. At which point I'd just have it in .260 Remington (AKA 6.5-08) for the better SD and BC of the bullets.
But I fear going to the AR-10 platform negates the handiness and speed of the AR that make me so fond of the sporter version in the first place. My match rifle is a pig (lead sled, sort of) but shoots like a dream.
One of my coworkers pointed out that I could get an Encore with a muzzleloader barrel, a shotgun barrel and a centerfire rife barrel for the cost of some of these AR setups. I thought it about, have thought about it and still think about it as a hunting gun (the Encore). I always end up thinking, "It's cool, but it doesn't load and cock itself."
We'll see. Looks like I might have a venture into handguns for a bit before this rifle thing sorts itself out. Fortunately my .260 Remington Mountain Rifle remains a perfectly useful and accurate hunting rifle, and it's PAID FOR!! :banghead: