Your Choice For 200 Yard Bullseye?

[skooterc]

If we all were going out and shoot at 200 yards (bullseye on paper)
and get really competive about it.....what would be YOUR choice?

Let's say "Tightest Five Shot Group" at 200 yards....

What would be a REALLY REALLY good caliber for 200 yards?

Not 100 yards and not 300 yards....but 200 yards!!

Please tell us YOUR gun of choice...

Caliber of choice.....

Scope of choice....

And if you want to tell us what ammo, well that'd be awesome too....

Thank you very much in advance!!

 

[Redneck with a 40]

I'll take what I have, Remington 700 SPS Tac with Nikon 3-9x40 scope, .308. No issues at 200 yards with this set-up.

 

[rtn]

White Oak AR15 upper, Geissele trigger, Black Hills .223, iron sights.

 

[fprefect]

The .308 would be a good choice as would the 6mm PPC using benchrest or match bullets from any of the major bullet manufacturers.

Once you get under about 3/4 MOA accuracy, the cost of each subsequent 1/16 MOA accuracy will rise exponentially.

F. Prefect

 

[R.W.Dale]

for only 200yds I would be looking at lower recoil more efficient rounds than the .308 family. At such close range these cartridges are just a waste of power, powder and overkill on recoil

The old standby varmint rounds would be good .223, 221FB or .222.

Or something a tad larger but still way down on recoil such as the TCU's 6.5grendel various .30 cal wildcats with light bullets.

Myself I shoot what amounts to a 7.62x39 30degree improved
left 7.62x39 right 30ppc Largo


The gun is a started out life as a .223 Stevens 200 built around a Shilen drop in barrel and a Choate "ultimate" stock. I have less than $800 in the rifle sans optics and constantly shoots in the .3's when I'm up to it and even dip into the .2's. on occasion when the planets are right

 

[taliv]

at only 200, my strategy would be for high-speed little bullets. i'd probably do a 220-swift or something similar, with a barrel twisted for 69g SMKs

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Mini-14! LOL!

 

[Offfhand]

What rules for types and weights of rifles, if any? For tightest groups from a rest a custom varmint class bench rest rifle in a bench rest caliber such as 6PPC will beat anything else hands down. But if the rules are only for factory class rifles in standard calibers there are many options.

 

[Arkel23]

Weatherby Vanguard SUB-MOA
.300 win or wby mag
Tasco World Class 4-12x50mm or Bushnell Firelfy or Nikon.

 

[Ol` Joe]

I`d look for one like this.
http://www.benchrest.com/youngrails/

 

[skooterc]

Thanks guys, thats great information!!!

 

[jpwilly]

Great suggestions so far (save for the 300mag suggestion??? IMO) but to this day the best 200yrd accuracy I've gotten has been done with both 223 and 308. I don't own a 6mm or 6.5mm right now so I cannot comment regarding them but not matter what caliber you shoot. You will need to be a well built rifle with good optics and quality ammo. For me that would be a Savage, 308 Win, Luepold Scope with target dot and handloads.

 

[Arkel23]

save for the 300mag suggestion??? IMO

If I'm not mistaken a .300 mag won the last marksman ship contest.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

I agree with the .223 being a good choice, but for me, the only match accurate rifle I own is my remmy 700 .308.

 

[wyohome]

I have 2 rifles that might be match quality in better hands than mine. A 788 Rem in .308 with a custom trigger and better stock, with a Vari-XII 3-9, and a Kimber Longmaster Classic also .308 with a Vari-XII 6-18 power. I just got back from shooting a new Coyote load (48.5 Gr 748, 150 Gr FMJ BT, Mag primer) at 200 yards. Both rifles shot MOA with me at the controls, I am sure a lot of people could do better..

 

[krs]

6ppc is it for 100 or 200 yards, with a strong placing by .222 rem. Like so:




that's five shots, and it's like what benchrest shooters do....shoot tiny groups.

www.benchrest.com

 

[skooterc]

Daaaaang, is that second picture shot at 200 yards??????

A "one hole group" at 200 yards??????

Holy Moly Mama Smacked the Baby!!!!!!

 

[browningguy]

To win benchrest at 100 yards you need to be shooting groups in the range of .0's - .1's, 200 yards isn't far off, .3's .4's would be competitive most of the time. And everyone that wins shoots 6mm.

 

[krs]

Now scooter, I did not specify the range at which that particular group was shot.

That one is a 100 yd target, and so was this one:


That was my personal bestest group ever. I'd've saved a bunch of money if I'd had the sense to quit benchrest right then. Oh, and.the second row of practice bulleyes in my last photo above are all single shot holes. I only WISHED I could fire five into holes like that often enough to have five of them on the same day's practice paper.

 

[oldgold]

There is a local club around here that shoots 200 regularly. If it's the least bit windy a 6.5x284 Savage "F" Class dominates. There are a number of 40X's that almost win especially if there is no wind. One in particular in .222.

The 6-5x284 shooter also shot the winning score in The Varmint Shooters classic last year but beat himself in the shoot off.

 

[wad]

You can usually find one of these at discounted prices:

http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/special_runs/past_special_runs/model_700_etronX.asp

The accuracy of the one I have, chambered in 22-250, is incredible, when using hand loads. The last time out the rifle was shooting 2" groups at 400 yards, with off angle wind blowing 5 to 15 MPH.

Scope: A Zeiss Diavari sits on this rifle.

 

[gvnwst]

At 200yd, I would be looking at a .22-250 with 69gr class bullets, or a 6mm PPC or 6mmm BR(X), with 85gr class bullets. Small, low recoil, fast, accurate.

 

[Zak Smith]

This is already a sport, 100/200 yard benchrest
http://www.6mmbr.com/100BR.html

Those guys have the answer figured out.

 

[skooterc]

Thanks!!!

 

[usmc1371]

Les Baer .204 super varmint, leupold 4.5x14 LR, hornaday 32g vmax, because its what I have. Might add more glass if it was just for punching papper at 200yds. If I miss anything bigger than a paint ball at 200yds its MY fault not the equipment.