PD Gun to 400 - 500 yards

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This is the rig I started building last fall, I'm still waiting on a stock to finish up the project.
It's 6mmx47 Lapua build on RBLP Panda, 26" 1-10, I can push a 80g NBT 3470 @ muzzle, low .2s @ 100.
I just got it sighted in at 400, we have so much snow this year I have not made to the dog towns to see the actual performance yet.
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BuzzBee : Who did your work ????
 
The action and stock started out as a benchrest rig build in 1992. Dowling did the barrel work on the 6x47L, he also opened the bolt face from .460(ppc) to .472
 
I take about ten varmit rigs with me on my yearly P.dog shoot. It's not my idea to brag by saying this. But to convey this is what I really enjoy doing for a week every year with a couple good friends. My smallest rifle is a 17HMR and the Largest is a 243. The all around rifles that gets the most use are the 204 and 223. The reason is simple. These cartridges provide 500 yard accuracy and due so without burning allot of powder. The less powder, The less heat, the longer your shooting strings before having to stop. This equals more enjoyment. Barrel life is long if you do not shoot them so hot you can brand cattle with the barrel. The super hot calibers give very impressive hits, but due so at a greater price.
 
Lots of great advice here.

I own .223's and a 6mm Rem. I save the 6mm for the long stuff. The .223's do the donkey's share of the work and even in less than ideal conditions I consider them ample chambering for 450 yards. Without claiming any bragging rights whatsoever, I have occasionally dinged a pdog past 700 yards with the .223's. (That is not a typical performance, though).

But, I've become firmly convinced that for a dedicated PD rifle at ranges out to 600 yards, any of the .204 based chamberings would be impossible to better. A friend of mine that I introduced to PD shooting last year has jumped in with both feet and owns (4) .204 chamberings. The .204 Ruger, the .20 VarTag, the .20 Practical, and one other that's designation I can't recall. Out to 600 yards, he's made a believer out of me. Past that distance, I prefer the 6mm Rem.

But, the next time one of my .223 barrels goes south, the rifle will be rebuilt as a .204 something.

Mike
 
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I gotta ask you and that is, how does your shoulder hold up after a couple hundred (or more) rounds fired pretty much non-stop?



I wear a kick pad. I tend to concentrate on the long shots where possible (short gets boring) and that means some heavier recoiling guns. Especially if there's any wind, I usually end up shooting a lot of 6mm, 6.5 X 55, and .308. I've even played with my 7mag, though that gets expensive.

I don't mind any of them for a while, but without a kick pad on day 1, day 2 can be a pain, pun intended.
 
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Thank you. Is he located in Utah ?? Don't mean to still a thread perhaps a PM if others don't want to read this let me know.



Al,
Dan Dowling(970) 434-0525 of Accuracy Gunsmithing is in Paradise, CO, it's on the western slope, he is probably closer to you than me. Dan is a well respected benchrest gunsmith and very easy to work with and his work is 2nd to none.

Buzz
 
We have used 22-250's and .220 Swifts for over 20 years! 55gr Sierra or V-Max's. Love .17 Rem's with 30gr High BC bullets at 3990 fps. If you shoot where there is no wind, a .223 will work.
 
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