2muchgun
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This is one of those that you and I could debate forever, and neither of us be wrong, as I really don't take issue with anything you have said in the thread thus far.
I do think you have strayed somewhat from the original "idea behind the topic", if you will.
Maybe we are just looking at it from slightly different angles.
If you asked 100 shooters off of a typical hunting board, what is an inherently accurate cartridge, you would most assuredly get a whole bunch of different replies. I would bet money that more of them would say the 308 or 222 Rem than any of the various PPC or BR configurations.
If you read through the various reloading manuals, as I have done for years, you will see the term used regarding the "usual suspects" all the time. 308, 222, 260 Rem, 300 Win mag, etc.
3 of these are LR competition cartridges, one had success in BR. ALL were/are chambered in accurate factory hunting rifles available to the general public. Accurate factory loads also exist. A tag you cannot hang upon the various PPCs and BRs, the Dasher, etc. I believe that is why they have achieved their "inherently accurate" status, when some other better(or just as good) case designs have not.
The short range BR cartridges may exhibit superior case design, but that is what they were specifically designed for. Accuracy, low recoil, high efficiency.
However, take away any of the other parts of the equation,
and they are just another good case design with a lot of potential. Like the 7.62x39, whom I've never heard anyone describe as inherently accurate. But again some of us know better.......
I do think you have strayed somewhat from the original "idea behind the topic", if you will.
Maybe we are just looking at it from slightly different angles.
If you asked 100 shooters off of a typical hunting board, what is an inherently accurate cartridge, you would most assuredly get a whole bunch of different replies. I would bet money that more of them would say the 308 or 222 Rem than any of the various PPC or BR configurations.
If you read through the various reloading manuals, as I have done for years, you will see the term used regarding the "usual suspects" all the time. 308, 222, 260 Rem, 300 Win mag, etc.
3 of these are LR competition cartridges, one had success in BR. ALL were/are chambered in accurate factory hunting rifles available to the general public. Accurate factory loads also exist. A tag you cannot hang upon the various PPCs and BRs, the Dasher, etc. I believe that is why they have achieved their "inherently accurate" status, when some other better(or just as good) case designs have not.
The short range BR cartridges may exhibit superior case design, but that is what they were specifically designed for. Accuracy, low recoil, high efficiency.
However, take away any of the other parts of the equation,
and they are just another good case design with a lot of potential. Like the 7.62x39, whom I've never heard anyone describe as inherently accurate. But again some of us know better.......
