Re: New barrel for my .30-06
Re: New barrel for my .30-06
Chris,
How does the original barrel shoot? The 1-10" twist will have no problems stabilizing 185gr VLDs.
For hunting I like the 22" sporter contour. If you're not going to do a lot of walking around carrying the rifle, perhaps a 24" varmint contour would be good. More than that and the rifle starts to become too nose heavy for my taste (for a hunting rifle that will be shot off-hand and/or from an improvised field positions).
1-10' twist works very well in the 30-06. It stabilizes most everything except maybe the real heavy 30 cal bullets like 220+ grains.
Re: New barrel for my .30-06
Thanks for the replies. The orginal barrel shots good. I can easily get under 1.5" @ 200 yds with on the bipod or supported (I don't have a lead sled etc). It has shot everything I have put in it well. I just can't leave things alone. I have shot it quite a bit out to 550 yds but plan on working my way out to 1000 yds. I was thinking that a 22" barrel wasn't long enough to allow all the powder to burn. As far as contour goes I wouldn't carrying a rifle that was a little heavier (it's really light now). I don't what performance gains I can expect in relationship to the heavier contours.
Re: New barrel for my .30-06
Get a 24" medium weight sporter, 1/10tw and you'll be good to go out to 600 yards easy.