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I was out in Phoenix taking a class, when one of our instructors pulled out a new POF 16 inch rifle and wondered how it would do. He sighted in a Leupold 2.5-8 Mark IV scope at 100, then went out to 250, 520, and on, up to 920. He could get hits, on demand, on an IPSC size target at 920 yards, and he did it with 2 minutes less elevation than the rest of us with 308 bolt guns.
With that said, if he was connecting with that target using 77grain Black Hills, shouldn't an 80 or 85 grain, aerodynamic, 6.8 caliber bullet going 3000 fps at the muzzle perform just as well, if not better?
Am I correct in saying that the ballistic coefficient of the 6.8 is better than than the 223? That means it should fly better than 556, right?
I am not asking if it would still be minute of angle at 1000, but do you think we could get body hits on a man sized target at 1000 with a 16 or 18 inch SPR type weapon?
Any experience with this?
I am new to the precision rifle world, any and all info is appreciated.
I was out in Phoenix taking a class, when one of our instructors pulled out a new POF 16 inch rifle and wondered how it would do. He sighted in a Leupold 2.5-8 Mark IV scope at 100, then went out to 250, 520, and on, up to 920. He could get hits, on demand, on an IPSC size target at 920 yards, and he did it with 2 minutes less elevation than the rest of us with 308 bolt guns.
With that said, if he was connecting with that target using 77grain Black Hills, shouldn't an 80 or 85 grain, aerodynamic, 6.8 caliber bullet going 3000 fps at the muzzle perform just as well, if not better?
Am I correct in saying that the ballistic coefficient of the 6.8 is better than than the 223? That means it should fly better than 556, right?
I am not asking if it would still be minute of angle at 1000, but do you think we could get body hits on a man sized target at 1000 with a 16 or 18 inch SPR type weapon?
Any experience with this?
I am new to the precision rifle world, any and all info is appreciated.