Build your ideal rifle (or maybe my ideal rifle)

[michael_aos]

Not necessarily "meaningful", but perhaps "interesting".

Midway lists 6 calibers of rifle brass as "Most Popular":

223 Remington
308 Winchester
30-06 Springfield
22-250 Remington
6.8mm Remington SPC
243 Winchester

Mike

[Hoser]

Leupold 30mm Mark 4 medium aluminum rings.

Mark IV rings are way overpriced in my opinion. Just some Leupold PRW rings are all you need unless you are planning on putting them on a 50 or kicking in doors with this.

Redding Competition bushing 3-die set in .243 Winchester.

Why a 3 die set? Re-size and seat should be all you really need.

[michael_aos]

Leupold 30mm Mark 4 medium aluminum rings.

Mark IV rings are way overpriced in my opinion.

I was thinking the aluminum would save me some weight. At 1/3 the price though, I think I'll give the PRW's a try.

Mike

[michael_aos]

I don't see anything on the Alexander Arms site, but there are supposed to be some new offerings in 6.5 Grendel for 2006.

$550 16" uppers $.35 factory ammo.

Mike

[Gman]

Isn't Wolf supposed to be making the 6.5 Grendel factory ammo?

[michael_aos]

Isn't Wolf supposed to be making the 6.5 Grendel factory ammo?

Yep, that's the rumor.

Brass cased. 1MOA. $5-$7/20.

Mike

[Gman]

I noticed that Wolf is getting into more brass cased ammo--they're calling it their "Gold" line.

[michael_aos]

I've been kind of eyeing the Lapua 90gr Scenar in 6mm / .243. It's got a BC of .420. At 3037fps from a 20 bbl, it looks pretty close

Interestingly, the 6.5mm 100gr Scenar has a BC of .444, and the 6.5mm 108gr Scenar has a BC of .478.

I had been thinking it'd be nice to duplicate or exceed the ballistics of my 24" 700P in 260 (123gr Scenar (.547 BC) @ ~2928fps) in a ~20" bbl.

The .243 (in the same weight) rifle should recoil ~25% less than the 260 Remington. It should be pleasant in a lightweight.

Mike

[michael_aos]

Interesting combination of features

[michael_aos]

I'm going to look for a Remington Model 700 LSS in .243 on Monday.