

Rounds had necks no more than 0.262-inch in diameter, rather than the Nk," meaning the neck of the cases had to be turned down so loaded The engraving on the other side of the barrel read "6PPC 262 Wasn't in that day, but I knew be did excellent work, and the price The scroll engraving on the barrel said "A.Įrhardt," one of Capital's two in-house gunsmiths. Started thinking about ordering a custom rifle, but while dithering cameĪcross a used benchrest rifle built on a "sleeved" Remingtonħ00 action on the consignment rack at Capital Sports & Western Wear Sadly, l/4-inch groups aren't much in the benchrest world. 223 Remington capable of l/4-inch 5-shot groups at 100 Eventually I ended up with a "tuned," heavy-barreled In the 1990s I started using accuracy techniquesįor loading varmint ammo, and modifying factory rifles for the bestĪccuracy. Many rifle shooters are fascinated by accuracy purely forĪccuracy's sake. Today very few short-range benchrest competitors use anything else. Introduced commercial rifles and ammunition, designated 6mm PPC-USA. Byġ985 the 6mm PPC's popularity had increased to the point where Sako Just as accurate and many competitors started using it exclusively. Some benchrest marches required a minimum bullet diameter of 6mm Velocity resulted in a slight decrease in wind drift. 22 PPC really accurate, but the increase in Second with the 52- or 53-grain match bullets usually used in benchrest With enough extra powder room to boost velocities about 200 feet per The result was almost 0.2-inch shorter than the. The case for less body taper and a 30-degree neck. Along with changing the primer size, they "improved" With a 21-degree shoulder angle, but Palmisano and Pindell picked theĬase because the body matched the typical flame length of a small rifle 220 Russian used a large rifle primer and had a tapered case 220 Russian,Ī necked-down version of the 7.62x39 military round introduced by the Lou Palmisano and gunsmith Ferris Pindell modified the. Variations pretty much ruled the sport until the 1970s, when the lateĭr. Round in 1950 it started dominating almost immediately. Retrieved from ĭozens of different cartridges were used in the early years ofĬompetitive benchrest shooting, but when Remington introduced their. APA style: The 6mm PPC-USA: benchrest loading techniques have applications afield, too.The 6mm PPC-USA: benchrest loading techniques have applications afield, too." Retrieved from 2013 Publishers' Development Corporation 12 Jul.
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