cheap and suitable for engagements to 300 meters. We compare all rifle cartridges to 223 Remington as a baseline because of the proven adequacy of the cartridge in 60+ years of usage. From a terminal ballistics standpoint, more effective
If not, then you should probably stay away from the .280 Ackley Improved (unless you’re fine with just 1-2 brands as factory ammo options) and go with either the .270 or the 7mm Mag. If you are a handloader, both the .280 Remington and (especially) the .280 AI have outstanding ...
The 6.5 Creedmoor was developed for the express purpose to provide a cartridge with the accuracy and ballistics to be competitive at the top level of High-Power Long-Range competition using factory ammunition, while also being easy on the novice reloader. During the 2006 High-Power Championships...
For folks who want to duplicate factory ammo, 38.5 grains of IMR 4064 is very accurate and delivers the 200 grains Sierra at 2087 fps, with very uniform velocities. The Accurate Arms loading manual reports that 39.0 grains of 2520 underneath this bullet develops only 27,800 psi peak pressure...
the US Ordnance Department invited cartridge designers to develop a military round based on the .224 caliber with a prerequisite that the projectile must stay above the speed of sound at 500 yards. In 1957, Robert Hutton, technical editor of Guns and Ammo magazine designed a potentially suitable...
The other conflicting report is that the rifle was originally intended to be chambered in .30-06 Springfield as this was an already adopted U.S. military cartridge with a bit better ballistics than the 7.62 NATO. Then the last minute in the development cycle the decision was made to stick ...