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Help needed: 26“ bbl .30-06
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<blockquote data-quote="Beng" data-source="post: 3077172" data-attributes="member: 37512"><p>Hi guys,</p><p></p><p>I'd like to ask for your opinion on a rifle build.</p><p>First some context:</p><p>I like the .30-06 cartridge and since reading German A. Salazar's rifleman's journal 15 years ago and a lot of posts of the likes of MontanaMarine etc, I always wanted to build a long barrelled, medium heavy .30-06, shooting heavy bullets.</p><p></p><p>The barrel I had in mind, is 26" long with the typical Tikka shank diameter, a taper to 0.75" at the muzzle and 9 or 10 inch twist depending on availability. The muzzle will be threaded for a surpressor.</p><p>To me that's already a rather heavy build, since I intent to use this rifle mainly for hunting, as well as the occasional visit to Poland's 1000 m ranges every other year.</p><p></p><p>I've had good results with Hornady bullets especially the 178 gr ELD-X in my original Tikka barrel and other rifles. Thus I wanted to stay with Hornady and shoot the 212 gr ELD-X for Hunting and targets.</p><p>Vihtavuoiri has load data for the 215 gr Berger with N560, quickload shows promising results for the 212 gr ELD-X with similar loads, giving velocities between 2400 and 2600 fps. I presume that there should be at least one sweet spot with decent accuracy in the velocity band.</p><p></p><p>In my mind that sounds like a decent plan. I've seen a few rifles in .30-06 shooting handloads in the 1 moa range or better and thus have no doubt about the cartridge itself. It is no 6 mm PPC, but my needs rather call for 9 out of 10 shots in a square with 1.2" edge length at 100 m.</p><p></p><p>My gunsmith now tells me, that a barrel like I intend to have, will not be accurate at all. To be accurate with 26" barrel length it needs to be a straight contour. At the intended 0.75" muzzle diameter more than 24" of length are impossible, he says.</p><p>Beside that he says the .30-06 is inherently not accurate and that I should have decided on a .300 WinMag if I wanted more than a .308 Win.</p><p></p><p>Is it possible to build an accurate, long-barrelled .30-06? Is my idea flawed and I'm missing something entirely?</p><p>What do you think?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your help, in advance.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p>Lars</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beng, post: 3077172, member: 37512"] Hi guys, I'd like to ask for your opinion on a rifle build. First some context: I like the .30-06 cartridge and since reading German A. Salazar's rifleman's journal 15 years ago and a lot of posts of the likes of MontanaMarine etc, I always wanted to build a long barrelled, medium heavy .30-06, shooting heavy bullets. The barrel I had in mind, is 26“ long with the typical Tikka shank diameter, a taper to 0.75“ at the muzzle and 9 or 10 inch twist depending on availability. The muzzle will be threaded for a surpressor. To me that's already a rather heavy build, since I intent to use this rifle mainly for hunting, as well as the occasional visit to Poland's 1000 m ranges every other year. I've had good results with Hornady bullets especially the 178 gr ELD-X in my original Tikka barrel and other rifles. Thus I wanted to stay with Hornady and shoot the 212 gr ELD-X for Hunting and targets. Vihtavuoiri has load data for the 215 gr Berger with N560, quickload shows promising results for the 212 gr ELD-X with similar loads, giving velocities between 2400 and 2600 fps. I presume that there should be at least one sweet spot with decent accuracy in the velocity band. In my mind that sounds like a decent plan. I've seen a few rifles in .30-06 shooting handloads in the 1 moa range or better and thus have no doubt about the cartridge itself. It is no 6 mm PPC, but my needs rather call for 9 out of 10 shots in a square with 1.2“ edge length at 100 m. My gunsmith now tells me, that a barrel like I intend to have, will not be accurate at all. To be accurate with 26" barrel length it needs to be a straight contour. At the intended 0.75“ muzzle diameter more than 24" of length are impossible, he says. Beside that he says the .30-06 is inherently not accurate and that I should have decided on a .300 WinMag if I wanted more than a .308 Win. Is it possible to build an accurate, long-barrelled .30-06? Is my idea flawed and I'm missing something entirely? What do you think? Thanks for your help, in advance. Cheers Lars [/QUOTE]
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