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<blockquote data-quote="budlight" data-source="post: 2524360" data-attributes="member: 2939"><p>I several AI's. I've been fire forming for over 30 years and I do it with full on AI amounts of powder. I've even brought a chrono along to prove it to friends. Their is NO difference is velocity from the being fire formed and the previously fire formed shells.</p><p></p><p>You are just wasting time and money fire forming shells just to reload later.</p><p></p><p>To the poster I have a Rem 700 SPS Varminter 26 inch barrel and added a 2 inch brake. Harris tall bipods 8X32 60mm objective in 243.</p><p></p><p>IMO from years of testing on critters the hornady 87 gr Hornady V-max with big doses of Superformance traveling over 3350 fps just works! I also use a 80 gr SPBT at 3500 fps. There is a point where to heavy becomes to slow and you just punch holes. sub 80 gr. in 6mm con go really fast, but poor BC becomes a limiting factor. bullet construction gets you the red mist. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The 6mm has additional case capacity over my 243, but I have made a 1000s of 243's from 308 cases pre covid when you could get buckets full at the range. I have a goofy friend who built a 6mm-06 to burn 8 gr more powder than me. So we are out pounding away and couldn't see the difference in critter destruction</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="budlight, post: 2524360, member: 2939"] I several AI's. I've been fire forming for over 30 years and I do it with full on AI amounts of powder. I've even brought a chrono along to prove it to friends. Their is NO difference is velocity from the being fire formed and the previously fire formed shells. You are just wasting time and money fire forming shells just to reload later. To the poster I have a Rem 700 SPS Varminter 26 inch barrel and added a 2 inch brake. Harris tall bipods 8X32 60mm objective in 243. IMO from years of testing on critters the hornady 87 gr Hornady V-max with big doses of Superformance traveling over 3350 fps just works! I also use a 80 gr SPBT at 3500 fps. There is a point where to heavy becomes to slow and you just punch holes. sub 80 gr. in 6mm con go really fast, but poor BC becomes a limiting factor. bullet construction gets you the red mist. :) The 6mm has additional case capacity over my 243, but I have made a 1000s of 243's from 308 cases pre covid when you could get buckets full at the range. I have a goofy friend who built a 6mm-06 to burn 8 gr more powder than me. So we are out pounding away and couldn't see the difference in critter destruction [/QUOTE]
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