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Why would you not sight in at 100 yards?
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 1631562" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>In answer to your question, almost all of the short action rifles being made today were designed around either the .243 Winchester or the .308 Winchester/7.62X51 cartridges. About the only rifles that weren't were the Savage 99 lever Actions, which started life designed for .300 Savage and 250-3000. This doesn't include the Carl Mauser designs, because these actions are very close or identical in length to the 30-06 length action of the M1903/1903-A3, and were designed for a longer 7X57 or 8X57 round, especially the large ring Mauser, which could launch a 200 grain bullet at about 2480fps, and a 178 grain bullet at a nominal 2592 fps, which means the actual length of the round required a slightly longer action to cycle well. When the U.S. Army announced the 7.62X51 Nato cartridge, Winchester began design of the .308 Winchester as the civilian counterpart, and brought out a short action rifle in its flagship model 70 just for it. The minute the round and the rifle hit the market, it was a success, and the .308 Winchester is still the most popular short-action round in the world. All or nearly all the commercial rifle manufacturers' short action rifles after its debut have been designed initially around this cartridge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 1631562, member: 60453"] In answer to your question, almost all of the short action rifles being made today were designed around either the .243 Winchester or the .308 Winchester/7.62X51 cartridges. About the only rifles that weren't were the Savage 99 lever Actions, which started life designed for .300 Savage and 250-3000. This doesn't include the Carl Mauser designs, because these actions are very close or identical in length to the 30-06 length action of the M1903/1903-A3, and were designed for a longer 7X57 or 8X57 round, especially the large ring Mauser, which could launch a 200 grain bullet at about 2480fps, and a 178 grain bullet at a nominal 2592 fps, which means the actual length of the round required a slightly longer action to cycle well. When the U.S. Army announced the 7.62X51 Nato cartridge, Winchester began design of the .308 Winchester as the civilian counterpart, and brought out a short action rifle in its flagship model 70 just for it. The minute the round and the rifle hit the market, it was a success, and the .308 Winchester is still the most popular short-action round in the world. All or nearly all the commercial rifle manufacturers' short action rifles after its debut have been designed initially around this cartridge. [/QUOTE]
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