01-02-2019, 03:53 PM
cwlongshot Wrote:In the matches I shoot, no one cares the caliber. (Within reason, NO magnums or 357SIG/10MM) I know cause when we first started matches I did shoot my 10MM and had fun! But for me it was simply to get trigger time, not for scores...
The biggest issue with calibers other then the 223/56 is brass... My ranges don't allow pickups. (Sometimes if you stay to pick up and put stay to pickup, can have a portion of brass that's picked up) SO why use a caliber with costly and hard to acquire brass...
I have used my 300 a few times, but mostly just 223/556 cause I don't care if I loose that brass.
CW
100%!!!
This is the one thing that kept me from building a 6.5 Grendel 3 gun rifle; Brass! Of course this was at the end of my 3 gun shooting and before the Hornady AG bulk ammo. IF I was still shooting 3 gun it would be very tempting.
At the MGM Ironman they have these evil spinner targets that you have to make spin over at some distance. They were so hard for me the first year I bought one to practice on at home. The 6.5 G would be perfect for those nasty beasties!
3 gun matches out west tend to have longer shots because they have the room so the Grendel would shine.