AusVarmint

Ok so when i bought my "new" to me Target rifle, i also got a 29" .308 stainless Maddco barrel that had load development, zeroing and then shot at Bisley - so a max of say 400 rounds fired.
It is threaded for a CG Inch action so I will loose approx 2" for re barreling.

What would you build, for a hunting rifle?
Most likely a Zastava action.
Probable 26" finished length barrel.

Most of my shooting is under 200 meters (for hunting) however possibility that I may get a posting to Deer country in Vic.

Sell me on your ideas.

Mick

300WM, It will do everything a 308/30-06 does, but faster







































And...................... if you were to build a 300wm I'd be able to give you shit because you would be a wind bag owner....

Problem solved.

Next......


BB

BB - GAGF. . .

Your sleeping on the floor this weekend. (was gunna give ya a bed but you can share with the pusser)



Ok anyone interested in a swap for a 7mm barrel?
Thinking of a 7mmWSM.... sort of . . .

Mick

240 weatherby if you are going a 26 inch barrel, its one of those extremely underrated calibres which just seems to work far more effectively than it should, it will take everything up to and including deer, fallow and red. It will easily shoot past 200 too. Limitation is brass is Norma and expensive, and factory ammo cost and availablity.

Wait to you get to Vic, then you need a new deer rifle too.

Otherwise if you are intending for sambar, I would look at building a 280 /7x57 with a 21 -23
Barrel if your going to be carrying up hill and down, or 280ai if you want to keep the longer barrel. Unsurprisingly of you hit Sambar in the right place they fall over, but don't tell anyone. As common knowledge is you need a howitzer of some kind.

mn1863 wrote:240 weatherby if you are going a 26 inch barrel, its one of those extremely underrated calibres which just seems to work far more effectively than it should, it will take everything up to and including deer, fallow and red. It will easily shoot past 200 too. Limitation is brass is Norma and expensive, and factory ammo cost and availablity.

Wait to you get to Vic, then you need a new deer rifle too.

Otherwise if you are intending for sambar, I would look at building a 280 /7x57 with a 21 -23
Barrel if your going to be carrying up hill and down, or 280ai if you want to keep the longer barrel. Unsurprisingly of you hit Sambar in the right place they fall over, but don't tell anyone. As common knowledge is you need a howitzer of some kind.

Can you build a 240wby with a .30 cal barrel?



BB

Must be tired, had to reread it again and didn't realise he wanted to use the barrel from his target rifle. Oh well, put it in the oven and shrink it back to 6mm.

As to original question, I reckon I would sell the barrel and pick up another barrel to suit or just buy a whole zastava in the cal you want.

Do you already have an action? If not get a short action and make a 300wsm, does everything a 300wm can do; easy to carry in the hills and hits hard.

If its a target barrel doesn't thAt mean a heavy profile? Wouldn't have thought that ideal for a hunting rifle?

Since it will be a 1:13 twist I would look at 30:06AI.
Plenty of quality brass around for reloading but also lots of factory ammo if needed.
30:06AI is very close to a 300WM when hand loaded to its full potential
Unlike 300WSM you don't need to consider the bolt face or case size in magazine
With the slow twist rate you wont shoot much over 175grn bullets anyway

Sell it to someone with a CG Inch action, try the ozfclass.com forum . It's probably worth more to them than to you in the long run.

Rinso is right, you'll need to get an idea of the barrel twist, or you might find you are limited to 168gr projectiles at the most. You might get luck and maybe it was used for F-T/R with a quicker twist?

Most fullbore TR barrels are set-up to just stabilise 155gr projectiles out to 1000y. Going up to 30/06 or 300WM etc will help to stabilise heavier projectiles, but may still leave you short of using anything over 185gr.

At 26" it's still going to be reasonably heavy, probably close to a factory varmint weight barrel.

Maybe at 20" in 308W you'd have something more practical for carrying while hunting and still be able to poke it out the window if spotlighting. For deer though it would probably be wiser to go to 30/06 with a min. 22" barrel. Going to a magnum case you'll need a magnum action and you'll be adding more weight again.

It's a slippery slope trying to make a barrel work for you even if it is for free.

mick_762 wrote:BB - GAGF. . . Mick

+1

i would build a 7mm 300wm it's what my sendero will be when i can afford it.

do some research i think you'll like it.

this will keep you busie for a while a bloke in NZ has done a lot with it
this thread convinced me.

http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/ ... mag-51404/