01-30-2012, 04:50 PM
JASmith Wrote:That's impressive shooting!
It also reminds us that the AR15 magazine length indeed puts limits on long range performance.
I am mildly curious about why folks haven't tried the WSSM variants for long range competition. (Let me hasten to add that we should start a fresh thread if folks want to beat this horse!)
In two words. cost and recoil. As I understand it, they haven't been shown to be significantly better at the mid ranges than what is available, while offering substantially more recoil. You end up basically shooting the same bullets, but driving them faster, with more powder and significantly more expensive brass. Theoretically, the extra speed should be an advantage, but evidently not as much as you would expect with that extra recoil.
At long ranges, the WSM's and full size cartridges have even more powder capacity, and offer the advantage of driving heavier, higher BC bullets faster. (From bolt guns, of course.) I've seen guys playing with the WSSM's at F Class matches, but they don't seem to be winning. The winners in F Open almost always are shooting 6.5-284, .284's of some stripe, or 7mm WSM's.
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