Thread: Wanting to build a new varmimt rifle

even more interesting @bully . . . your right for the same bullet weight the 224 bullet has the higher BC than a 244, not sure about the less recoil part, there is supposed to be but i could never really tell most of the time.

i remember reading one of those lines that goes ' choose a bullet and build a rifle to use it ' so what bullet/brand do you use & how far are you shooting critters out to . . or just as important how far do you want to eventually go out to ? your rifle / setup makes me think it might be a looong way out there.

I'm thinking of the 87grn. VMax which i use with success in my .243 . . . seems doable to get 3000fps in the BR.

i look at some of those long sleek high BC bullets and wonder if theyre not more designed for target work & they are expensive comparerd to the VMax etc
which is important if you have a small budget and shoot a lot . . . in my case with at least 5 other CF varmint rifles

@6x47 comment ' The 87 V-Maxs are accurate but just don't come apart violently past 200 ' is something to think about . . but then again i dont know what velocity he has or how much smash effect he wants, i am happy enough with a good centre hit which floors Rabbits but maybe doesn't rip them in half at extended range.