Thread: 1000m rifle.... What?

Originally Posted by Toby

First the minimum body taper. Less taper= less case stretch. Also a better gas seal and it grips the chamber walls tighter which meant less thrust transmitted on the locking mechanism. Also a straight walled case ejects easier than a tapered case

The steep shoulder slows down brass flow so that= longer brass life. Also confined burning gasses in the case longer and that helped powder consumption

Longer necks, projectile doesn't take up powder space, also doesn't look like hell

That's pretty much how I read it, I would copy and paste it but I can't. I can screen shot it though if you want or send you the pdf file @Gibo

I found the tapered case bit interesting, I would have thought the tapered case would extract easier

So longer brass life and easier extraction......must be more to it?