6.5TCU

[nomad]

I've seen and shot some rifles with a sharp, rapid taper from the last 1/2 inch or so to the muzzle so that the actual muzzle is very slim. The thinking is that this reduces the muzzle area against which the exiting gases can push.
Whether this is what really happens, I can't say, since I've never had two otherwise identical rifle/bullet/load combinations to compare at any one range visit.
Sounds good though... :shock:  
(Think this would qualify as a 'hunting style' bbl taper?) :-D

[haroldclark]

I have a Remington 700 short action rifle chambered for the 7mm TCU.  the barrel is 26" with an additional 2" of a KDF muzzle brake.  I shot 140 grain bullets in the beginning, but I had to head shoot hard set rams at Sacramento to topple them and that was an iffy situation.

Then I tried a 168 gr Match King Sierra with 26.5 gr of H335.  I can take Rams from cross court angles to head on and regardless of the wind.  I shoot 2 days a week at Sacramento and have confronted all varieties of the wind offered there.

11/28/03  Chronographed velocity of 5 shots = 2133 fps with extreme spread of 89 fps.

Recoil is less that shooting an 8 pound 223 rifle which is only 3 foot pounds of energy.

I would and will try the 6.5 TCU eventually.

Harold Clark

[haroldclark]

Dan,

One thing I forgot to mention about the recoiling 357 Magnum handguns that I photographed.  

To better declare that their was no movement of the firearm what so ever is the fact that I could read the Smith and Wesson info on the barrel as clear as in real life.

The muzzle flash from the firearms provided enough light to see the entire gun and Ransom Rest in the picture.  My camera was set for no flash.

Haroldclark