Your thoughts and ideas on 150 yard devoted BR gun (Cooper one shot)

[afd_82]

I know that no one is going to give away all the tricks of the trade but with this build it will be for really only 2 shoots a year and that is the cooper one shot.

So it goes ->Rifles must have Cooper action and stock made by Cooper or a recognized Cooper Arms vendor (not sure what a recognized cooper arms vendor may be). The premise is straightforward. Shooters get one (1) shot at a dot the size of a pencil eraser at 150 yards. No sighters. No spotting scopes.

I have a 308 right now, I want to put a BR stock on it but sounds like they would have to wright a program just for that action to make a stock for it. With knowing the rules as listed above and the odd distance (to my best understanding is not conman in the BR world) I would like some help. As you would guess the guys running the PPC's are the front runners with a few guys who get lucky (its only one shot). There are talks of guys running a 308 with 1:14 with a 70 or so grain bullet, 222's and all kinds of calibers are being shot. I am limited in knowledge in the world of BR I know it needs to stabilize in a short distance, not be affected by wind (both places with extreme elements Heat, rain, and always windy) so thinking 6ppc or 6BR (hearing pros and cons would be great).

I would like to have it built for just this, and if I could use it to shoot other BR shoots that is great I may or may not be a weekend warrior with it. I will take any info advice that I can get, Thanks guys

Jamie

 

[Wilbur]

What do you win?

One shot games are pretty good games in my opinion. What do you win if you place first....and how far do you have to travel to shoot that one shot?

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Never mind...I looked it up and it seems like a pretty good deal. I'd make the rifle a 6PPC and hope for the best. Keep in mind that any caliber is a good caliber if it shoots well, but the chances increase when choosing the PPC cartridge.

 

[afd_82]

One shot games are pretty good games in my opinion. What do you win if you place first....and how far do you have to travel to shoot that one shot?

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Never mind...I looked it up and it seems like a pretty good deal. I'd make the rifle a 6PPC and hope for the best. Keep in mind that any caliber is a good caliber if it shoots well, but the chances increase when choosing the PPC cartridge.

I make it my summer vacation I love MT and I live on the east coast, they have money shoots IR 50/50, and its a "European style shoot" for the paintings and then the winner over all gets the gun.

why a 6ppc over a 6BR? Thank you for the response.

 

[Mike Bryant]

The 6 PPC is easier to tune than a 6 BR at the common short distance ranges 100, 200, 300 yards with 60-68 grain benchrest bullets. Large number of quality custom made bench rest bullets in this weight range for use with barrels in the 13 to 14 twist range. The 6 BR shines with heavier bullets at longer ranges in 7.5 or 8 twist barrels at 600 yards even out to 1000 if the wind isn't blowing.

 

[jackie schmidt]

I would think you would want the most accurate rifle you could put on the bench at 150 yards.

That will either be a 6PPC or a 30BR.

Since you are more or less "guessing" (no flags, no sighters), sight it in for a "lull" in the conditions, shoot when you think the wind has laid down, and hope for the best.

Send your Cooper action to a Gunsmith, have him put on a 1-18 twist barrel chambered with a standard Robinette zero free bore reamer.(I like Kriegers), and get some Barts or BIB 112 grn match bullets and a jug of 4198. That will get the job done.

As for the stock. How can you use an aftermarket BR Stock of the class requires a Cooper Stock.?

 

[afd_82]

I would think you would want the most accurate rifle you could put on the bench at 150 yards.

That will either be a 6PPC or a 30BR.

Since you are more or less "guessing" (no flags, no sighters), sight it in for a "lull" in the conditions, shoot when you think the wind has laid down, and hope for the best.

Send your Cooper action to a Gunsmith, have him put on a 1-18 twist barrel chambered with a standard Robinette zero free bore reamer.(I like Kriegers), and get some Barts or BIB 112 grn match bullets and a jug of 4198. That will get the job done.

As for the stock. How can you use an aftermarket BR Stock of the class requires a Cooper Stock.?

I cant do the 30 BR yet because cooper has not produced a 30BR (on another forum I seen guys saying once cooper gets a request for 100 barrels they can do it). My question would be for the shoot would a 30BR be an more accurate rifle at 150 yards then a 6 PPC (bigger hole to cover the 1/4 dot) if time was not an issue and I was not in a rush.

You can take the target rifle laminated stock they have for the TRP, I think they have to make that custom because its for the BR 22's but a few guys are using them at this shoot.

Thanks guys!