let me tell all y’all a little allegory about ultra fast velocity In your target rifles.
in 1967, Ford Motor Company introduced a revolutionary Sports Racing Prototype. The Mark V. Lots of folks confuse this particular vehicle with the GT40. The Mark IV is a completely different vehicle, using composite, honeycomb construction. (The GT40 was a more conventionally constructed vehicle).
Several were entered in the 1967 Le Man’s race. One team, with drivers Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt were given little to no chance of winning. However, Dan and AJ got together and decided not to push the car, take it easy. The rest is history. Dan and AJ’s Mark IV was the only Mark IV that finished and They Won!
Point, we can push velocities of our rifles well past the intended design points of the cartridges. Due to the really fine steels and even the quality of brass, we probably can get away with these velocities for a while. We may not see overt pressure signs. But I can assure you, our rifles can see the pressure signs. Just ask any owner of a Smith & Wesson, Model 29 of the 1970’s who participated in IHMSA. Stretched frames, spitting lead and generally a bunch of really nice handguns ruined by pushing limits that did not have to be pushed.
Got a scope with elevation knobs? Got a wind/speed/weather data instrument with a built in ballistic application built in? Got some decent data on the actual velocity of your bullet as it leaves your rifle? Believe me. No one who is serous about Precision Rifles, needs to push velocities. The point is to win, by hitting the most targets, not to see who’s bullet can get to the target the fastest. Dan and AJ got to the end the quickest, by not being the fastest.
Your rifle and your wallet will thank you.
