I'm not sure what you would do with one unless it is BR. Even then, many shooters don't like them. They can be very fussy. And some think a rail will shoot through conditions, which they won't. Personally, I have enough trouble trying to keep a couple bag guns shooting, and a rail just adds to the mix.
But if you have the time and get one, they are fun.
I started out with cast bullets and an old Krag in 1965. Rode a tractor for ninety-cents an hour. The notion of having a 308 Win that would be precise enough to shoot cast bullets in the .2 moa or even smaller range has fascinated since I saw my first one (railgun) at Steve Kostanich's shop about 1989 when I picked up my first HBR.
A rail would let me tinker with moulds, PC, seating depth, etc for the rest of my life, and remove most of the human element from the equation.
Yes sir, it would do that. I have done work for quite a few cast bullet shooters, interesting game. With all the variables, on top of the variables in shooting jacketed bullets, it's a tinker's dream come true.
Well, I've built and shot a couple rail guns. Never found them to be touchy. They are great for learning to read the wind. It also eliminates your bad gun handling. I don't think they help much on load development as all rifles are different and like different loads, bullets, and seating depths.
Butch, my comment was, to get a rail to agg like they do today, takes some doing. It's not all "plug and play". They are fun and will show you some things.
Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter: Ever want a firearm, just for fun?
I started out with cast bullets and an old Krag in 1965. Rode a tractor for ninety-cents an hour. The notion of having a 308 Win that would be precise enough to shoot cast bullets in the .2 moa or even smaller range has fascinated since I saw my first one (railgun) at Steve Kostanich's shop about 1989 when I picked up my first HBR.
A rail would let me tinker with moulds, PC, seating depth, etc for the rest of my life, and remove most of the human element from the equation.
I bought a rimfire benchrest gun, just because. Now when I miss, it's not the gun.
In 1965 I was moving lines of three-inch sprinkler pipe for 25 cents an hour in an alfalfa field. Once in awhile we'd find a fawn hidden in the alfalfa. At the time, our most accurate rifle was a Remington 510P, still a nice gun fifty years later.
TomP
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