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John,

I believe you raise a good point. Probably everyone has an opinion.

I believe that your comments about the actual case are absolutely correct. I think that attributes such as barrel harrmonics, smoothness, twist rate, quality of chambering, action stiffnedd, stock design, mating of barrel to action, sights, trigger, shooter, bench system, bullet selection, propellant, quality of case preparation and loading affect accuracy more than the actual case.

I would thing that a high end rifle manufacturer could build an extremely accurate rifle using virtually any case, provided that the ammunitin is prepared and loaded like match ammunition. If the case is either belted or rimmed, the rifle can be chambered so that the case seats pn the shoulder, minimizing any variations in rim or belt.

Now, there may be some cases that are easier to wring out accuracy.

Now, that being said, if we look at the combination of rifle, case, and available ammunition as a system identified by a case, then there are more accurate cases. The 6.5 Creedmore may be one. I beilve that what we look at is the overall rifle and cartridge system.

Any comments?

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I Agree with most stated.. IT all adds up.. "Barrel harrmonics, smoothness, twist rate, quality of chambering, action stiffnedd, stock design, mating of barrel to action, sights, trigger, shooter, bench system, bullet selection, propellant, quality of case preparation and loading affect accuracy more than the actual case"

I do believe case design does also add to accuracy.. belted vs non.. degree of shoulder, length of neck, circumference of case to length, etc.. I remember people hand wringing for years because the 300Win's neck was "technically too short".. IS that NOT case design? Also remember when the "SHORT" magnums came to be, how it was stated this provided a more uniformed column burn within the case..IS this not case design?? If it doesn't matter then why has this short fat case turned in such incredible accuracy for a very long time. Namely the 6.5GAP 4S..

To many examples proving case design does matter..


Some calibers are just super easy to load for and get to shoot accurately.. is it just case design? Maybe not "just".. but it certainly helps..

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