I was reading an old thread on Ackley improved cartridges and it made me wonder why people always assume that others do things for the same reason they do. The thread talked about some of the best and and worst improved cartridges and listed the 22-250 as the 4th worst. Now this was the funny part, the reason given for it being such a poor cartridge to improve was that if you use a 55 grain bullet you only gain about 4% in velocity so therefor it would not be worth while. Now that may be true as far as it goes but it is a very narrow view of a 22-250 A.I. First if you are only going to shoot 55 gr bullets then yes maybe why bother. If you put that Ackley chamber in a fast twist barrel and start shooting 75 and 80 grain bullets well that is a totally different gun with gains of over 8% in velocity and the ability to carry a lot of punch well out past the point where a standard 22-250 could even think about. The other point is that having turned my 22-250 into a 22-250 A.I. I found it would have been worth it just for the added brass life.
I also have a 6.5x55 improved and I did not get the imroved version so I could turn it into a hot rod. I did it to see if I could get just a little more speed out of there cartridge by burning more but slower burning powder and keep the pressures down in the hope of longer barrel life. Time will tel if this works or not.
My main point is that I see a lot of posted that praise or trash something because someone is just looking at it from there own very narrow point of view.
I very much like my improved cartridges and enjoy some of the features they bring to the table but I also understand that it could some of the things I like about them that make others hate them .
I would enjoy hearing from others as to why they like or dislike improved or change cartridges. This is not about is the cartridges good or bad but does it work for you.
I also have a 6.5x55 improved and I did not get the imroved version so I could turn it into a hot rod. I did it to see if I could get just a little more speed out of there cartridge by burning more but slower burning powder and keep the pressures down in the hope of longer barrel life. Time will tel if this works or not.
My main point is that I see a lot of posted that praise or trash something because someone is just looking at it from there own very narrow point of view.
I very much like my improved cartridges and enjoy some of the features they bring to the table but I also understand that it could some of the things I like about them that make others hate them .
I would enjoy hearing from others as to why they like or dislike improved or change cartridges. This is not about is the cartridges good or bad but does it work for you.