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Need some help please, I have a 7BR, XP 100. It`s a center grip, 36x scope. I shoot it @ 100 yards for fun. Not a lot of target bullets to pick from so it`s time to change to either 6BR or 30BR. The 6BR will will be light recoiling ( this gun jumps off the bench when it shoots ) & bullets are cheaper than 30 cal. bullets, but the barrel will not last as long as a 30 cal. I understand that the 30 cal. barell will last a long time & the 6 won`t. I don`t shoot it in compatition, only for fun. I would like my barrel to last as long as possible. My question is, how much more recoil does a 30 BR have than a 6BR ? 6BR`s in XP100`s are popular because of the recoil. I know rifle recoil is different than pistol recoil, so could the 30BR shooters tell me how much more recoil they experienced when they switched from 6 to 30. Any advice you can give will be helpful. Barells are not cheap, so I can only do this thing 1 time. THANKS
 
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This is not factual experience but at least it will give you some numbers for comparison - go to http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmrecoil-5.1.cgi and fill in the required blanks, you will at least have some numbers to think about.

Having owned a 6BR rifle and a 7BR rifle, both weighing about 9 lbs, I can tell you that there is a noticable increase in recoil when shooting the 7BR versus shooting the 6BR. I am not saying that either of them had enough recoil to bother someone unless they were very recoil sensitive rather I am trying to point out that there is enough difference to know that you have stepped things up a notch. With all of that being said I have to believe that stepping up to a 30BR would become uncomfortable in an XP-100 unless you are one of those rare individual who is immune to recol.

I personally think you are making a mountain out of a molehill on the barrel life issue. If you do not overheat the barrel I doubt that there would be a significant difference in barrel life between the 6BR and the 30BR.

drover
 
7BR said:
Need some help please, I have a 7BR, XP 100. It`s a center grip, 36x scope. I shoot it @ 100 yards for fun. Not a lot of target bullets to pick from so it`s time to change
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If I were you, I'd look REAL hard at .223. Extraordinarily long barrel life (figure 10k rounds), lots of good bullets to choose from, easy to reload, tons of choices in factory ammo, and less expensive all the way around. Virtually no recoil, and plenty accurate. What's not to like? :)
 
I've shot both a .32-20 in Hunter Silhouette competition, and a .30 Herritt for fun. Always with bullets <130 grains. The recoil is there, but not terribly objectionable -- not like a .35 Herritt. How else to quantify?

In some ways, "recoil" depends on how many rounds you're going to shoot, and what goodies you get from the shooting (winning, knocking things over, small groups, whatever). If I had to shoot 100 rounds fairly often with a pistol, I'd think long & hard on the .221 Fireball for your XP-100.

FWIW, and that ain't much
 
Wayne has it on this one. A 30BR with a brake would be the ticket. You can buy a brake from harrels for 30 Bucks!! Lee
 
You can make a complete new barrel it each time you take off a shot out 6ppc barrel. No cost just a couple of fun hours setting it up.
Shoot whole bunch more cheaper. Chet
 
The less you burn

Bill Ohio said:
If I were you, I'd look REAL hard at .223. Extraordinarily long barrel life (figure 10k rounds), lots of good bullets to choose from, easy to reload, tons of choices in factory ammo, and less expensive all the way around. Virtually no recoil, and plenty accurate. What's not to like? :)
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I have to agree with the idea of small capacity cases lasting a lot longer. My first BR LV rig was a sleeved and trued 40x in .222 Although it was the "80s and you didn't have to agg in the ones to win anything it still shot well competitively to the 4000 round mark. The 6 PPC has its barrel turned into a jack handle after twelve to fifteen hundred.
Andy.
 
Dear 7...lots of good advice,most are forgeting that the 222 class is out because of your boltface,,I would go 6mm BR with 8 twist (no turn .271 chamber)if buying a new bbl...or as suggested get a "worn out" 6mm ppc bbl and use the most of it as 6mm BR,,,you will be limited to bullets less than 80 gr but should make your xp come to life...Roger
 
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