For what you vision 8 will be fine. That said I have never found 7 to be a downside either. From 52 to 80s.
For a long time the AMU shot 7 twist instead of less. With 80s. They felt it just did better way out there. My tests mirrored theirs.
Really depends on what you want to run and what distance.
Personally I think 95% of people would never be unhappy with either the 8 or 9. We are in the other... if I can choose full 7 I run it, its always treated us right. But then 68 for the most part is light to me when I think 223 AR. 75 and up if possible. With the caveat of shooting long single loading rounds on the target. Thats not where most folks are.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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