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    6.5 bullets on game

    My 26 Nosler loves the 127 grain Barnes LRX and that little bullet has performed exceptionally well on a dozen mule deer and whitetails at ranges from 80 yards out to a little over 500 yards. I've not been able to recover a bullet from an animal yet because they have all passed through, but the...
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    Custom elevation turret source?

    Thanks fellas. I'm going to give this a try. Kenton does not offer a custom turret for a Steiner but they do offer a sticky version same as CTS. I'll investigate both companies and choose one. Do I have any other options for a custom turret?
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    Custom elevation turret source?

    Hey all, I'm wanting to have an elevation turret cap cut for my Steiner GS3 4-20X50 scope to match the specific load I shoot (Doubletap Ammo, 26 Nosler, 127 Barnes LRX, X-Bolt Hells Canyon Long Range). I can supply actual measured velocities and long range performance data (not theoretical). I'd...
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    Thanks again for all the replies...helps a newb like me for sure. So I scrubbed the bore totally clean with J-B (like 50 strokes with a bore brush with a couple applications of J-B, which a Browning tech told me to do), ran a couple of patches Hoppes bore cleaner afterward to ensure J-B was all...
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    I run a very very light oil patch through it after clearing the copper...I've been told that the copper solvent will strip all oil out and that is not a good thing either. Agreed?
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    Well, after all your responses (thank so much!) I'm going to scrub it out one more time and go shoot with only the Barnes (it groups best so far). If the same thing occurs, it's going back to Browning for inspection/repair, hopefully under warranty. The gun is only a month old. Thanks again, guys!
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    Yea, I have settled on the Barnes LRX for now as it groups better when the barrel is clean than the Accubond does, and I won't be mix and matching anymore. I wondered about the fouling round thing...all my other Browning's like a fouling round but this one doesn't seem to care; bore as clean as...
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    Hoppes Bench and J-B
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    Hoppes and J-B...both resulted in the same symptom after thoroughly cleaning the bore.
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    This is exactly what I've experienced...perhaps a bore inclusion? Would a bore scope provide more info?
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    I have several A Bolts and two other X Bolts ranging from .22-250 to .300 Win Mag...none have acted like this one does. I did call Browning...they said send it back for inspection/warranty without offering any advice or information. I don't really want to start over with remounting/re-zeroing...
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    We chrono'd it the first day...3590-3615 was the range over 9 shots with the 127 Barnes LRX.
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    Only on a clean barrel, and it doesn't even want a fouling round...the first 3 rounds shoot awesome.
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    Haven't shot more than 12 rounds without clearing copper. The gun only has about 50 rounds through it. By the 12th round, it's flinging so bad I can't bear to keep wasting ammo.
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    Rapidly expanding groups?

    It seems to attract copper fouling much heavier in the first few inches inside the muzzle and less down near the throat. Does that make any sense?
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