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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2658585" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>FWIW group sizes like that can defiantly be a reloading problem. I shot back to back groups with a 6.5CM of ~1" with factory ammo and 8" with Hammers. It is possible to make loads so unmatched to a barrel that they shoot that badly when the rest of the gun is running correctly. A powder change shrunk the Hammer groups from 8" to 3" - was very obviously a load problem. Probably not the case here since he had multiple loads shoot that bad, but the 100gn+Superperformance combo isn't ideal.</p><p></p><p></p><p>What brass are you using? </p><p></p><p>Do you have a hand press or an arbor press? If yes, pre-weigh some charges and go to the range and shoot <em>the same case with the same load</em> until it doesn't fit into the chamber anymore; neck size only is best but if you only have FL dies set them long so only about half the neck is sized so that you aren't touching the shoulders at all. Measure that case all over and compare it to a 243 reamer print.</p><p></p><p>Measure the barrel twist rate yourself.</p><p></p><p>Shoot 50 cases 2x into the berm and not on the target, then try again with 2x fired brass and a barrel with 100+ rounds through it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2658585, member: 116181"] FWIW group sizes like that can defiantly be a reloading problem. I shot back to back groups with a 6.5CM of ~1" with factory ammo and 8" with Hammers. It is possible to make loads so unmatched to a barrel that they shoot that badly when the rest of the gun is running correctly. A powder change shrunk the Hammer groups from 8" to 3" - was very obviously a load problem. Probably not the case here since he had multiple loads shoot that bad, but the 100gn+Superperformance combo isn't ideal. What brass are you using? Do you have a hand press or an arbor press? If yes, pre-weigh some charges and go to the range and shoot [I]the same case with the same load[/I] until it doesn't fit into the chamber anymore; neck size only is best but if you only have FL dies set them long so only about half the neck is sized so that you aren't touching the shoulders at all. Measure that case all over and compare it to a 243 reamer print. Measure the barrel twist rate yourself. Shoot 50 cases 2x into the berm and not on the target, then try again with 2x fired brass and a barrel with 100+ rounds through it. [/QUOTE]
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