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Federal's new Long Range loads--Long range trophy bondeds
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<blockquote data-quote="Badgerclaw" data-source="post: 1675688" data-attributes="member: 101780"><p>Just an update to keep this thread going... very excited about this bullet, but I have found one negitive thing to say about it.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, the good news. I've gone out two more times and this bullet seams very capable of sub 1/2 moa accuracy. My barrel, which has been copper fouling badly with every other bullet, shows no signs of copper to this point. </p><p></p><p>Bad news, I noticed that as I seated the bullets, I could see with my naked eye that the groove in the bullet was closer to the case neck on some rounds then others. So I measured base to ogive on all my loaded rounds and they were consistant within .0015". So I pulled out a few bullets from the box and measured from the base of the bullet to the bottom of the groove. I noticed a .030" varience on where the groove was located on the bearing surface :/</p><p></p><p>It doesn't seam to effect 100 yard accuracy, but my worry is it will effect the drag and balance of the bullet at greater distances. When I get a nice day with no wind or mirage, I will go shoot some groups at distance and see if it holds 1/2 moa. </p><p></p><p>I'm hoping this will not effect the bullets performance, but I'm the kind of person, when I spot differences with my naked eye, I know it will always bug me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Badgerclaw, post: 1675688, member: 101780"] Just an update to keep this thread going... very excited about this bullet, but I have found one negitive thing to say about it. Firstly, the good news. I've gone out two more times and this bullet seams very capable of sub 1/2 moa accuracy. My barrel, which has been copper fouling badly with every other bullet, shows no signs of copper to this point. Bad news, I noticed that as I seated the bullets, I could see with my naked eye that the groove in the bullet was closer to the case neck on some rounds then others. So I measured base to ogive on all my loaded rounds and they were consistant within .0015". So I pulled out a few bullets from the box and measured from the base of the bullet to the bottom of the groove. I noticed a .030" varience on where the groove was located on the bearing surface :/ It doesn't seam to effect 100 yard accuracy, but my worry is it will effect the drag and balance of the bullet at greater distances. When I get a nice day with no wind or mirage, I will go shoot some groups at distance and see if it holds 1/2 moa. I'm hoping this will not effect the bullets performance, but I'm the kind of person, when I spot differences with my naked eye, I know it will always bug me. [/QUOTE]
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