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Tubb's TMS part 1
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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 77126" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p><strong>Re: Tubb\'s TMS part 1</strong></p><p></p><p>I got the chance to shoot 20 more TMS rounds through the 6.5-284 Thursday and I have to say that it worked out quite well. I shot 5 rounds and then checked the bullet bite after cleaning and before cleaning. Then I shot 5 more and repeated the process until all 20 were shot. The very last sequence of 5 showed a huge reduction in roughness in the throat and took 50% less Coppermelt and patches to come clean. It is now a solid 4 patch gun. The very last test Berger bullet however did not make any mark on the riflings which I thought very strange because it showed a ton of bite just 5 TMS bullets earlier. I need one more day at the range to confirm velocities and seating depths but thus far I can a say it cleans up much better and accuracy has not suffered at all. Load densities are also back to normal 90% or more. After not having the bullet get marks on it, I proceeded to fire the remaining 5 normal rounds I had left for group at 100 yards. After the fouler, the next four shots went into a .290" group! It obviously still has bite on the bullet becuase these bullets can't hit a bus at 100 yards unless they start into the riflings. I think what has happened is that the lands are now so smooth that they no longer push the ink back on the bullet. More testing is in order for a concrete conclusion, but I can't complain yet!</p><p></p><p>Part II coming up soon......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 77126, member: 2852"] [b]Re: Tubb\'s TMS part 1[/b] I got the chance to shoot 20 more TMS rounds through the 6.5-284 Thursday and I have to say that it worked out quite well. I shot 5 rounds and then checked the bullet bite after cleaning and before cleaning. Then I shot 5 more and repeated the process until all 20 were shot. The very last sequence of 5 showed a huge reduction in roughness in the throat and took 50% less Coppermelt and patches to come clean. It is now a solid 4 patch gun. The very last test Berger bullet however did not make any mark on the riflings which I thought very strange because it showed a ton of bite just 5 TMS bullets earlier. I need one more day at the range to confirm velocities and seating depths but thus far I can a say it cleans up much better and accuracy has not suffered at all. Load densities are also back to normal 90% or more. After not having the bullet get marks on it, I proceeded to fire the remaining 5 normal rounds I had left for group at 100 yards. After the fouler, the next four shots went into a .290" group! It obviously still has bite on the bullet becuase these bullets can't hit a bus at 100 yards unless they start into the riflings. I think what has happened is that the lands are now so smooth that they no longer push the ink back on the bullet. More testing is in order for a concrete conclusion, but I can't complain yet! Part II coming up soon...... [/QUOTE]
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