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6.5 SAUM help please
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<blockquote data-quote="Doug Herold" data-source="post: 1478454" data-attributes="member: 102658"><p>Yes, yes, and yes...</p><p>Your gun is not going to shoot at it's best until the barrel is broke in. In addition to the GREAT information these guys have provided, I'll chip in my two cents: The 6.5Gap4s I had built for me this year was depressing until it finally broke in. I still half way hate it even though I center punched a groundhog at 600 yds with it... Anyway... I use the 140 gr Hybrid. Much more forgiving regarding seating depth. George Gardner supposedly trims the brass to 2.015" (working well for me). Only use a Lab Radar or Magneto Speed. Anything else is junk and will not give you useful data. Your gun probably is NOT gonna shoot accurately and the velocity is not going to stabilize until 100-150 rounds are out-the-tube. So stop chasing your tail. Once the gun is properly broken in, it may very well like being shot dirty... AND you may have to put a few rounds through it to get to "dirty". ( I've had some guns that I didn't clean till 150 rounds passed through the barrel; I know a Seal who simply does not clean his barrel unless it doesn't shoot accurately). Bottom Line: You probably are shooting a gun which is not broke in, perhaps one which will like being dirty, which you MUST keep clean until it's broken in. Finally, sell the lead sled. I hope your gun is wearing a break... Absolutely zero recoil.</p><p>Ohh yeah, I anneal the Hornady brass after 3 rounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doug Herold, post: 1478454, member: 102658"] Yes, yes, and yes... Your gun is not going to shoot at it’s best until the barrel is broke in. In addition to the GREAT information these guys have provided, I’ll chip in my two cents: The 6.5Gap4s I had built for me this year was depressing until it finally broke in. I still half way hate it even though I center punched a groundhog at 600 yds with it... Anyway... I use the 140 gr Hybrid. Much more forgiving regarding seating depth. George Gardner supposedly trims the brass to 2.015” (working well for me). Only use a Lab Radar or Magneto Speed. Anything else is junk and will not give you useful data. Your gun probably is NOT gonna shoot accurately and the velocity is not going to stabilize until 100-150 rounds are out-the-tube. So stop chasing your tail. Once the gun is properly broken in, it may very well like being shot dirty... AND you may have to put a few rounds through it to get to “dirty”. ( I’ve had some guns that I didn’t clean till 150 rounds passed through the barrel; I know a Seal who simply does not clean his barrel unless it doesn’t shoot accurately). Bottom Line: You probably are shooting a gun which is not broke in, perhaps one which will like being dirty, which you MUST keep clean until it’s broken in. Finally, sell the lead sled. I hope your gun is wearing a break... Absolutely zero recoil. Ohh yeah, I anneal the Hornady brass after 3 rounds. [/QUOTE]
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