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Accubond LONGRANGE 6.5, 142gr performance
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<blockquote data-quote="Wachsmann" data-source="post: 1743961" data-attributes="member: 10429"><p>""I just dumped about 25 or more of the 129's in the trash last week. The ones I had did have quality issues. There was as much as +/- 0.7 grains difference in weight and the length of the bearing surfaces between the bullets were not the same.""</p><p></p><p>I had said they were 0.7 grains +/-.....So they were around 141.3 to as much as 142.7 grains difference. The weight made a little difference in groups but the bearing surface I think made the most difference. The loads were never consistent to hold under .5MOA. My standard or what I consider seems to work for long range shooting is try to get a load that holds .5MOA at 200yards and have an ES and SD below 20fps. Generally if the shooting system is able to do this (me included) then shooting out to 1000 yards is a doable shot at about 1MOA accuracy. I was never able to get the loads consistent enough to maintain this criteria. I think it was mainly the difference in the bearing surface inconsistencies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wachsmann, post: 1743961, member: 10429"] ""I just dumped about 25 or more of the 129's in the trash last week. The ones I had did have quality issues. There was as much as +/- 0.7 grains difference in weight and the length of the bearing surfaces between the bullets were not the same."" I had said they were 0.7 grains +/-.....So they were around 141.3 to as much as 142.7 grains difference. The weight made a little difference in groups but the bearing surface I think made the most difference. The loads were never consistent to hold under .5MOA. My standard or what I consider seems to work for long range shooting is try to get a load that holds .5MOA at 200yards and have an ES and SD below 20fps. Generally if the shooting system is able to do this (me included) then shooting out to 1000 yards is a doable shot at about 1MOA accuracy. I was never able to get the loads consistent enough to maintain this criteria. I think it was mainly the difference in the bearing surface inconsistencies. [/QUOTE]
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