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Accurate load falls apart after 100
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<blockquote data-quote="Flintlock" data-source="post: 1673523" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>I had a 6x250 Rem 788 Rebarreled about 10 years back. It had 25 years of shooting and abuse on the barrel from an old friend that carried in his hay truck for varmints.</p><p>I had a new 1-9 twist barrel installed and put together some new loads. Went to the range and set up.</p><p>I had the same load as I always shot with a thin skinned jacket. I was having trouble with groups at 100. So I went to 200 to check. Couldn't hit a paper plate. </p><p>Had a older Gentleman there at the range shooting a 6mm Remington. He said when I shoot a little puff of smoke would be at the end of my barrel. Found out that the thin skinned varmint bullet I was shooting was getting the jacket ripped off when fired with the new fast twist barrel. This guy told me to try some Sierra Jacketed Hollow point flat base bullets that had thick jacket, he was shooting. Immediately my groups shrank after loading some of these bullets and had great groups out to 400 yards which was as far as my range would let me shoot.</p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flintlock, post: 1673523, member: 6546"] I had a 6x250 Rem 788 Rebarreled about 10 years back. It had 25 years of shooting and abuse on the barrel from an old friend that carried in his hay truck for varmints. I had a new 1-9 twist barrel installed and put together some new loads. Went to the range and set up. I had the same load as I always shot with a thin skinned jacket. I was having trouble with groups at 100. So I went to 200 to check. Couldn't hit a paper plate. Had a older Gentleman there at the range shooting a 6mm Remington. He said when I shoot a little puff of smoke would be at the end of my barrel. Found out that the thin skinned varmint bullet I was shooting was getting the jacket ripped off when fired with the new fast twist barrel. This guy told me to try some Sierra Jacketed Hollow point flat base bullets that had thick jacket, he was shooting. Immediately my groups shrank after loading some of these bullets and had great groups out to 400 yards which was as far as my range would let me shoot. Mike [/QUOTE]
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