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Custom Rifle accuracy expectations??
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<blockquote data-quote="SBruce" data-source="post: 554652" data-attributes="member: 21068"><p>Hey Paul,</p><p> </p><p>Yea, I've tried a few different bullets, and tried a few different seating depths with those bullets also. I haven't played with powder charges, just simply because I worked up till I got the velocity I wanted (about equal to or slightly less than book max velocities) with low ES's, then went to shooting paper for group size. The chronograph says I should get excellent long range accuracy with sigle digit or teen ES's, but the paper at 200 doesn't agree. There's no way I can expect 3" or less at 600 when <u>my best</u> groups at 200 have only been 2". </p><p> </p><p>I am shooting off a bench in calm conditions, next I plan on having a couple other guys shoot the same loads that gave 2" at 200, to see if they see the same results. I am ultimately looking for 1" at 300 yds on a calm day. I've shot those kind of groups in the past, but it seems like an un-obtainable goal with a couple of these guns.? Certainly don't feel like I got what I paid for at this point in the journey, especially since a couple other rifles are shooting sub 1/2 minute at 400 with random picked fireforming loads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SBruce, post: 554652, member: 21068"] Hey Paul, Yea, I've tried a few different bullets, and tried a few different seating depths with those bullets also. I haven't played with powder charges, just simply because I worked up till I got the velocity I wanted (about equal to or slightly less than book max velocities) with low ES's, then went to shooting paper for group size. The chronograph says I should get excellent long range accuracy with sigle digit or teen ES's, but the paper at 200 doesn't agree. There's no way I can expect 3" or less at 600 when [U]my best[/U] groups at 200 have only been 2". I am shooting off a bench in calm conditions, next I plan on having a couple other guys shoot the same loads that gave 2" at 200, to see if they see the same results. I am ultimately looking for 1" at 300 yds on a calm day. I've shot those kind of groups in the past, but it seems like an un-obtainable goal with a couple of these guns.? Certainly don't feel like I got what I paid for at this point in the journey, especially since a couple other rifles are shooting sub 1/2 minute at 400 with random picked fireforming loads. [/QUOTE]
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