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Help me with an AR load
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<blockquote data-quote="Just a hunter" data-source="post: 2779465" data-attributes="member: 112197"><p>Okay, I am still waiting to hear back about the details on the barrel, as far as manufacturer and material. It is 18" long and has a 1 in 8 twist rate. </p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure it is a 5.56 chamber but not 100% on that, I'll check later tonight and see. </p><p></p><p>The gentleman that I am trying to help out with this rifle is a good friend of mine. He's 75 years old if I'm not mistaken. He had a specific request when he asked me to see what I could come up with. Someone had told him that they had a similar build and it didn't shoot well (accurately) until he got to bullets heavier than 68gr. He asked me to try to find something heavier than 68 and tipped. The first thing I found was the 73 ELD-M. I read a little bit about it and saw folks saying it had a shorter bearing surface and was easier to stabilize but picky as far as powder went. I personally wouldn't have picked that specific bullet for my own AR but it seemed to fit the requirements he was asking for.</p><p></p><p>I work a crazy schedule and hours and won't be off again until the first of the coming week. I'm off tonight so I am going to clean the rifle and see if I can load a few of the ELD-M's with TAC and Varget and go shoot Monday or Tuesday. By then I will have some SMK's here to try if I can't get these to consistently group in the 2" range. I'm considering not even telling him how slow they are running and trying the lighter CFE223 charge again and see if I can duplicate the results I had yesterday.</p><p></p><p>I've got to go back and reread the posts up to this point and see what else I can learn. Once again, I apologize for my little rant last night. That was unfair of me and not how I try to react online or in my everyday interactions with people. Thank you to all who have responded and I welcome any and all input going forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Just a hunter, post: 2779465, member: 112197"] Okay, I am still waiting to hear back about the details on the barrel, as far as manufacturer and material. It is 18" long and has a 1 in 8 twist rate. I'm pretty sure it is a 5.56 chamber but not 100% on that, I'll check later tonight and see. The gentleman that I am trying to help out with this rifle is a good friend of mine. He's 75 years old if I'm not mistaken. He had a specific request when he asked me to see what I could come up with. Someone had told him that they had a similar build and it didn't shoot well (accurately) until he got to bullets heavier than 68gr. He asked me to try to find something heavier than 68 and tipped. The first thing I found was the 73 ELD-M. I read a little bit about it and saw folks saying it had a shorter bearing surface and was easier to stabilize but picky as far as powder went. I personally wouldn't have picked that specific bullet for my own AR but it seemed to fit the requirements he was asking for. I work a crazy schedule and hours and won't be off again until the first of the coming week. I'm off tonight so I am going to clean the rifle and see if I can load a few of the ELD-M's with TAC and Varget and go shoot Monday or Tuesday. By then I will have some SMK's here to try if I can't get these to consistently group in the 2" range. I'm considering not even telling him how slow they are running and trying the lighter CFE223 charge again and see if I can duplicate the results I had yesterday. I've got to go back and reread the posts up to this point and see what else I can learn. Once again, I apologize for my little rant last night. That was unfair of me and not how I try to react online or in my everyday interactions with people. Thank you to all who have responded and I welcome any and all input going forward. [/QUOTE]
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