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<blockquote data-quote="blvette75" data-source="post: 3025799" data-attributes="member: 72440"><p>The only Rifle I have owned that I have had repetitive issues with is a Browning BAR in 300 win mag which I purchased used it is an old steel frame model. I have had on occasion got it to group only to have it revert back to inaccurate, to me it was unusable for hunting. At least an MOA at a 100 yards with a 3 shot group has been my criteria. I currently have my old dog troubleshooting scope on it and been developing loads for it, currently have a combo that is now grouping. I will continue to develop this load per the nuances I have discovered with this rifle and that will have to do. As the brass must be a little shorter than typical as does the COAL, why I have no idea, but have tracked these issues over time. It has been a pain to measure each round in a factory box to get the data on what makes a difference. Once upon a time I had Nosler make me some ammo for it which shot well, made some of those but now those bullets aren't available. Tried factory ammo again and now I started over with reloads for it currently have been using the ELD-X bullets 220grn, which are grouping. The list of weird things that have gone wrong with this rifle is long. I was going to sell it a couple of times, but it is such a very nice looking rifle, from a fit and finish perspective is why I haven't given up on it. I understand Semi auto rifles are a bit more finicky than bolt guns. Once the new load development is done will swap an existing scope from a rifle that is shooting well and upgrade the scope on the BAR rifle. But it has been an adventure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blvette75, post: 3025799, member: 72440"] The only Rifle I have owned that I have had repetitive issues with is a Browning BAR in 300 win mag which I purchased used it is an old steel frame model. I have had on occasion got it to group only to have it revert back to inaccurate, to me it was unusable for hunting. At least an MOA at a 100 yards with a 3 shot group has been my criteria. I currently have my old dog troubleshooting scope on it and been developing loads for it, currently have a combo that is now grouping. I will continue to develop this load per the nuances I have discovered with this rifle and that will have to do. As the brass must be a little shorter than typical as does the COAL, why I have no idea, but have tracked these issues over time. It has been a pain to measure each round in a factory box to get the data on what makes a difference. Once upon a time I had Nosler make me some ammo for it which shot well, made some of those but now those bullets aren't available. Tried factory ammo again and now I started over with reloads for it currently have been using the ELD-X bullets 220grn, which are grouping. The list of weird things that have gone wrong with this rifle is long. I was going to sell it a couple of times, but it is such a very nice looking rifle, from a fit and finish perspective is why I haven't given up on it. I understand Semi auto rifles are a bit more finicky than bolt guns. Once the new load development is done will swap an existing scope from a rifle that is shooting well and upgrade the scope on the BAR rifle. But it has been an adventure. [/QUOTE]
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