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2ac
07-03-18, 08:32
...is a lesson in patience. I’m used to a Douglas barreled, monolithic SPR. A non free floated, short barreled, long stroke piston has to be the complete opposite, lol
I was hoping it’d like at least one of my previous loads, but 2” seems to be the norm so far. Oh well, there’s more powders/weights to try..

georgeib
07-03-18, 10:00
...is a lesson in patience. I’m used to a Douglas barreled, monolithic SPR. A non free floated, short barreled, long stroke piston has to be the complete opposite, lol
I was hoping it’d like at least one of my previous loads, but 2” seems to be the norm so far. Oh well, there’s more powders/weights to try..

Those barrels take a little bit of breaking in... More so than most, in my experience. Once broken in, mine shoots better after it's collected a bit of copper.

markm
07-03-18, 12:04
Yeah. We've recently experienced this with a Faxon barrel that Pappabear bought. It started out a 3 or 4 MOA barrel. It's down to just over MOA now.

2ac
07-03-18, 12:40
Sounds like I’ll just keep running some old loads through it before I try to find a new one. I’ll be happy with moa, mostly looking for something that both my AR’s will like. Kill two birds..

markm
07-03-18, 12:51
We have good luck with 77 gr OTMs in many guns... almost regardless of load. If you're looking for a more economical route, the 62 gr Hornady HPBT has been very MOAish for us.

ggammell
07-03-18, 16:13
very MOAish .

HA! Scientific term.

2ac
07-03-18, 16:14
We have good luck with 77 gr OTMs in many guns... almost regardless of load. If you're looking for a more economical route, the 62 gr Hornady HPBT has been very MOAish for us.
Your H322 load shoots great in my SPR, and a 2520 load shoots ok. I’d definitely like to stick with 77’s for the added thump, plus Nosler 77’s are very economical.

markm
07-03-18, 17:04
Yeah. That load has been good in lots of guns. It's hard to mess up a 77 gr OTM. But the faster Benchrest rooted powders really shoot accurately in a variety of guns.