Originally Posted by
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I’ve been trending toward the idea that they aren’t optimal for repeatable precision and accuracy. It seems a little easier to work up a decent load or grab whatever’s on the shelf, and reach your accuracy goals, repeatably. A 3-shot group with 69gr FGMM, sure. Most any barrel can shoot that acceptably. But I’ve got an older Noveske stainless thats thicc and shoots anything pretty well.
My sample size has limits, and I don’t PRS or Benchrest, so I have to defer to the experts. But in my sampling, its been easier to get excellent results with a chubby barrel than a skinny one, at their extremes.