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    6920 accuracy?

    I took my 6920 out shooting a little yesterday and was amazed. I had the gun zeroed already and was just wanting to play around a little to pass the day. I was shooting some Brown Bear ammo and it was all over the place. Scared me a little. I had about 5 rnds of some Remington UPC to run through it and was a somewhat better. There was a fella there that was playing with some handloads and let me shoot 3 of his loads and it was again better than the remington stuff. I was shooting at 50 yds and shooting off a sandbag. The Brown bear was like 6" group. The handload was just a 3 shot group and was about 1 1/2" at 50. Is this normal as far as accuracy? I know its not a precision rifle. I have one that I shoot High Power with and it shoots very good. I have some xm855, xm193(or maybe just m193), and some PMC Bronze on the shelf. Just wanted to waste the Brown Bear ammo instead of the 'better stuff'

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    Re: 6920 accuracy?

    I cant speak to the 6920...but it is Colt and should perform at 50yds.

    Did you check the zero? By that I mean if you had it zero'd before...and now it is not as accurate...could it have shifted?

    If i had this issue i would get some good ammo...and go through the zero process again.
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    Word to the wise, do NOT shoot others hand loads...
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    What weight of bullet did you zero your gun with? If you zeroed with 55gr for example and then start slinging 62gr you will see some POI changes. Also nothing you mentioned ammo wise is "the good stuff" for testing out pure accuracy.
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    Re: 6920 accuracy?

    Quote Originally Posted by Split66 View Post
    What weight of bullet did you zero your gun with? If you zeroed with 55gr for example and then start slinging 62gr you will see some POI changes. Also nothing you mentioned ammo wise is "the good stuff" for testing out pure accuracy.
    At 50yds would weight matter? I have a basic(very basic) understanding of grain wgt and twist, Im not challenging your statement, Im asking because I honsetly dont know.
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    It was still around the zero, just opened up. I was shooting all over the paper.

    The thought about 'someone's handload' just about the time I pulled the trigger on the first one. I probably wouldn't have if he wasn't shooting them beside me out of his AR. Is there a general ammo that everyone uses to get a zero or just let it ride. I try to pick up brass case ammo. I bought some steel cased brown bear for playing and was surprised at the scattered pattern it showed, off bags, at 50 yds.

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    IIRC it goes deeper than just bullet weight, the bullet loadings, recoil and other factors play a part. I'm sure an expert will be along soon.....

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    Using cheaper plinking ammo (55gr FMJ, 62 FMJ) you can expect 3"-5" groups at 100 yards. If you are using more precision ammo (69gr boat tail, 77 gr boat tail) then you can expect groups around 1"- 1.5" at 100 yards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kenken View Post
    It was still around the zero, just opened up. I was shooting all over the paper.

    The thought about 'someone's handload' just about the time I pulled the trigger on the first one. I probably wouldn't have if he wasn't shooting them beside me out of his AR. Is there a general ammo that everyone uses to get a zero or just let it ride. I try to pick up brass case ammo. I bought some steel cased brown bear for playing and was surprised at the scattered pattern it showed, off bags, at 50 yds.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Airhasz View Post
    Word to the wise, do NOT shoot others hand loads...
    This is great advice, I blew up an upper doing this.

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