Originally Posted by
sinister
If I take the time to track down those same components and load them myself, what do I gain from 3-inch groups? I rarely find myself shooting through windshields, Fiats, adobe walls, and fences.
If I load my primary (free-float mid-length, optic, Geissele trigger) with some sort of Sierra, Berger, or Nosler match bullet I can put the round exactly where I'm pointing at fair distances. 3-MOA may work for you. If I'm OK with 3-MOA I'm shooting 55-grain Hornady Ball bullets, much cheaper.
I'm not saying not to buy it, shoot it, and enjoy it -- I'm saying for me the math isn't worth the squeeze.
This is broadly where I'm at with that - when I was finding Mk318 for cheap enough I could overlook that, job done. When it starts getting expensive, and particularly since I'd rather have more precision capability, I'm going to run a different bullet period.
On stale information I'd still just default to trying to roll my own 70gr TTSX in this space, but I'm a bit surprised there aren't more factoring loadings floating around. I even still have a bunch of random 75gr Hornady that is still cheaper than anything I'd be able to replace that with right now.
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