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Posted: 2/28/2009 3:51:56 PM EDT
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For the love of god please don't flame me on this ............
I have owned several AR in my life all have been 1/7 all with a 1/9 twist ammo was never a problem with accuracy .But i acquired a rock rivers national match with a 1/8 twist barrel and now the accuracy bug has bitten me and its now part of my OCD  ..
my questions to the brotherhood is this ....... What would be a appropriate weight bullet to use ? all information will be helpful as i have obtained several stories on this from "people" who i would consider to be of the mall ninja decent Thanks rich |
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I don't have the money to do the "try bullets from 68-80 grains with every powder weight and type possible then pick the best one and throw out all the others." I have never had an issue with 75s... black hills red box is good commercial stuff. Ever tried it? If not, you should.
By the way, that wasnt meant to be a jab at the gentleman above, i made this simultaneously to him and was talking about hand loading. |
i have tried the black hills 52 grain . was nice , have tons of tap 55 grain also have tons of standard 55 fmj , haven't gone the reload route yet , cant find a good deal on a reloader , have the brass but not the reloader  ... i have heard to run the heavier bullets in her for max accuracy .just trying to get a feel for her , as i only have about 30 rounds through it . the black hills was a 525 grain and i got a sub moa at 100 yards , but i feel it wont cut it when i go out to 300 plus.....
Rich |
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i have tried the black hills 52 grain . was nice , have tons of tap 55 grain also have tons of standard 55 fmj , haven't gone the reload route yet , cant find a good deal on a reloader , have the brass but not the reloader ... i have heard to run the heavier bullets in her for max accuracy .just trying to get a feel for her , as i only have about 30 rounds through it . the black hills was a 525 grain and i got a sub moa at 100 yards , but i feel it wont cut it when i go out to 300 plus.....
Rich you could get into a used single stage press or turret model, dies,scale,powder measure fairly cheap on the used market. I still use a cheap Lee hand priming tool on some rifle loads and load them in a old single stage RCBS press. If your interested in the best your rifle will do you'll need to roll your own. You never said your intended use? If you'll be shooting service rifle competition? or just punching paper? hunting? I suppose a good all around load would be a quality 68-69 gr. BTHP at around 2950fps. It's about the middle ground compromise. |
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