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I’ve been trying new bullets in my rifle and am having troubles.
I started with Etips and couldn’t get them to group to save my life. I went back to a known accubond load and it still groups sub MOA. Now I picked up some Barnes 127g LRX and am trying to find the lands with my Hornady OAL gauge.
Same issue as the Etips. When I inserted the OAL gauge and slid the bullet forward you can feel 3 very distinct hits and slight resistance against the bullet. Depths range from 2.207 to 2.274.
I checked my wife’s rifle chamber and it is constantly 2.254.
Cleaned the hell out of it to ensure there wasn’t any carbon or copper in the throat. Still did it, I remember it doing with the Etips too, but it only had 2 points of resistance.
The rifle round count is 700 or so. I’ve only had it 3 years am the only owner. Thinking it’s time to get it bore scoped as I can’t see anything obvious with my eyes.
I’ve never shot out a barrel before so this is new territory for me. What say you more experienced guys?
Thanks Tony
I started with Etips and couldn’t get them to group to save my life. I went back to a known accubond load and it still groups sub MOA. Now I picked up some Barnes 127g LRX and am trying to find the lands with my Hornady OAL gauge.
Same issue as the Etips. When I inserted the OAL gauge and slid the bullet forward you can feel 3 very distinct hits and slight resistance against the bullet. Depths range from 2.207 to 2.274.
I checked my wife’s rifle chamber and it is constantly 2.254.
Cleaned the hell out of it to ensure there wasn’t any carbon or copper in the throat. Still did it, I remember it doing with the Etips too, but it only had 2 points of resistance.
The rifle round count is 700 or so. I’ve only had it 3 years am the only owner. Thinking it’s time to get it bore scoped as I can’t see anything obvious with my eyes.
I’ve never shot out a barrel before so this is new territory for me. What say you more experienced guys?
Thanks Tony