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You don't think they could say his chronograph is bad? I said equipment not rifle, I've never used a chronograph so I'm not sure what the norm for muzzle velocity fluctuations is. I would think with today's technology that 400 ft/s discrepancy would not be acceptable.
You still have to fireform it and now you've wasted all this time with Remington when you have no intention on using their product in the end since you are going to handload.And I'd be out that many bullets, charges of powder, and the all-important primers. And my BIGGEST issue is I'd have had to have taken those several hours of careful workup and repeated the process in what would likely not have duplicated my original data, since the volume would have increased significantly, so I'd have had to have done it a THIRD time.
I get 1 day off every 2 to 3 weeks, and in that day, I have to get haircuts, oil changes (I drive like 1000 miles a week), Dr appointments, vet appointments, honey-dos, etc. I have 1 day to go back to the range before hunting season opens (and then I have 1 day to hunt this month), so whatever I do has to be complete and final on that day. I drive between 45 minutes and 90 minutes to a range, depending on which is available at the time. My choice may seem irrational to some, but unfortunately, it's the best I can do. And if I'd have done it the correct way, I wouldn't have gotten to post this lovely thread so folks could take time out of their busy day and tell me what an idiot I am. It's real important to me to know I'm an idiot. I need to know others see it, too.
If it matters at all, I'll tell you what you already know: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!!
Agreed!
I, too, do not usually use factory ammunition to do barrel break-ins. I won a 6.5 CM TC Compass for $20 in a 2018 raffle. I slapped on the scope and purchased a couple of factory ammunition, 125g Winchester Deer Season XP (different lot #s for a reason) boxes for sight-in and barrel break-in. For all my off-the-shelf choices, Winchester is my choice of brass and was $10 cheaper than the rest.
That seems to be the norm for the 7 prc. Well with the Hornady anyways .I just shot my first 3 rounds of factory ammo in 30 years. I am helping diagnose an accuracy issue for a friend's brand new 7 PRC. 175gr bullets advertised at 3000fps... 24" bbl average 2730fps.
Now he's even more disappointed
But it met my expectation exactly.
Mine was almost exactly as advertised in 7 PRC. It's probably an older box from when they were first introduced, though.
400 fps below box velocity is way outside acceptable. Completely agree with verifying velocity and drops, but this amount of velocity error is crazy!
Way better!!
