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<blockquote data-quote="SMK1000plus" data-source="post: 1609207" data-attributes="member: 93846"><p>Try 52gr SMKs. My Browning A-Bolt Micro-Hunter Lefty (my son's 1st centerfire, 20 years ago) has a 1:12" published twist that actually measures 1 in 12-3/4". It will not shoot 55gr bullets or above. The 55gr, even match, shoot 1-1/2 MOA or greater at 100 and 200 yards; handloaded SMKs, factory Black Hills Match, FGMM, doesn't matter. No 55gr or up shoot under 1-1/2 MOA. 64gr and up keyhole through the target at 100 yards. 77gr tumble at 30 yards!</p><p></p><p>What I did find was that rifle will bughole 52gr SMKs! It usually shoots .2s to .4s at 100 yards!</p><p></p><p>I almost rebarreled it. Even bought a Bartlein Featherweight 21" SS 1 in 8" twist 5R barrel for it but, just can't bring myself to rebarrel a hunting rifle that shoots in the .2s to .4s... It is murder on crows and my son took his 1st buck with it at 5-1/2 years old. It had killed eight deer by the time he was ten. All neck shots. All with the 52gr SMKs.</p><p></p><p>Black Hills has their Match 223 Rem loaded with the 52gr SMKs available in boxes of 50 rounds and in 1,000 round cases. I've never seen them in FGMM. In my 52gr SMK 223 Rem handloads, I recently swapped from RL-15 to RL-16 and have had great results. Reloder 16 is way more temperature stable. I was seeing major velocity and accuracy swings in the Reloder 15, especially when temperatures vary from above 95°F in summer to below 35°F in winter. Incidentally, I also went to using only RL-16 in my 69gr and 77gr 223 Rem handloads for all my other 223 Rem rifles, as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMK1000plus, post: 1609207, member: 93846"] Try 52gr SMKs. My Browning A-Bolt Micro-Hunter Lefty (my son's 1st centerfire, 20 years ago) has a 1:12" published twist that actually measures 1 in 12-3/4". It will not shoot 55gr bullets or above. The 55gr, even match, shoot 1-1/2 MOA or greater at 100 and 200 yards; handloaded SMKs, factory Black Hills Match, FGMM, doesn't matter. No 55gr or up shoot under 1-1/2 MOA. 64gr and up keyhole through the target at 100 yards. 77gr tumble at 30 yards! What I did find was that rifle will bughole 52gr SMKs! It usually shoots .2s to .4s at 100 yards! I almost rebarreled it. Even bought a Bartlein Featherweight 21" SS 1 in 8" twist 5R barrel for it but, just can't bring myself to rebarrel a hunting rifle that shoots in the .2s to .4s... It is murder on crows and my son took his 1st buck with it at 5-1/2 years old. It had killed eight deer by the time he was ten. All neck shots. All with the 52gr SMKs. Black Hills has their Match 223 Rem loaded with the 52gr SMKs available in boxes of 50 rounds and in 1,000 round cases. I've never seen them in FGMM. In my 52gr SMK 223 Rem handloads, I recently swapped from RL-15 to RL-16 and have had great results. Reloder 16 is way more temperature stable. I was seeing major velocity and accuracy swings in the Reloder 15, especially when temperatures vary from above 95°F in summer to below 35°F in winter. Incidentally, I also went to using only RL-16 in my 69gr and 77gr 223 Rem handloads for all my other 223 Rem rifles, as well. [/QUOTE]
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