I see what you are saying.
I'm just scratching the surface with this rifle. There's under 50 rounds shot out of it, at this point.
I'll try to focus through the veil of my ADHD!
Bullet stabilization, barrel fouling or breaking in?
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I'm just scratching the surface with this rifle. There's under 50 rounds shot out of it, at this point.
I'll try to focus through the veil of my ADHD!
Huntnful
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ADHD gets the best of us hahaha. All I know, is that rifle is going to shoot plenty good!!!I see what you are saying.
I'm just scratching the surface with this rifle. There's under 50 rounds shot out of it, at this point.
I'll try to focus through the veil of my ADHD!
It's a fine line these days between spending a fortune on components and getting enough data to be valid. I am seeing more and more that finding the right combo of bullet and powder is most of the battle. It's seems when I do that load dev is usually easy and the load is very tolerant of minor changes. This is where the internet can help. Found out what the most popular combo is and look up some data. Pick a midrange load and start there. I like to shoot 8-10 3 shot groups with hunting rifles. 5-6 five shot groups. I shoot them at the same target. I do this at 100 before moving out.
Cajun's advice is spot on. It is amazing when you find the powder the bullet likes or vise versa, does not seem to take long.
Fourth and fifth shots heat up a barrel, where copper fouling can seriously degrade accuracy. Also, time extends the chances for wind changes in longer shot strings, which often are nothing more than an indication of how stable the air temperatures and wind are at that time.
Barrel quality from the foundry, heat treat, uniform bore dia, and bore smoothness rears its ugly head. Each barrel will have its fouling characteristics, and the Teslong bore scope will teach volumes keeping accuracy at its best where 1/4-3/8 MOA thrives.
A wind flag(s) will help you sort out flyers from wind switches and velocity changes. Serious shooters are slow on the uptake of the simple Physics that wind moves bullets.
180s have a lot of bearing surface, watch the copper in your barrel. Play with ballistic programs, there is a distance where 162 & 168s are offer less wind drift and bullet drop....don't outsmart yourself.
I have Wilson barrels in 6 BRA and (2) in 22/243 AI, they are great shooters but I had one that I would not chamber due to bore ID uniformity. The three Wilsons that I do have chambered are very smooth inside, more so than a very popular Cut rifle barrel brand. The Wilsons are MUCH smoother than a couple of Shaw's that I had a couple of years ago.
I will not comment on the issue of bullets going to sleep other than Aberdine Proving grounds took pictures of various bullet nose designs and bullet yaw for an Olympics 22 Rim fire Project.
Fourth and fifth shots heat up a barrel, where copper fouling can seriously degrade accuracy. Also, time extends the chances for wind changes in longer shot strings, which often are nothing more than an indication of how stable the air temperatures and wind are at that time.
Barrel quality from the foundry, heat treat, uniform bore dia, and bore smoothness rears its ugly head. Each barrel will have its fouling characteristics, and the Teslong bore scope will teach volumes keeping accuracy at its best where 1/4-3/8 MOA thrives.
A wind flag(s) will help you sort out flyers from wind switches and velocity changes. Serious shooters are slow on the uptake of the simple Physics that wind moves bullets.
180s have a lot of bearing surface, watch the copper in your barrel. Play with ballistic programs, there is a distance where 162 & 168s are offer less wind drift and bullet drop....don't outsmart yourself.
I have Wilson barrels in 6 BRA and (2) in 22/243 AI, they are great shooters but I had one that I would not chamber due to bore ID uniformity. The three Wilsons that I do have chambered are very smooth inside, more so than a very popular Cut rifle barrel brand. The Wilsons are MUCH smoother than a couple of Shaw's that I had a couple of years ago.
I will not comment on the issue of bullets going to sleep other than Aberdine Proving grounds took pictures of various bullet nose designs and bullet yaw for an Olympics 22 Rim fire Project.
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Well with under 50 Rds shot out of it.. how did the hot dog turn out ? Did you get the ketchup?I see what you are saying.
I'm just scratching the surface with this rifle. There's under 50 rounds shot out of it, at this point.
I'll try to focus through the veil of my ADHD!
I haven't heard of running rubbing "isopropyl" alcohol in a clean bore. Do you run dry patches through it to remove the water? I'm pretty sure rubbing alcohol contains water.
Go on Amazon and you'll find 99.9% IPA. It's cheap.
I made that lol. The lesser proofs are just watered down. The 99.9999 is a special semiconductor grade. Used to wash chips. The typical grade is about 95%. It's diluted from there.
