I'm looking for information from those who may have a CA 16" 308 carbon fiber barrel.
In my attempt to assemble the perfect lightweight short barreled bolt rifle for suppressor use and ease of handling, I picked up a. Wry lightly used CA 308 barrel and put it on a Remington 700 SA and in Proof Elevate stock.
The balance and feel with the suppressor is absolutely perfect!
The problem:
I can't get this barrel to shoot under 1 1/2-2".
I have tried several 165-168's as well as 150's with a couple of different powders some of these loads tried shoot lights out in my other 20" Waypoint and Remington factory barrels.
I was getting 2650fps with 165 and CFE223 and 2750 with 150's and Tac. Varget and IMR 4064 were slow but shot a small fraction better.
To me… this barrel should shoot smaller or at least 1moa being short and stiff.
I don't want to slow it down even more to find a node but I may have to.
Hoping maybe someone can chime in who had a similar problem with the same barrel and found a good hunting load.
Or… I got a bad barrel!
Thanks.
