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What rifles are the least picky with ammunition?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tex_Hunter" data-source="post: 2947646" data-attributes="member: 31749"><p>I've found that my custom rifles have all been the least finnicky of the guns I've owned, I usually try and shoot 100+ rounds of factory ammo through a new barrel before doing any load development and have yet to see much worse than .5-.6MOA from any of the 4 I own during that period (a 6 Creedmoor (Krieger barrel), 6.5 Creedmoor (Bartlein), 6.5 PRC (Rock Creek) and a 280 Remington (Bartlein)). I recently shot a charge weight ladder out of my 280 Rem that had a range of almost 4 grains from lowest to highest, I was just shooting over the chronograph to get velocity data and observing for any pressure signs at a single target not specifically for groups and the resulting cluster of all the shots was barely >1MOA.</p><p></p><p>The only factory rifle I have owned that wasn't picky was a Bergara HMR in 6.5 Creedmoor, that gun shot .5-.75 MOA all day long with whatever I fed it, and handloads got into the .2-.3 range. I sold it to a friend and he almost exclusively just runs basic 140gr Federal Fusion ammo through it and regularly sends me pictures of sing hole/cloverleaf 3 shot groups with that ammo or something new he has tried asking me if I ever regret selling it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tex_Hunter, post: 2947646, member: 31749"] I've found that my custom rifles have all been the least finnicky of the guns I've owned, I usually try and shoot 100+ rounds of factory ammo through a new barrel before doing any load development and have yet to see much worse than .5-.6MOA from any of the 4 I own during that period (a 6 Creedmoor (Krieger barrel), 6.5 Creedmoor (Bartlein), 6.5 PRC (Rock Creek) and a 280 Remington (Bartlein)). I recently shot a charge weight ladder out of my 280 Rem that had a range of almost 4 grains from lowest to highest, I was just shooting over the chronograph to get velocity data and observing for any pressure signs at a single target not specifically for groups and the resulting cluster of all the shots was barely >1MOA. The only factory rifle I have owned that wasn't picky was a Bergara HMR in 6.5 Creedmoor, that gun shot .5-.75 MOA all day long with whatever I fed it, and handloads got into the .2-.3 range. I sold it to a friend and he almost exclusively just runs basic 140gr Federal Fusion ammo through it and regularly sends me pictures of sing hole/cloverleaf 3 shot groups with that ammo or something new he has tried asking me if I ever regret selling it. [/QUOTE]
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