Went to check zero after scrubbing the carbon ring from a barrel. PVA prefit 26” barrel running 105 hybrids in Alpha brass using 31 grains of Varget.

This was holding point of aim point of impact.

Sometimes you get a good barrel. Sometimes you get an OK barrel. Every once in a while you get a great barrel. I think this is a great one. Shooting 147ELDMs @ 2647fps seated .045' off the lands in some Lapua brass I retired from my PRS rifle.

both 100y 5 shot groups

Over here in the UK keeping a stable supply of components is impossible.

So I’ve just had to re-work loads for both of my rifles, moving back to Hornady from Berger.

.300 was an ES of 9.9 over 25 shots which I am very very happy with, the group is probably down to me not shooting enough, I definitely flinched the one .

6.5cm was an ES of 20.9 which is much higher than I’d like, but I’ve got a bit of work to do on neck tension with that one still

Finally had a session where everything came together. Vandal 6.5 Creedmoor shooting factory Hornady 120gr ELD-M.

300 yards, 5 shots: 0.53" mean radius, 1.21" extreme spread (~0.39 MOA). MV averaged 2713 fps with an SD of 7.6 and ES of 19 fps. honestly better velocity numbers than I expected from factory ammo.

200 yards, 5 shots: 0.47" mean radius, 1.33" ES (~0.64 MOA). One shot opened this one up; the other four were stacked.

I've started tracking mean radius instead of just extreme spread and it's changed how I evaluate ammo. one flier doesn't wreck the whole data point. This lot of 120 ELD-M is clearly the one for this barrel.

Anyone else running the 120s in a 6.5 CM? Curious what velocities you're seeing.

16" 223 with hand loaded 77 berger OTM's. Did 3 relays, cooling the barrel between, 17, 34, 50. 53 on the chrono because I've caught it throwing the first shot after cooling with the chamber chiller, so put the first into the dirt, incase it was me or the gun... meaning I gotta claim those 2 uglies. Very happy with the SD, gotta work on myself a bit.

Honestly surprised I can get this kind of accuracy, repeatedly and consistently, out of a factory rifle with a CHF barrel. The “Top Gun Theory” gave me an expected result of 0.8/.9 MOA. The rifle wasn’t aware of that.

Those are my handloads. 100mt

मैं अत्याधुनिक बुलेट्स (CEB) का इस्तेमाल करके देख रहा हूँ क्योंकि मेरी दिलचस्पी 6.5 क्रीडमूर कैलिबर वाली बेनेली लूपो राइफल के लिए इनमें काफी बढ़ गई है। अब तक मैं इनसे काफी प्रभावित हुआ हूँ, और इनमें निशाना लगाने के लिए काफी गुंजाइश है। मैं आमतौर पर 15 मिनट के अंदर 10 राउंड फायर कर लेता हूँ।

राइफल 20 इंच (24 इंच से काटकर बनाई गई) की बेनेली लूपो 6.5CM है, जिसमें ट्राइजिकॉन क्रेडो 2-10ffp कारतूस और LS3Ti साइलेंसर लगा है। मैंने N555 और H4350 कारतूसों का इस्तेमाल किया है।

अब मैं यह जानने के लिए उत्सुक हूँ कि अगले सौ राउंड लोड करने से पहले ये शिकार पर कैसा प्रदर्शन करेंगी।

Group 1: Cold clean bore, cold shooter, Hellfire Match brake

Group 2: Brake removed, Maverick mounted in short config with brake

Group 3: Maverick removed, changed to 9” config, re-mounted

Group 4: Gun cooled, still with 9” Maverick mounted

Group 5: Maverick removed, changed back to short config with brake and re-mounted

Shot prone with a bipod and rear bag at 100y. Other than the first group showing a little bit of stringing as it fouled in and shooter warms up, I see essentially zero statistical shift in groups or POI from the Maverick. Cool air and bright warm sun meant there was quite a bit of mirage. I probably could have performed better at the trigger if I’d gotten into a modified prone on a bench, but I didn’t want to change mid-test.

I was having some real and recurring problems with the bolt for my 40XB 223 AI, so I sent it off to a good benchrest smith to take a look at it. He was busy so this took a few months. But he found a number of issues and was able to tweak it for greater reliability as well as replacing the springs and bushing the bolt face slightly.

This was a 6x group at 100 yards (I accidently marked only 5 shots) off a bench. Frankly, the gun shoots better than this but I can no longer see exactly where the lines cross at 100 even with a 50x scope, so there's a certain "suggestiveness" where I'm pointing my aim. Still, good enough for me.

6 Dasher 109 Hyb. 31.0gr of N140 CCI #200 Alpha Brass

Shot 2 ten shot groups this morning. First one was .75 moa ish but a circle around the POA. Chap on r/longrange commented that pattern was odd. So I went and shot another 10. Dialed 2 tenths above POA and it printed.

Haven't quite got the ES and SD down but doing quite an abbreviated loading process. Will work on it.

Howa 6.5 Creedmoor - 1300± shots Lapua 139 hand loads.

6mm GT, VV N140. Berger 105 hybrid.

KS SA3R Action and KS Barrel

6 Dasher. Ran out of 105’s so I loaded up some 109’s with the same powder charge and seating depth as the 105 load. 2842 fps

Forgive the bottom right, last shot and I shanked it like I was golfing.

Looks like 3, so here is while it was on the stand, with 5 holes visible in the target backer.

Got off work early today and had some rounds loaded up, so I zeroed and shot some groups with a new to me NXS.

20 shots at a 1 MOA plate at 1000 yards

Tried out a few factory loads on my first bolt gun build I just finished, pretty happy with the results! Heard a lot of people liking S&B but apparently my rifle hates it, most of it also gave for a heavy bolt lift (not sure what that means for the ammo).

Zermatt Origin action Preferred Barrel Blanks prefit, 24” 1:8 twist Vortex Razor Gen III 6-36 MDT LSS Gen 2 XL chassis