Accuracy Next Steps

[Hoser]

Get good bullets and good brass. Just neck size bolt gun brass. Seating depth matters, but not that much with thick jacketed bullets like Sierra or Hornady.

Most all else is up to the loose nut behind the scope.

[Zombie Steve]

An easy place to start is to sort by headstamp.

LC brass from one year isn't the same as every other.

[Tim K]

Most all else is up to the loose nut behind the scope.

Truer words were never spoken.

What kind of accuracy are you actually getting?

[JustAGuy]

Truer words were never spoken.

What kind of accuracy are you actually getting?

I'm seeing fairly consistent .5 to .8 MOA, 5 shot groups at 100 yd.

I guess I'm just looking to narrow the consistency from round to round now so I can build that ammo for practice and then work on the shooter's skills. Now THAT will eat up some ammo.

Sam

[Zombie Steve]

I'm seeing fairly consistent .5 to .8 MOA, 5 shot groups at 100 yd.

I guess I'm just looking to narrow the consistency from round to round now so I can build that ammo for practice and then work on the shooter's skills. Now THAT will eat up some ammo.

Sam

If it stays sub MOA out to 300 yards or so, I'd say you're close to done with that bullet (flat base, right?). Not that you can't get your dope farther out, it just won't ever fly like a boat-tail at distance.

You can do all of these things:

-Sort brass and bullets by weight
-Anneal cases
-De-burr the flash holes
-Uniform the primer pockets
-Turn case necks
-Check concentricity
-Tinker with distance from lands
-Get the Pope to bless the rounds


... but my guess is you won't get that load a whole lot better than what it is now.

[JustAGuy]

If it stays sub MOA out to 300 yards or so, I'd say you're close to done with that bullet (flat base, right?). Not that you can't get your dope farther out, it just won't ever fly like a boat-tail at distance.

Yeah, the 60 grainers are flat base. I've done some limited testing with heavier boat tail bullets but didn't have very good results at the 100 yd mark. Maybe after I get this flat base bullet accurate out to 300, I'll go back and re-visit the heavier ones...maybe with a different powder.

Sam

[Delfuego]

-Get the Pope to bless the rounds

I did this and got minimal improvement...

I think .5-.8 moa is pretty darn good for a factory rifle, better than mine. I also haven't had the chance to shoot any of my reloads yet.