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When T-Bone sold off a few guns to finance his .308 Precision Rifle, he had about 25 of these Speer bullets left, and he gave them to me. I loaded up 20 of them over 36.5 grains of AA-2230 and shot them this week, and results were disappointing at best...........about 5 inches at 50 yards. This looks like a really good bullet for pig hunting, maybe even better than the Hornady 220, but that rifle has never shot so poorly, even with my clumsy first attempts at casting bullets. The bore is clean, so it's not a fouling issue, I'm dumbfounded that a bullet that costs what this one does can shoot so badly. A 1-12" twist is plenty ample to stabilize it.
I guess another powder is the first thing I'll try, maybe a dose of RE-7 or 4895 would do the trick.
Any thoughts? It wouldn't be a big deal, but I liked the bullet profile so much I ordered two more boxes of these, now I'm wondering what to do with them if they just won't shoot.
I guess another powder is the first thing I'll try, maybe a dose of RE-7 or 4895 would do the trick.
Any thoughts? It wouldn't be a big deal, but I liked the bullet profile so much I ordered two more boxes of these, now I'm wondering what to do with them if they just won't shoot.