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I use JP, Stretch 16, faxon and APOC. All great barrels (my rankings are 1st to last)

I've had very accurate barrels from apoc armory on my other rifles

I bought the standard (black spring i believe) and did not like it in my rifle tube. I then returned it and got the JP rifle buffer and tuned spring, gun shoots softer and i stay on target more. This may be just my case as a friend bought the spring set and used the white spring and his gun shoots soft (but mine shoots softer). I never had the sproing noise so i got it simply for performance, but in my case the buffer/spring combo from JP worked better for me. I've got a jp rifle length barrel, lmos bcg, and adjustable gas block for reference

I personally have never seen a tube wear out, but i do oil the inside lightly on all my guns.

PMAG have yet to fail me, ive been looking into TT basepads to extend my 40 rounder a bit

Another Houstonian here! Welcome!

Welcome from another newbie in Houston!

Welcome to the forums!

Im on the same boat, Youre my first post ! Welcome to the forums from Houston !

thanks guys, yeah im gonna try a couple 55's that my local b&m has.

This was more what i was looking for. Thanks Slowhand. I dont have a press yet so im going to try different Vmaxs. the 69 SMK i have is the Federal stuff GMM, ill try to see if the rifle likes it. Thanks again.

Yeah, i just found i have a box of those left .. didnt know. Im gonna give it a shot this weekend. Thanks WGJ3.

Hey guys, I just built a new 3 gun rifle and have been testing different factory ammo to see what my barrel likes. Honestly, I've tried looking to see what my JP 18in 1/8 twist barrel likes and came up short. Compared to my armalite 3 gun which loved the 69gr hpbt from freedom (easily sub moa @ 100yards) this JP barrel doesn't group as tight with that load. I just wanted to see what everyone else with this barrel had luck with. I tested some ammo this past weekend at 50 yards since the 100 yard lanes were packed with the following ammo: 69gr HPBT from freedom (~.75 inch group), AE 55gr 223 bulk pack (~.7 inch group), and AE 55gr FMJBT (~.5 inch group). I was shooting from a lead sled with 1-6x razor. I will be trying out some Hornady 55gr vmax, hopefully some freedom 55gr vmax as well as some pmc this weekend. I just want to find something that is very accurate without going full blown match ammo that would empty my wallet week to week. Being a brand new build im just trying to save some money and see what everyone else has had luck with. Thank you guys in advance for your help. Really glad i found this forum!