olp73 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Will a 1:7,7 barrel stabilize a 50gr HP bullet and give good precision at 200 meters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskapopo Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Will a 1:7,7 barrel stabilize a 50gr HP bullet and give good precision at 200 meters? Yes. I have had good luck with my 1/7 guns with 52 grain Sierra Match King bullets. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwain C. Baer Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Will a 1:7,7 barrel stabilize a 50gr HP bullet and give good precision at 200 meters? Yes. I have had good luck with my 1/7 guns with 52 grain Sierra Match King bullets. My Colt is a 1:7 twist, and it shoots 55 grains okay. But it's a twenty inch barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootfastRunfaster Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I have had great success with Hornady 52 gr. match bullets from my 18 inch 1:7 Noveske SPR barrel. I can get them up to 3200 with sub MOA accuracy. You need to watch the bullet construction though. I watched some 40 gr. Hornday V-MAX spin themselves apart when they were pushed too fast from a 1:7. You could watch the jacket strike the ground in a spiral pattern approximately 20-50 ft from the muzzle while the lead core tumbled downrange. It was pretty cool to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olp73 Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 I don’t know if this is true but I have heard that HP bullets tend to shoot better than many FMJ bullets. The reason is supposed to be a more uniform base. There are not that many cartridges to chose form around here and this is the only medium prized HP round that I could find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskapopo Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I have not had much luck getting good accuracy with FMJ bullets at least consistently. I much prefer boattail hollow points. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwain C. Baer Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I have not had much luck getting good accuracy with FMJ bullets at least consistently. I much prefer boattail hollow points. Some companies produce boat-tail FMJ rounds, but in my rifles the boat-tail hollow points are still more accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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