50gr HP in 1:7,7

[olp73]

Will a 1:7,7 barrel stabilize a 50gr HP bullet and give good precision at 200 meters?

[Alaskapopo]

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

[Dwain C. Baer]

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.

[ShootfastRunfaster]

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.

[olp73]

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.

[Alaskapopo]

I have not had much luck getting good accuracy with FMJ bullets at least consistently. I much prefer boattail hollow points.

Pat

[Dwain C. Baer]

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.