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Old 09-08-2011, 01:34 PM
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hometheaterman
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You can see my response on my opinion of this gun in the other thread about them. However, in here I will keep my opinion of it to myself and tell you my experiences. The one I've shot got 2" groups or so with Winchester Power Points in 100 grain, but that was about it. I sometimes got 1.5" groups or so, but I'd say 2" is more average.

I did try some handloads in it with 40.3 Grains of IMR4831 and a 95 Grain Hornady SST bullet with the OAL set to 2.616 and CCI primers. They to my surprise shot about 1" groups. What was weird is in this rifle it shot 4" below the factory Winchester Power Points, where in the other rifles I've tried them they shot to an identical POI as the Power Points. However, they were decently accurate, and the most accurate bullet I've seen shot in this thing.

Just a suggestion, and use that load data at your own risk.
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