Does it take to shoot out a barrel? Specifically, a 6.5 Creedmoor? I have a Savage 110 Precision Elite I bought new in 2021. I started with it using Hornady factory rounds about the same time I began hand loading. My best shooting had been a single ragged hole using 44.1 grains of Staball 6.5 under a Nosler 140 grain OTM. The factory ammo was good but the hand loads were better. Last 3 times at the range I’ve been averaging 2” - 3” groups with my hand loads. I scrubbed the barrel with a copper remover and flushed it with Hoppe’s No.9 then today I bought a variety of 3 boxes of factory ammo in 129, 140 and 147 to “baseline“ the rifle, so to speak. My point of impact varied some, as I would expect, but all groups were exactly the same, 2-3 inches at 100 yards. This rifle has well under 1,000 rounds through it. I’ve checked all the receiver screws, scope screws, etc. I can dial the scope to move the groups consistently but the size of the groups doesn’t change. The optic is a Crimson Trace 5-25 FFP. I brought along a similar rifle with me, my Savage 110 Precision 300 Win Mag. It’s consistently shooting sub MOA and boring accurate, so that eliminates me as the problem. I’ll have my buddy shoot with me next week and see how he does with it. Sorry for the long post but I’m stumped.
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