I guess I go against the grain. I’ll pull a snake through if i shoot a lot and am not going to clean right away.
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There are several different preferences. As long as your rifle is kept accurate and safe to operate, I don’t think it really matters much
Nope. I clean mine the right way...You guys run bore snakes after range visit? If so any one particular?
Have 6.5 Creedmoor
Lol Do people really use bore snakes as their only cleaning method???Nope. I clean mine the right way...
Can you school me on how to remove debris from the muzzle with a boresnake.I think I clean every 600-700 rounds; that’s just a wet patch or two than 2-3 passes with dry patches. I keep a snake on me during matches or hunting Incase something gets in the muzzle. Otherwise I don’t clean. Listen to Frank. He’s a wise man.
Fastest Smith in long range. Walk in on a Saturday morning with an action and walk out in a couple hours with a trued barreled action. Only guy I know who does it. Call him anytime.Any idea how long it takes LRI to get their 6.5 rpr barrels shipped?
From LRI? I would think so. They claim your barrel goes on the bench within 24 hrs of order. Call and ask if you have questions but it shouldn’t be long at all.Let’s say I ordered a barrel today. Would I have it by April 14?
id call prime and tell them what you saw. see if they can set u up with abox from a diffeent lot and see if it repeats. Prime is good stuff and ive never had an issue with it.Not to hijack Dillhole’s question but I’d like to know the same for Prime 130s. When I broke in my rifle a week ago I was getting 2900 and within the first box of Prime ammo I had a primer pop out and also was seeing light ejector rings on the brass. Any suggestions?
I did exactly that. Sent them an email with the lot number and within 6 hours the owner called me. I was very impressed. He sent me a new box at no cost but I haven’t had a chance to go shoot yet. I hear only good things about Prime so I thought my situation was weird.id call prime and tell them what you saw. see if they can set u up with abox from a diffeent lot and see if it repeats. Prime is good stuff and ive never had an issue with it.
For those that have factory 6.5 barrels and are shooting 140 ELD-M's, what MV's are you getting at around 40 degrees?
At 40 degrees?2740-2750ish with factory.. 2820 with handloads
only 2 things affect MV in a significant way with a given same load.......for the most part (there are other variables). Temp and barrel length.^ I find temperature actually does have the biggest impact as far as ballistics for me and my little 20” barrel. I can get away with much lighter bullets in the summer
At 40 degrees?
Hello. I have searched but not found...is there a Sniper’s Hide review of the RPR 6.5CM? Thank you.
For those that have factory 6.5 barrels and are shooting 140 ELD-M's, what MV's are you getting at around 40 degrees?
I have a question for everyone with reloading experience with the rpr in 308. I have been reloading for a little over a year and have only been shooting for a few years now so I am still learning a lot. I am loading 168 gr hornady bthp and amax bullets over 41 and 42 gr varget. Some 175 gr SMKs over varget as well. When I full length size my once fired cases originally the outside of the neck was .331" to .333", now that I have fired them with the rpr they measure .342" to .344", so I'm curious if that's what other guys are seeing.
I have noticed since the gun was new that the outside of the neck has a lot of black soot around it all the way down to the shoulder, doesnt matter if its factory ammo or handloads. I have an LR-308 that i have reloaded for as well and the black soot isnt on the outside of the neck and the cases dont take as much force to resize. I dont have any cases that i havent cleaned and resized from that gun right now to check, i will after the weekend. Thanks for any help and it is all very much appreciated.
Sad day on my hands. My rpr with 1600 rounds on it started opening up groups to 1 moa. I have a barrel ordered from pva, but it wont be here before the next match. Anyone have any sweet ideas to get this one to make it through the next one? I am going to try changing oal, but not super optimistic. I could re cut the muzzle in case of damge there, but im pretty sure its too much heat on the throat.
thx. i should have specified that i meant factory hornady ammo.I use H4350 powder and have found my node at 2750fps. I don't even get 10fps variation in MV from 40* to 65*. The last 2 years I ran the same load from winter to summer which was high 30's to over 110* and never changed my load. I did bump up .1 grain after 2000 rounds though. I update my Kestrel every time I break out the rifle and I almost never need to update my DOPE card.
.243 with 105's.Yup; play with seating depths. Could even try another OCW test. What caliber?
Thank you for the reply straightshooter1, I'm glad to hear that is probably a normal thing for these rifles. I wish it was a little tighter but nothing's perfect, once I shoot enough I will get a new barrel and go from there. Thanks.
My 308 is on the brown truck for delivery, so I will have the weekend to to pour all over the rifle. Will need to decide glass now.
Might try switching to the 115 DTAC's. Know a couple people who got a bit more life from a tired barrel with them..243 with 105's.
Look at an SWFA SS. We that use them love them
My setup Bergara B14HMR 6.5cm with Vortex Viper PST shooting my first match in April here I’m dry firing practicingRuger Precision Rifle Discussion thread
I like the MAGPUL stocks, I have the GEN 2 on all 3 of my AR/LR rifles.