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icker96
09-03-2016, 09:22 PM
He built me a 26", 1:7, long throated, heavy contour .223 barrel for my Savage short action. Holy Crap, can this thing shoot. It doesn't seem to matter what bullet\powder combo I throw at it, it just puts them through 1 hole at 100 yards.

The 1st target is 80gr Nosler CC over 24.5 CFE223 in Norma brass using Seller& Beloit primers (I was testing if these primers were as accurate as the REM 7-1/2 I normally use). This is a 20 shot group, and the "stuff" outside of the 8 ring and the 3 marks at 10 o'clock are blemishes on the target

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/nite-mare/7a460d89-dc2b-4791-a340-81cdf3498efb_zpsuf8lwcpr.jpg (http://s25.photobucket.com/user/nite-mare/media/7a460d89-dc2b-4791-a340-81cdf3498efb_zpsuf8lwcpr.jpg.html)


These are both 69 gr Nosler over CFE223 with Rem 7-1/2 primer and Norma Brass. left target is 25.0, right target is 25.4 Both are 10 shot groups. Top hole on left is from another load shot on a different target

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/nite-mare/f33e54ee-b65e-40f3-8240-3b3cb4f8aac0_zpsfdam8c4d.jpg (http://s25.photobucket.com/user/nite-mare/media/f33e54ee-b65e-40f3-8240-3b3cb4f8aac0_zpsfdam8c4d.jpg.html)

mikgarus
09-03-2016, 10:16 PM
How long did it take to get your barrel?

icker96
09-04-2016, 11:36 AM
How long did it take to get your barrel?


I actually got the barrel at the beginning of the year and turn around time was about a month. I just visited his website, and it looks like he is swamped now...I can understand why. This gun was a MOA gun with the old barrel, and now it is a tack driver.