Quote Originally Posted by BobT View Post
I would definitely eliminate the stock contact first. The fact that your rifle doesn't like the Hornady ammo is not unusual as most guns have a distinct ammo preference. For many years now, if I just wanted to see if a gun had potential I would try Federal blue box ammo. Most of the time if a rifle was going to shoot at all it would at least keep the Federals in a decent group. I've had a couple of 7mm Magnums over the years that were pretty picky about their loading but once I found the right combination they were pretty well all good shooters. I have a new one now that I'm hoping will be the best yet.
I was thinking of trying some federal rounds since they have a lot of different options in bullets (nosler, Barnes, berger, etc.) if the Hornady still doesn’t work out after fixing the barrel contact. What’s your new rifle?