I'm trying to find a good commercially available load for my SCAR 16 5.56. What bullet maker do you think I should try?
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Re: good factory load for a SCAR
Hard to say. It is a 1 in 7 twist, so buy a bunch of different rounds in the 62-77 grain range and see what shoots best.
Hard to say. It is a 1 in 7 twist, so buy a bunch of different rounds in the 62-77 grain range and see what shoots best.
Re: good factory load for a SCAR
yea I have been experimenting with Black Hills from 65 to 77 grain but am not sure if BH is as good as they used to be or if there are better out there now, I only recently started shooting .223 again
yea I have been experimenting with Black Hills from 65 to 77 grain but am not sure if BH is as good as they used to be or if there are better out there now, I only recently started shooting .223 again
Re: good factory load for a SCAR
I have shot a good amount of Remington UMC (over 1,000), some mexican aguilla (dunno like 500 rounds of that in this rifle), whatever Wal-Mart or the gun store had (over 1,000) and then Federal 62gr green tip (no idea how much).
It has had no stoppages, ate it all, the mexican ammo smells weird, and is a tad bit harder to clean, but just at that piston area and to be honest I do not clean that often.
So, my SCAR eats it all, doesn't care, only thing it cares about is when my thumb gets in the way, the rifle says HEY BOSS I LOVE YOU HUG THUMB! Stoppages on that I do not count btw, cause the rifle didn't make that mistake, it is me.
Accuracy with the 55gr was fine, could shoot good distances and hit stuff with an ACOG, but the 62 gr definitely hit 600 yards more often.
Not sure if that helps or not, but the only thing I have not really shot through mine is wolf, I had a bad experience with it in a Bushmaster years ago. So I steer clear of it, but others do not have problems with it.
You can find some of that green tip for a really good price, but some ranges do not like steel ammo, but it is pretty cheap. I like it better than the other stuff I have shot as of late, I want to try out 77gr with the SCAR but I have not done so yet.
I have shot a good amount of Remington UMC (over 1,000), some mexican aguilla (dunno like 500 rounds of that in this rifle), whatever Wal-Mart or the gun store had (over 1,000) and then Federal 62gr green tip (no idea how much).
It has had no stoppages, ate it all, the mexican ammo smells weird, and is a tad bit harder to clean, but just at that piston area and to be honest I do not clean that often.
So, my SCAR eats it all, doesn't care, only thing it cares about is when my thumb gets in the way, the rifle says HEY BOSS I LOVE YOU HUG THUMB! Stoppages on that I do not count btw, cause the rifle didn't make that mistake, it is me.
Accuracy with the 55gr was fine, could shoot good distances and hit stuff with an ACOG, but the 62 gr definitely hit 600 yards more often.
Not sure if that helps or not, but the only thing I have not really shot through mine is wolf, I had a bad experience with it in a Bushmaster years ago. So I steer clear of it, but others do not have problems with it.
You can find some of that green tip for a really good price, but some ranges do not like steel ammo, but it is pretty cheap. I like it better than the other stuff I have shot as of late, I want to try out 77gr with the SCAR but I have not done so yet.
Re: good factory load for a SCAR
so you are really not ammo picky. what kind of groups do you get? I really want to see what the rifle is capable of, I'm sure I will have to start handloading soon..
so you are really not ammo picky. what kind of groups do you get? I really want to see what the rifle is capable of, I'm sure I will have to start handloading soon..
Re: good factory load for a SCAR
Not sure what it is capable of honestly, I have never really done much on paper with it. We were shooting 1"x1" pieces of wood on a berm at 100 yards, it did it quite well, I think Military Arms Channel with wolf ammo got 1" group?
If you are looking for accuracy work, not sure what you are looking in those terms but the first thing I would do is get this.
http://geissele.com/superscar-2.aspx
However, it seems they are out of stock.
I do believe Black Hills is no longer doing the "reject rounds" for Civilians, I think they have just good stuff now. I read that somewhere on the interwebs, so it cannot possibly be wrong!
Not sure what it is capable of honestly, I have never really done much on paper with it. We were shooting 1"x1" pieces of wood on a berm at 100 yards, it did it quite well, I think Military Arms Channel with wolf ammo got 1" group?
If you are looking for accuracy work, not sure what you are looking in those terms but the first thing I would do is get this.
http://geissele.com/superscar-2.aspx
However, it seems they are out of stock.
I do believe Black Hills is no longer doing the "reject rounds" for Civilians, I think they have just good stuff now. I read that somewhere on the interwebs, so it cannot possibly be wrong!
Re: good factory load for a SCAR
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gildoom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Not sure what it is capable of honestly, I have never really done much on paper with it. We were shooting 1"x1" pieces of wood on a berm at 100 yards, it did it quite well, I think Military Arms Channel with wolf ammo got 1" group?
If you are looking for accuracy work, not sure what you are looking in those terms but the first thing I would do is get this.
http://geissele.com/superscar-2.aspx
However, it seems they are out of stock.
I do believe Black Hills is no longer doing the "reject rounds" for Civilians, I think they have just good stuff now. I read that somewhere on the interwebs, so it cannot possibly be wrong! </div></div>
I have already had a $150 trigger job done and it's so smooth and crisp I couldn't ask for any better. Before that I had ordered a Timney drop in from SWFA and the hard nitride coating was flaking off of the hammer so I sent it back and got my money back, SWFA even tried to tell me it was normal for the coating to be flaking and tried to hit me with a "restocking fee". I called Timney and they confirmed that no plating should be flaking off anywhere.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gildoom</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Not sure what it is capable of honestly, I have never really done much on paper with it. We were shooting 1"x1" pieces of wood on a berm at 100 yards, it did it quite well, I think Military Arms Channel with wolf ammo got 1" group?
If you are looking for accuracy work, not sure what you are looking in those terms but the first thing I would do is get this.
http://geissele.com/superscar-2.aspx
However, it seems they are out of stock.
I do believe Black Hills is no longer doing the "reject rounds" for Civilians, I think they have just good stuff now. I read that somewhere on the interwebs, so it cannot possibly be wrong! </div></div>
I have already had a $150 trigger job done and it's so smooth and crisp I couldn't ask for any better. Before that I had ordered a Timney drop in from SWFA and the hard nitride coating was flaking off of the hammer so I sent it back and got my money back, SWFA even tried to tell me it was normal for the coating to be flaking and tried to hit me with a "restocking fee". I called Timney and they confirmed that no plating should be flaking off anywhere.
Re: good factory load for a SCAR
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gappa</div><div class="ubbcode-body">yea I have been experimenting with Black Hills from 65 to 77 grain but am not sure if BH is as good as they used to be or if there are better out there now, I only recently started shooting .223 again </div></div>
BH 77gr 5.56 is very good. I don't think that you're going to get precision rifle-like groups from the SCAR though... If you do, then more power to you.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gappa</div><div class="ubbcode-body">yea I have been experimenting with Black Hills from 65 to 77 grain but am not sure if BH is as good as they used to be or if there are better out there now, I only recently started shooting .223 again </div></div>
BH 77gr 5.56 is very good. I don't think that you're going to get precision rifle-like groups from the SCAR though... If you do, then more power to you.
Re: good factory load for a SCAR
I had an HK SL-8 that would shoot 10 rounds into a 1/2" hole, I don't see any reason why the SCAR would not be able to perform in a similar fashion. unless the HK was a freak of nature
I had an HK SL-8 that would shoot 10 rounds into a 1/2" hole, I don't see any reason why the SCAR would not be able to perform in a similar fashion. unless the HK was a freak of nature
