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338 ARC
The Berger stability calculator uses the miller formula which is not intended for subsonic speed. It’s useless for that application according to Litz. I have not tried the 250 gr SMK or the Scenar/Lockbase, but I have tried to cut down the 300 gr SMK in the lathe. I chopped off 6mm of the tip...- bly
- Post #214
- Forum: Semi-Automatic Rifles
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338 ARC
I,m wondering if 8 twist is sufficient if you want to shoot say 300 gr SMK subsonic? Here is 300 gr SMK at 300 meters in minus 5 degrees Celsius from a 7 twist barrel: It’s not making a round hole, and if you look at several bullet holes in the same group, they’re entering whit different...- bly
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8.6 Blackout accuracy and barrel twist
For the fun of it I tried shooting a statistically representative grouping with the barrel from Faxon. I don’t know what people manage to shoot with 8.6BLK @100 meter? There is not much information to find regarding expected precision with 8.6BLK looking at the web. But this group is absolutely...- bly
- Post #54
- Forum: Semi-Automatic Rifles
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8.6 Blackout accuracy and barrel twist
It all sounds very familiar. There are parts of the barrel that looks even worse than in the pictures I posted. 8.6 Blackout with a 6.5 twist is kind of just a 338 whisper with a lite bitt bigger case volum. I'm probably ending up going the same route as you in the end since i already have 8.6...- bly
- Post #51
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8.6 Blackout accuracy and barrel twist
I managed to recover a bullet shoot from the barrel where the pictures was taken. It shows signs of what you describes. It has also lost some weigh which probably is shaved off by the lands?- bly
- Post #49
- Forum: Semi-Automatic Rifles
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8.6 Blackout accuracy and barrel twist
Did you're barrel look similar to this?- bly
- Post #47
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Gunsmithing Homemade Fiberglass Stocks?
Re: Homemade Fiberglass Stocks? I'm doing a project were I'm building a new composite stock for a remington 870 shotgun. Here is the link: Hvordan bygge composite stokker It is written in Norwegian. You could maybe translate using google translate.- bly
- Post #22
- Forum: The Armory
