Recent content by rboyes

I've not found any reason to use a lube other than motor oil. Have used other stuff before, but motor oil is cheap, easy to find, and works very well for all of my guns.

Glad to hear they took care of their barrel issue with yours.

I've been playing with the 125gr SMK and IMR 8208 combo over the last few weeks and finally settled on a load after more OCW testing. I've been using Lake City brass with 47.1gr 8208 with an OAL of 2.800, which just fits in my pmags plus a little wiggle room for any slightly longer meplats...

I'm curious about the annealing- do you think it would be of benefit for me? Most of my shooting is 3 gun, so obviously it wouldn't matter for hoser targets, but I'll always take more accuracy over less if it can save me a few shots on the 'long range' targets (and a more accurate rifle is...

I absolutely should have been at the top of the list, and I was pretty furious when I got it back and it wasn't right. I made it clear when I sent the gun in the first time that I wanted it back in time for the Task Force Dagger 3 Gun match back in March. They didn't meet that timeline, and I...

JP told me after sending it in the second time that he got some 1/2 inch groups with it once they corrected the issues. I considered sending it back for good, but given that I used a 40% off certificate I won at a match I could rebarrel it a few times if I felt like it. I have a few friends...

Thanks for the reply. I'd like to try some H4895, Benchmark, and H335; they seem like they produce good results with a light bullet. I have Varget, MR2000, and BLC2 on hand but they are fairly slow for such a light bullet. The best 8208 load gave me about 1.6" 10 shot group @100 yards, going...

I haven't seen much feedback about Sierra's 125 SMK. I've done a little work up with 8208 and the results were decent, though not great. Rifle is a JP PSC-12, 16", 1/10 twist. I shoot a lot of 3 gun, so the 125 is desirable for its performance over regular 3 gun distances (typically out to...

I also own a PSC-12 which I experienced similar issues with. I initially received the rifle in February and was getting awful groups with it, averaging around 1.5-2 inches for 5 shots @100yards with a variety of factory ammo (SSA 175 SMK, Blackhills Gold 155 Amax, Nosler Match 168). Reloading a...