After a trip back to LWRC to get a few kinks worked out related to a design change in the magazine the gun was designed around. I'm very happy with LWRC's customer service. They were very prompt in getting the feeding issue fixed. This shouldn't be a issue on newer serial numbers as they are all updated and fixed. I have around 350 rounds through the gun and it's getting better and better the more I mess with the loads. The gun likes heavy 175's the best. I worked up a load of 43.5 Varget pushing a 175 HPBT and it shot very well. It's night and day difference between the 168's and 175 grain bullets. I couldn't get a 168gr bullet to group under 3" at 100 yards.
The gun stays very clean and is a blast to shoot. The piston system is quick and easy to clean and is built like a tank. I run it pretty dry with a very very small amount of CLP and it runs like a champ. I have shot around 100 rounds suppressed and it has a very repeatable POI shift with my AAC suppressor.
The adjustable gas system in the closed 'C' position is nice when shooting sub sonic ammo as it doesn't try to cycle the action and it's very quiet. It closes off the gas system and turns it into a single shot. The gun will function in 'S' mode even without a suppressor with most loads in most conditions. This seems to keep the gun cleaner and it shoots really smooth.
Overall I'm very impressed with the gun and it is very accurate for a 'battle rifle'. It comes with a great trigger, several QD sling locations, easy to customize the rail system, not too heavy, great BUIS, very tight fitting gun. 1/10 twist and an you can get a 11.25 twist for surplus ammo. I have ordered a 12" SBR upper I will do a review on once it arrives. I have shot the POF and OBR and if you can get over the side charging handle I think the REPR has an edge over both guns. I like the side charging handle, but it does dig into your back when slung over your back. The NF 2.5-10x32 is about the perfect scope for this gun. I took a NF 3.5-15 off it and I really like the smaller lighter 2.5-10 much better for this platform. The FOV is great and 10x is plenty for what I will be doing out to 800yrds max. The scope stays focused from 50' to 600yrds even though it has no parallax adjustment. The lighted reticule can be seen during bright sunlight for a CQB red dot type scope.
Today I shot some of SW Ammo's 175's and was very impressed. They grouped almost as good as my hand loads, but I would get 1 out of 10 or so that would fly off. It could have been me, but it was consistent that we would get a few that would stray pretty far off, but over all I'm very impressed with what SW Ammo has been able to do with a Dillon 1000. I can't get my Dillon 550 to come close to the accuracy they have out of their modified 1000.
I would agree with Low Light that they are damn close to hand loads. They are by far the best commercially available ammo I have ever purchased in 175 grain flavor. These were not the Lapua brass. I suspect that it would be even better loaded with new Lapua brass. My time is limited and I haven't had time to reload as much as I'd like. I'm glad I found a semi affordable load that will get me by until I have time to start reloading more.
100 Yards First test group SW Ammo 175
Wind was blowing across at 8-10kts gusting to 15kts!
Not the best conditions to shoot in.
6 shot group at 100yrds. I'm not the best shot in the world, but I'm happy with the accuracy for a 'battle rifle'
First time shooting a gas gun at 600 Yards
Ignore the shots not on the Shoot N See Target as they were from another rapid fire string.. Wind was gusty and very hard for me to read.
600 Yards . I couldn't figure out what drag model to use. I was using 'Ballistic' on my IPhone with the G7 drag model and it was way off. Once we were able to get it on target it did fairly well considering the wind and my inexperience in shooting a gas gun.
REPR 18" with Konuspot 60x in the background. (very impressed with this spotting scope for under $200. Very crisp and clear until it starting getting dark. Not good in low light, but we could see the bullet flight very well when the light was good. I was able to see .30 cal holes in a regular target at 400yrds very well. Able to clearly see holes in shoot n see target past 600yrds no problem, very cold & very little mirage today)
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The gun stays very clean and is a blast to shoot. The piston system is quick and easy to clean and is built like a tank. I run it pretty dry with a very very small amount of CLP and it runs like a champ. I have shot around 100 rounds suppressed and it has a very repeatable POI shift with my AAC suppressor.
The adjustable gas system in the closed 'C' position is nice when shooting sub sonic ammo as it doesn't try to cycle the action and it's very quiet. It closes off the gas system and turns it into a single shot. The gun will function in 'S' mode even without a suppressor with most loads in most conditions. This seems to keep the gun cleaner and it shoots really smooth.
Overall I'm very impressed with the gun and it is very accurate for a 'battle rifle'. It comes with a great trigger, several QD sling locations, easy to customize the rail system, not too heavy, great BUIS, very tight fitting gun. 1/10 twist and an you can get a 11.25 twist for surplus ammo. I have ordered a 12" SBR upper I will do a review on once it arrives. I have shot the POF and OBR and if you can get over the side charging handle I think the REPR has an edge over both guns. I like the side charging handle, but it does dig into your back when slung over your back. The NF 2.5-10x32 is about the perfect scope for this gun. I took a NF 3.5-15 off it and I really like the smaller lighter 2.5-10 much better for this platform. The FOV is great and 10x is plenty for what I will be doing out to 800yrds max. The scope stays focused from 50' to 600yrds even though it has no parallax adjustment. The lighted reticule can be seen during bright sunlight for a CQB red dot type scope.
Today I shot some of SW Ammo's 175's and was very impressed. They grouped almost as good as my hand loads, but I would get 1 out of 10 or so that would fly off. It could have been me, but it was consistent that we would get a few that would stray pretty far off, but over all I'm very impressed with what SW Ammo has been able to do with a Dillon 1000. I can't get my Dillon 550 to come close to the accuracy they have out of their modified 1000.
I would agree with Low Light that they are damn close to hand loads. They are by far the best commercially available ammo I have ever purchased in 175 grain flavor. These were not the Lapua brass. I suspect that it would be even better loaded with new Lapua brass. My time is limited and I haven't had time to reload as much as I'd like. I'm glad I found a semi affordable load that will get me by until I have time to start reloading more.
100 Yards First test group SW Ammo 175
Wind was blowing across at 8-10kts gusting to 15kts!
Not the best conditions to shoot in.
6 shot group at 100yrds. I'm not the best shot in the world, but I'm happy with the accuracy for a 'battle rifle'
First time shooting a gas gun at 600 Yards
Ignore the shots not on the Shoot N See Target as they were from another rapid fire string.. Wind was gusty and very hard for me to read.
600 Yards . I couldn't figure out what drag model to use. I was using 'Ballistic' on my IPhone with the G7 drag model and it was way off. Once we were able to get it on target it did fairly well considering the wind and my inexperience in shooting a gas gun.
REPR 18" with Konuspot 60x in the background. (very impressed with this spotting scope for under $200. Very crisp and clear until it starting getting dark. Not good in low light, but we could see the bullet flight very well when the light was good. I was able to see .30 cal holes in a regular target at 400yrds very well. Able to clearly see holes in shoot n see target past 600yrds no problem, very cold & very little mirage today)
