Got my B14r action back from DI Precision with a nice new 25" Muller 1:13 twist 1.125" straight taper barrel fitted up! I've been to the range the past couple of weekends getting things tested and dialed and it's already shown that it shoots better than I do. I've tested it with Wolf, Eley Club, RWS Rifle Match, SK Standard Plus (3 lots), SK Long Range Match (2 Lots, labeled Rifle Match on the target photo), Lapua Center-X (2 lots), Midas+, Super Long Range, and X-ACT.
It didn't like the cheap Wolf at all, and wasn't excited about the Eley Team. Those are both cheap Eley ammos that I don't really use so that's ok with me. The Standard Plus which makes 1030 out of my factory B14r and B14r Heavy barrels struggled to get to 1000fps out of the Muller and didn't group well so I'll save that stuff for the other rifles. Things started pulling together with SK Long Range Match and got better from there. Unfortunately the very expensive X-ACT absolutely hammered at 50yrds
. Multiple ammos put up 5 shot groups in the 3s regularly and almost everything stayed under half-MOA at 50. It was HOT that day and I flubbed a few shots but I do that at matches so I guess this test is representative of what I can expect on the clock. The 50yrd target has data next to some of the targets, it's AVG FPS, Extreme Spread, and St Dev of all 10 shots of that ammo.
When the target moved to 100yrds things opened up but I had a lot of respectable targets (for me anyway). The winner here was the Midas+ which put up 5 shot groups of .448 and .435. Hot damn I wish I had a case of this lot number! The more wallet friendly SK Long Range Match was in the 7s and 8s as was the mid-price unicorn Center-X. Just about everything stayed sub-MOA at 100. The target is a big hard to read because with so many diff ammos I had a few random wandering shots.
Most importantly I have 350ish rounds down the pipe and not a single malfunction! Can't wait to get this rig out to a PRS match and see how it performs
Build:
Bergara B14r action
DI Precision spun 25" Muller 1:13 twist 1.125 barrel
TriggerTech Diamond 2 stage trigger
MPA BA Comp chassis
Burris XTR PS 5.5-30x56 in Seekins rings on a 20MOA base
Accu-Tac BR-4 G2 bipod
It didn't like the cheap Wolf at all, and wasn't excited about the Eley Team. Those are both cheap Eley ammos that I don't really use so that's ok with me. The Standard Plus which makes 1030 out of my factory B14r and B14r Heavy barrels struggled to get to 1000fps out of the Muller and didn't group well so I'll save that stuff for the other rifles. Things started pulling together with SK Long Range Match and got better from there. Unfortunately the very expensive X-ACT absolutely hammered at 50yrds
. Multiple ammos put up 5 shot groups in the 3s regularly and almost everything stayed under half-MOA at 50. It was HOT that day and I flubbed a few shots but I do that at matches so I guess this test is representative of what I can expect on the clock. The 50yrd target has data next to some of the targets, it's AVG FPS, Extreme Spread, and St Dev of all 10 shots of that ammo.When the target moved to 100yrds things opened up but I had a lot of respectable targets (for me anyway). The winner here was the Midas+ which put up 5 shot groups of .448 and .435. Hot damn I wish I had a case of this lot number! The more wallet friendly SK Long Range Match was in the 7s and 8s as was the mid-price unicorn Center-X. Just about everything stayed sub-MOA at 100. The target is a big hard to read because with so many diff ammos I had a few random wandering shots.
Most importantly I have 350ish rounds down the pipe and not a single malfunction! Can't wait to get this rig out to a PRS match and see how it performs
Build:
Bergara B14r action
DI Precision spun 25" Muller 1:13 twist 1.125 barrel
TriggerTech Diamond 2 stage trigger
MPA BA Comp chassis
Burris XTR PS 5.5-30x56 in Seekins rings on a 20MOA base
Accu-Tac BR-4 G2 bipod
