New DPMS G II Recon it is 308

[grubbylabs]

I have been in search of a good load for this rifle ever since I got it home.

I have primarily used Lake City brass.

Powders I have tried are IMR 4064, Varget and surplus H335.

Bullets I have tried. SMK 175 grains Hornady 168 grains 150 grain soft points and FMJ.

I used Varget with the 168 grain bullets. The 175 grain SMK's or 180 grain SST' are next with Varget. I have tried the 4064 and surplus H335 with the 175 grain SMK's. I tried the H335 again with some 150 grain Hornady soft points. And tonight I finished up with some 150!grain FMJ's over the 4064.

Nothing has given acceptable groups. The best I have managed is just over an inch @ 100 yards from a rest. All groups are at least 5 rounds. Which is a little discouraging since I can get clover leafs from a Marlin XS7 in 308 from a rest.

So I am thinking I need to try another powder and was thinking about one of the 4895's either IMR or H. But I am not sure. It seems like some have really good luck with RL -15 as well.

I am open to any advise and suggestions. Thanks.


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[81sfo]

I'd start by getting some good factory match ammo and testing that see if your rifle likes a particular bullet . Once you figure out what grain bullet shoots best , go from there. Semi auto rifles are a bit more hard to get em to shoot tight groups ,depending on the trigger and shooter aswell as the quality of the rifle itself. I've had a sub moa Dpms lr308 and a 2" moa Dpms 308 aswell it's just luck I guess. Good luck

 

[Kamkaze]

With my DPMS Recon G2 I got 3/4" groups with m118lr might give that a try

 

[mj36639]

Im still looking for that great load for my G2 Hunter but 43.5 grains of IMR 4064/175 SMK/LC match brass gives me about 1.10-1.25 MOA. Hornady 165 SST about 1.5 MOA, Nosler 165 Accubonds about the same. I purchased a box of Lapua brass and Berger 168 VLD hunting bullets. After I purchased the Bergers I read several reports that they typically don't shoot well at the 2.800 COAL needed for autoloaders. My experience confirmed that. The Bergers seem to go all over the place so I will pull the rest of those loads apart and focus on something else.