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POI change; Cool to Hot bbl/Accuracy

Tactical30

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I had just recently purchased and installed a new WOA 18" 1-7twist bbl for one of my AR's and wow what a nice and accurate bbl. I have had many different bbl's for different AR's and WOA shoots the best for me. Definetly will buy another.

I have been target shooting AR's for some time now (no competition) from .223 to 6.5 Grendel loads and was wondering if there is a big difference in AR's if you let your barrel cool in between rounds to save in longer accuracy? Is it worth to waste your time doing it on an AR platform. I would think it would help in any gun.
The way I usually shoot (50yrd-600yrd) is to shoot maybe 10-20rds and let cool for the time it takes to check my shots thru the spotting scope, mark my shots on paper,reload mags and check chrony data, usually a couple mins. I clean the bbl after about 100rds, its seems to help (when reloading).
But at some point even after cleaning accuracy falls off, im thinking its probly human error.

I have been doing it this way for years and get sub half-moa groups @ 100yrds with the right reloads. Im just wondering if there is anything I could do to get longer life in accuracy.
 
Re: POI change; Cool to Hot bbl/Accuracy

Try what LL preaches...if you havent already that is.

Dont clean your rifle until it shows signs of needing to be cleaned...

When you clean, dont clean the dog piss out of it, give it a good once over and dont drive yourself crazy about getting everything out of the barrel.

Your looking for reliable, long lived accuracy, not a NBRSA Title