10-08-2018, 08:49 PM
So I was finally able to get out and try the new Lilja barrel. I think she will be a shooter. I shot ten three shot groups to start breaking her in with three different types of ammo. I used Hornady Black, SSTs and Federal 120 SMKs. All except one were under MOA, with two being under .5 MOA and most others hovering around .75. The only one over was just over, 1.1. So far the barrel likes the Black the best followed by the Federal. The SSTs provided the worst groups. I figured the lighter Federal 120s would shoot slightly higher then the Hornady 123s but it was about 1/2 lower on all the groups. Hopefully in a couple more trips we will have a definitive factory round and I will start on the hand load testing. Oh and cleaning the barrel was the quickest and easiest barrel I have.