10-24-2018, 12:02 AM
BCA barrels on a good day are a 50-50 chance IMO, some are good, some turn out to be imo fair to good, some are crap.
Now that you have it, give it a chance perhaps with some handloads.
Do you have a chrony so you can tell if the load is a good one for the barrel?
If it is not nitrided, try some JB bore paste to help smooth it out inside.
What barrel length is it? And you're sure that it is bedded tightly in the upper?
Is your trigger a good one or is it a milspec, hard pull...
Finally, off of a bench, are you using bipod, or a bench rest/front bag...
Upgrading all of these things helped me tremendously. That being said, once you eliminate all the other variables (ie, not just several diff rounds/loads) and it's still shooting badly, then good bet it's the barrel.
If you decide it is in fact the barrel, chalk this one up to learning and get one from a better mfr. There are top-notch/top$$ ones and really good, middle$$ ones out there, you don't need a 99 special.... you're learning that it costs more than what you figured you'd save, in range trips, ammo, time, frustration etc...
Now that you have it, give it a chance perhaps with some handloads.
Do you have a chrony so you can tell if the load is a good one for the barrel?
If it is not nitrided, try some JB bore paste to help smooth it out inside.
What barrel length is it? And you're sure that it is bedded tightly in the upper?
Is your trigger a good one or is it a milspec, hard pull...
Finally, off of a bench, are you using bipod, or a bench rest/front bag...
Upgrading all of these things helped me tremendously. That being said, once you eliminate all the other variables (ie, not just several diff rounds/loads) and it's still shooting badly, then good bet it's the barrel.
If you decide it is in fact the barrel, chalk this one up to learning and get one from a better mfr. There are top-notch/top$$ ones and really good, middle$$ ones out there, you don't need a 99 special.... you're learning that it costs more than what you figured you'd save, in range trips, ammo, time, frustration etc...
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