11-22-2019, 10:52 AM
Last winter I purchased a blued 16" barrel from Bear Creek. My first 6.5 Grendel experiment and I didn't want to spend a lot. It has been finicky as all get out. I have over 200rnd, with 120gr speer gold dots, Sierra pro hunter, and 123 gr SST's. I've used CFE, H335, H4895, and settled on AR Comp. My cold barrel is high and to the left, and the hotter the barrel, the tighter the groups. Weird huh? I've changed the COL from 2.20 to 2.50 with no real improvement. I was removing the copper after every trip to the range, but I have stopped doing that and am only running a cleaning jag with Balistol on it between trips. It has finally settled down to an 1.25-1.5" group at 100 yds. Good enough for hunting this year, but I'm thinking I want to buy a different barrel over the winter. So my question is, are the Bear Creek barrels normally this inconsistent? I'd like to keep my price around $150, what would you recommend? 16" or 18" for hunting whitetails?
Thanks for listening!
Thanks for listening!