03-27-2020, 05:21 PM
To get into the Grendel I also went with BCA 20" but mine would not keep 5 Hornady 123 SSTs on the target you used for your 10 shot group. Every shot was a flier. After wasting quite a bit of ammo, factory and hand loads, it dawn on me to check the crown. It looked like it was done with a side grinder. Sent the upper back to BCA and they replaced the barrel. Turned out that this rifle as well as my 18" Oden Works barreled rifle I decided to build while dealing with the BCA shipping back and forth do not like the Hornady 123 SST bullet in either factory or hand loads. When I got the BCA back it shot much better out of the box but still was nothing to brag about. After firing around 70 rounds it started to settle down. With my hand loaded 120 Speer Gold Dot and Sierra Pro Hunter using IMR 8208 it will shoot sub MOA. So keep shooting. By the way the 120 Speer Gold Dot is an AWESOME deer bullet.