08-24-2020, 02:43 AM
doubleduck Wrote:Hello Grendelarians, I am new to the forum and could use some advice. I have an AR15 with 16 inch faxon match barrel and nothing but a thread protector on the end of the muzzle because I want to keep it short. I have read through the "preferred loads" and tried several of the suggestions and others without much success: Factory Hornady 123g Black, factory 123g SST, 123 SST with xbr8208, Varget, 123 Eld-m with 27.6g AR. 120g Eld-m with 8208, H4895, Varget, AR. The best I have been able to reproduce is approx 1 1/8 inch 5 shot groups with 120 Eldm and 28g 8208, most of my other attempts were 2 inch groups or larger, many were Ugly. Based on my trials do you think I am better off moving to a different bullet weight, perhaps 100g or 107g or should I keep trying powders? My instinct is that I am in the wrong weight category. Additionally, my 120g Eldm is 2.249 to the lands. I don't know if that is normal but as a result I was loading the 120 Eldm to 2.225. Any advice is appreciated.
Charge weight first over chronograph, seating depth second= sub moa.

