02-22-2014, 05:04 AM
Tedward Wrote:Very good report. I am planning to get a 20" Liberty barrel and have it reamed to the new throat just to see if that's the case. As cheap as the barrels are, it is worth the money to me to investigate. I really want to know if the different reamer will benefit in any way for the heavier bullets as you are seeing today with the LBC.
Thanks for the information, very informative.
I don't think its a benefit with heavier bullets. I can shoot groups that are at least as good with those bullets from both my Grendels. I can also shoot 130 grain bullets really well in both of them. I haven't tried 140's, because I can't get any decent velocity out of them loaded to max mag length (2.300") And it certainly is a detriment when you want to switch to light varmint bullets!
The issue is clouded a bit by the 3R polygonal rifling of the BHW barrels too. I think I can run higher charges in it than in the traditional rifled barrels, but I haven't experimented there yet.
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