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Originally Posted by TWR
Ya ya we know, old, stubborn and cheap. smile

Tried 3 different loads today and swapped out the 10x super chicken for a 6x super chicken, the 77 gr Nosler Custom Competitions didn't shoot any better. The 77 gr TMK's started out fairly decent as seen on the top right target. I let it cool and tried the top left and it just got worse.

Then I tried the 55 gr NBT's and the thing came alive (bottom right), I shot 3 on another target to sight in and they were touching, adjusted the 6x MQ super chicken and shot the 5 you see.
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Feed it a bullet it likes and the LaRue barrel will do well under MOA for 5, not bad for a skinny barrel!


Hey, just cause its me, ya ain't gotta insult me right away... grin

Looks like you are headed the right way with bullets.

Its amazing that some tubes shoot about anything and others get picky. Then there are the picky bullets, like all the 77s I've ever tried, they'll shoot, but you have to work with em..

Nice to see it snugging up.

FWIW the flip side too, most all barrels take about 100 or so rounds to kind of settle in, and you are able to see what they will do. You might be getting there too. IMHO its probably the barrel building fouling until its full...


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I was talking to a buddy tonight and he talked me into trying a different primer with the TMK's.

I'm pleased with the LaRue especially considering it's lighter than my Noveske and shooting almost as good. I'm also using a 6x scope and a 2" bullseye. Not trying to tell you to buy one just don't base your opinion on my shooting.

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I shot the challenge with Hornady 55 grain v-max bullets, they simply shoot better in all three of my 22 caliber barrels. TWR's build also seems to shoot better with the lighter bullets. This has me wondering why.


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Primers can make huge differences, either way or no difference.

If I'm searching, I sure try primer changes!


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I think you got an outstanding deal on a LW barrel from a great manufacturer, again I am wondering about why the lighter bullets seem to shoot better, they do in mine as well. Silver lining in everything! If you had reported with 5 into 3/4 of an inch I would be $500 poorer right now!


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My experience has been that light barrel/heavy bullet combinations are more sensitive to harmonic variations and hence changes in accuracy and POI shift.

I finished by Larue barrel build with a Larue Upper and BCM rail. I need to get optics mounted and take a trip to the range. I concur with Rost that you need a base line load for testing. The Varget/69g SMK is popular. I also like 25.9g Benchmark/50g Vmax, which dups the Blackhills load.

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Thanks for the vmax varmint load info, I did not have that data from anyone.

Benchmark was just coming out when we were switchign to N540 and so never really used it except in 6/6.8 stuff


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Took mine out today. Seemed to want to shoot, but I need to play with it some more. My 69gr SMK load for another rifle was right at MOA for 10 rounds. Gonna try some other bullets/loads and see how it goes...

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