need to see some Mcgowen groups

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Ok gents I know somebody has some, not just spoonover. lets see um!

[spoonover]

Bill, with 20MPH winds and gusting we had to go try some shooting @ 100 yards.
Have seen some two inch groups and they are few, that was with the SST supplied sabots.
McGowen barrel, 180 grain XTP's and SR4759 as a signal was stringing shots in a row as the wind worked hard to push groups around. One shot out of the four made the group 1.25 inch, three were 5/8''. Hard to believe 18" twist is working at all with a short bullet like the 180 grains?

200 SST's and 15/55 4759/h322 load that worked well last time. Had a three shot group 1/2'', with the other groups never going over 1.75".

Now the Sabotless is not going to happen, groups were all over the place, with one 4" group and the rest much bigger. When the heat comes I will try some more.

[Dave W]

Which bullets are you shooting sabotless? How far under are you sizing?

[fishhawk]

I think very few have barrels yet. I should have one of the first DMB 700ML barrels in a couple weeks or so. Then a couple weeks to assemble, bed ,etc.

[spoonover]

Trying to do it by feel, bullet after sizing is barely falling through. Than trying to knurl to 20-40 pounds ram rod pressure. Have read all the tips and hints, will have to go back reread now that I have a few down range, (think I missed something).

Have three bullets, 250 Barnes, 200 xtp and 250 XTP.

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I hope my barrels will be here soon, this I think is week three or maybe a little longer but I might email Jon and see if he knows anything

[GMB54-120]

Is a Savage drop in ready barrel for sale yet? So far ive only seen the Rem barrels ready to order.

[fishhawk]

Mar 22, 2011 8:32:27 GMT -5 GMB54-120 said:

Is a Savage drop in ready barrel for sale yet? So far ive only seen the Rem barrels ready to order.

Call Jon at Savage-barrels.com. He has 10ML-II barrels on the website. I think this is something they've had all along.

[guppy]

Ok, here are some groups, I think I need to slow down a bit but there is some potential. Sorry I'm at work and having trouble with p-bucket, I'll fix later tonight.









I haven't really shot much with sabots yet so it definitly needs some tuning. I am out of 275BEs now so untill I get some more I am going to run some 200xtp's and SSTs through it. I also know I can tighten up the groups with a better rest, my bench was sitting on soft ground this weekend and was not the most stable. Good luck, Kevin

[jims]

For the first time out a pretty good start.