Hammer
02-22-2010, 04:39 PM
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A Modest Proposal
Let's gather about 30 A&B barrels in 223 Remington (yes, that is not the best caliber for anything, but they seem to be plentiful). Thirty barrels ought to be enough for a decent statistical sample. The barrels could be a combination of new and used (not abused). Could include both sporter and varmint contours.
We then need to gather about 30,000 rounds of ammo. The ammo could be a mix of Remington, Winchester, Federal, Black Hills, etc factory ammo. We would need enough of each variation (SKU) to shoot five 5-shot groups from each rifle barrel.
Fred could supply us one timed and trued action with a benchrest type stock.
There is an indoor 100-yard shooting range in Midland, Texas. We could meet there and spend a week shooting each combination of barrel and ammo and measuring groups.
We could then definitively say what the expectations of an A&B 223 barrel should be.
Yes, someone needs to bring some Hoppes.
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A Modest Proposal
Let's gather about 30 A&B barrels in 223 Remington (yes, that is not the best caliber for anything, but they seem to be plentiful). Thirty barrels ought to be enough for a decent statistical sample. The barrels could be a combination of new and used (not abused). Could include both sporter and varmint contours.
We then need to gather about 30,000 rounds of ammo. The ammo could be a mix of Remington, Winchester, Federal, Black Hills, etc factory ammo. We would need enough of each variation (SKU) to shoot five 5-shot groups from each rifle barrel.
Fred could supply us one timed and trued action with a benchrest type stock.
There is an indoor 100-yard shooting range in Midland, Texas. We could meet there and spend a week shooting each combination of barrel and ammo and measuring groups.
We could then definitively say what the expectations of an A&B 223 barrel should be.
Yes, someone needs to bring some Hoppes.
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