Holescreek
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As in 7.62x54r of course. I mostly build my own rifles unless I happen to find something for my collection that I can't live without. I've run the gambit of calibers over the decades, but nothing more exotic than 6.5x55 in a custom loading.
The last 3 or 4 years I've been focused on building 54r rifles in different flavors in an effort to try to find a way to make the cheap surplus ammo shoot well. By "well" I mean to try to make one shoot M.O.A as I see claimed by so many internet snipers. I've come close many times but nothing consistent enough to qualify a single rifle as "MOA accurate" to my liking.
All of my recent accuracy testing (and best results) has been done with ammo that is very expensive compared to spam can ammo and testing has become a lot less fun all of the sudden. Looking back on it this morning, I wonder if I stuck with the caliber so long just because it's cheap to shoot (and I like shooting).
I'm new to this site (first post) and thought this might be a good question to ask to see if I'm in the right place. Up to this point I've mostly spent my time on gun building sites and I think it's time to broaden my horizons.
The last 3 or 4 years I've been focused on building 54r rifles in different flavors in an effort to try to find a way to make the cheap surplus ammo shoot well. By "well" I mean to try to make one shoot M.O.A as I see claimed by so many internet snipers. I've come close many times but nothing consistent enough to qualify a single rifle as "MOA accurate" to my liking.
All of my recent accuracy testing (and best results) has been done with ammo that is very expensive compared to spam can ammo and testing has become a lot less fun all of the sudden. Looking back on it this morning, I wonder if I stuck with the caliber so long just because it's cheap to shoot (and I like shooting).
I'm new to this site (first post) and thought this might be a good question to ask to see if I'm in the right place. Up to this point I've mostly spent my time on gun building sites and I think it's time to broaden my horizons.