Rifle barrel accuracy and longevity - Carbon steel or stainless steel?

[bogie]

I think I've seen one, maybe two CM barrels at benchrest matches.

Generally from folks who liked to experiment.

 

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Slamfire, sorry about that big group there... You may want to try shooting over windflags to tighten up the horizontal. And it looks like you need maybe a half-click more powder to hit a sweet spot for the vertical.

 

[Slamfire]

Slamfire, sorry about that big group there... You may want to try shooting over windflags to tighten up the horizontal. And it looks like you need maybe a half-click more powder to hit a sweet spot for the vertical.

Thanks for the sympathy.

That was the first group I shot out of that 308 Win rifle after glassbedding the thing. In the factory configuration it was a 1.25-1.5 MOA rifle, but as the action beat against the wood, it got worse.

So after finishing a Club reduced course rifle match, I pulled the Ruger out and fired five rounds. Looked through my spotting scope and decided that I ought to quit while I was ahead.

Can you bronze a target?

The older I get, the better I was.