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Anyone watching Ammoseek? Right now the 129 Ablr's are going for $57/100 or thereabouts.
A far cry from the $80-100 price point of a couple months ago...
[I]"Down the floor, out the door, Go Brandon Go!!!!!"[/I]
Harpoon1
I had excellent accuracy success with the 129 ABLR's out of 12" barrel and a 18" barrel. two different brand barrels both 1-8 twist. I used tac powder. Hornady brass. 2.258 COL.
I started at 27.0 and worked up at .2 grains increments to 27.6 three round shot groups to just see if i could find a decent group to work with. Every group shot like 1 1/2"- 2" until i got to last set of 3. they shot same hole perfectly. Nosler shows max load at 27.5 max with tac. here is picture after the first 2 shots from the 18". LoL after the second shot i thought i had missed the paper cause i couldn't see second shot till i walked up to target. 3rd shot was right in with first 2. The 12" pistol shot just as good as the 18".
Mine right now are feeding off of xbr, I'm going to try some Ar comp this week. I have tac and wondered about it, so might give it a try. But so far they are doing pretty well for me in xbr. I found a 3rd lb of the Ar comp, my current lot#, at my lgs this week, so am loaded up ok with it for now. The xbr I'm early into lb #2 of a 3# set.
20", 27.2 xbr, 2403 fps, Sd 2.8. Actually I think this could be a bit fast for 20" lilja barrel - maybe 2375 might be better, but we'll see; it was also a warm day about 88 deg. Haven't decided on OAL yet, that's next. Plus some trials in 18" a new Rainier I put together. I've had a 300 hamr for a while but am looking for something to replace it in the rotation lineup, this new 18" might fit the bill.
[I]"Down the floor, out the door, Go Brandon Go!!!!!"[/I]
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