smokin Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 was hoping the collective could offer some advice /opinions on my dilemma ! Never owned a .223 til last week when I saw and fell for the aforementioned Kimber , short chunky fox gun for truck shooting etc except I can't seem to find anything it likes both bullet or powder wise ! it's a 1-9 twist 18 1/2" tube so I assumed it would do the heavier bullets so tried the 68 hornady 10 thou off the lands and it's a shotgun ! 53 vmax the same 55 vmax again no better than an inch and a half . 55 and 50 nosler to no avail also tried benchmark , RL 15 and 322 again not a deal better . am I missing something with this stick or is it the tube lenght / cal equation please has anyone an opinion or experience with this size of set up in a .223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Pop in with it Simon. Is the barrel completely floating ? It should shoot with some of those bullets/loads. .223 is very easy to load for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin Posted August 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 thanks guys , tried the usual suspects ,scope , barrel Chanel etc , can which is a bit strange as its supposed to be a one off nothing doing ! just tried some benchmark under a 40 gr nos and bingo first two groups in the .3s with slight vertical stringing ! rang trifle daft yesterday and they suggested same load 20 thou off the lands so seems its either seating depth or it just prefers the lighter lubbit . I will endeavour to persevere ! . cheers ronny and speak later dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Lets have a little wager mucker. Its not a 1 in 9". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin Posted August 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Lets have a little wager mucker. Its not a 1 in 9". your killing dave you really are ! your also wasted as a gunsmith you ought to be on the telly will pop over tomorrow mate . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 your killing dave you really are ! your also wasted as a gunsmith you ought to be on the telly will pop over tomorrow mate . Maybe it's one of those Kimbers that won't group. I have seen one or two.~Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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