I don't disagree with you. I am seeking a bullet I want to shoot that has a rich history behind It. I am new to the inline game and shot sidelocks for many years. I just want to try the parkers through my MR-X and report what I learn. Hoping to try some ELR's soon as well. Stay Tuned.
I don't disagree with you. I am seeking a bullet I want to shoot that has a rich history behind It. I am new to the inline game and shot sidelocks for many years. I just want to try the parkers through my MR-X and report what I learn. Hoping to try some ELR's soon as well. Stay Tuned......
So I went out yesterday to go dial in my zero a little further using the elr's and 105 grains of pyrodex select by weight. I had it zeroed at 100, mostly because that's all the space I had with the spots I've been able to go shoot lately. I wanted to Zero it at 150 yards.
So I was finally able to get it out there and was extremely pleased with the results. Sub moa, (as long as I did my part) all day long. Stacking again to be honest. I've always had this habit of shooting this clover leaf like three shot group with my other rifles. Two shots touching or same hole and the third shot always about parallel just to the right, usually intersecting. That's just my shooting form. Don't know what it is that's just the pattern I lay down with an accurate rifle.
So I dialed the half a mil come up, and first one was just to the left of bull perfect elevation. Second one was same hole, though opened it up just a tad, so we're talking less than 1/4" dispersion. Third one was dead on center bull, squeaking just a tad to the left, intersecting with the hole from the first two shots. Less than half inch group, from a cold bore, using a t-shirt rolled up as my rear bag. (Waiting in my new one) I was shocked to be honest. I've yet to shoot that pattern with this rifle yet and without advocating for it like I'm campaigning for CVA, that tells me this rifle is as accurate as I myself can be. Now that doesn't mean there's not MR-X rifles out there having issues. Or not having success with elr's. But I personally have been nothing but impressed by their performance in my particular rifle. I went on to shoot some pretty good groups at 150 yards, the largest one CTC, being about an inch, just under.
I will say I noticed the barrel definitely prefers to be cool. When I shoot more than 3 shots successive, I start to see some flyers, and I've come to the conclusion it's the barrel warming up. I also personally clean after every third shot. When the bore gets too dirty I see some elevation gain, likely due to excessive pressure.
I hope the elr's work out for you as they do for me. I understand they are not the best design, but for what they are, a mass produced bullets, I think they fit the bill. I do have some big 350 grain lead solids and hollow points on the way. I'm trying to decide whether to use a wad or not... Any advice?