While the Apex had been shooting good when we got it, we started having problems with shots being dead on and then the next one 7" low and so on. I blew through 120 rounds one day trying new powder, new seating depth, kept happening!
I even changed out scopes, rings, you name it!
Well on another forum brought this up and said that he had issues of poor accuracy with the Apex he was shooting " 35 Whelen" and he scrapped the factory base and put on a set of Durasight Dead On mounts.
While the Dead on mount extends past the contour of the barrel, its actually less than the factory base. That factory base MUST have some flex because it was causing some damn big head aches for me.
I mounted the new Konus 3-12x40 scope on it last night, used some high dead on mounts " This actually was perfect for us" and so this evening i decided to try reloading some rounds and see how things went.
Started off with 165gr Hornady boat tails, 51 grains H380 and Remington primers.
At 50 yards the cross hairs basically faded out on 12x but i did the best i could and the group was alright, nothing to scream over, especially at 50 yards, BUT it was consistent! Adjusted my scope up 30 clicks, fired 3 more and it shot that same darn group as the first 3 shots!
Wanting to improve, i went back in and upped my charge to 54 grains H380 " Max is 56 grains" and went back out, but this time to 70 yards off my lead sled. Fired 3 shots, pretty high but dead center and the group DID make me scream and jump around!
I dont have the pics uploaded yet, but that final group measured .448" center to center.
I even changed out scopes, rings, you name it!
Well on another forum brought this up and said that he had issues of poor accuracy with the Apex he was shooting " 35 Whelen" and he scrapped the factory base and put on a set of Durasight Dead On mounts.
While the Dead on mount extends past the contour of the barrel, its actually less than the factory base. That factory base MUST have some flex because it was causing some damn big head aches for me.
I mounted the new Konus 3-12x40 scope on it last night, used some high dead on mounts " This actually was perfect for us" and so this evening i decided to try reloading some rounds and see how things went.
Started off with 165gr Hornady boat tails, 51 grains H380 and Remington primers.
At 50 yards the cross hairs basically faded out on 12x but i did the best i could and the group was alright, nothing to scream over, especially at 50 yards, BUT it was consistent! Adjusted my scope up 30 clicks, fired 3 more and it shot that same darn group as the first 3 shots!
Wanting to improve, i went back in and upped my charge to 54 grains H380 " Max is 56 grains" and went back out, but this time to 70 yards off my lead sled. Fired 3 shots, pretty high but dead center and the group DID make me scream and jump around!
I dont have the pics uploaded yet, but that final group measured .448" center to center.
