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After getting my new Accura Mr set up and letting the Lok-tite dry for a couple of hours, I had about an hour before dark to start sighting it in. I used 250 gn Hornady SSTs in the supplied sabots over 70 gn weighed of BH209 to get it centered at 50 yds, taking 5 shots. I then backed up to 100 yds and after another 7-8 shots had it pretty well zeroed. I was running out of daylight so I then took 3 shots with 265 gn FTXs in a Harvester smooth green sabot over 77 gn weighed of BH209. This is an exceptionally accurate load in My Accura V2. The results are shown in the photo below. Not too bad and I'm sure I can tighten it up with a little work.
I then took 3 shots at a new target with Cutting Edge Bullets .430 250 gn Maximus bullets. I had never used these bullets before and only just ordered some when they had a 30% off Black Friday sale. The company says to use them in 1 in 24", or greater, twist but I had read a couple of reviews that said they shot well from 1 in 28" barrels. These are controlled fracturing bullets that claim to have a ballistic coefficient of .311. I used them in a Harvester smooth green sabot over 70 gn weighed BH209. The following photo is that target. Pretty impressive for a first effort. They seem to have stabilized fine. I'm definitely going to have to shoot some more of these.
Everyone who has one says the Accura MR is a great shooter and with my limited amount of shooting so far, I'll have to agree. I'm sure after trying some other loads, and with a little tweaking, I'll have it shooting 1" groups at 100 yds.
I then took 3 shots at a new target with Cutting Edge Bullets .430 250 gn Maximus bullets. I had never used these bullets before and only just ordered some when they had a 30% off Black Friday sale. The company says to use them in 1 in 24", or greater, twist but I had read a couple of reviews that said they shot well from 1 in 28" barrels. These are controlled fracturing bullets that claim to have a ballistic coefficient of .311. I used them in a Harvester smooth green sabot over 70 gn weighed BH209. The following photo is that target. Pretty impressive for a first effort. They seem to have stabilized fine. I'm definitely going to have to shoot some more of these.
Everyone who has one says the Accura MR is a great shooter and with my limited amount of shooting so far, I'll have to agree. I'm sure after trying some other loads, and with a little tweaking, I'll have it shooting 1" groups at 100 yds.