I am interested. Factory strings? How many shots on the strings? Were you shooting it at 70? I would probably want to shoot it at 60, do you see any concerns with that?
I have one as well. I have it on a 18" 6.5 creed, it is very effective. I also have a tbac ultra 7 gen 2 and I feel the scythe ti is quieter and has better recoil reduction.
I haven't taken it beyond 100 yet but it is moa with some factory and handloads. A real pleasure to shoot. Factory trigger was acceptable once I adjusted it. Stock fits me real well.
It went very smoothly, I used a hacksaw with fine teeth to really control it after taping and marking my lines. After removing the inch I pulled out the existing butt plate and used a Dremel to resize to fit. Then epoxied that in with some jb weld. I contemplated reusing the butt pad but went...
I've had very good results using the hornady superperformance GMX and now CX. A bit cheaper than Barnes factory ammo and very similar results. Never have recovered a bullet yet.