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Howa 1500 6.5 PRC accuracy issues

24 inch carbon barrel
- tbraypup
- Post #50
- Nov 20, 2024
- Forum: Firearms
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Howa 1500 6.5 PRC accuracy issues

Fascinating. I was experiencing the hard bolt and ejector marks with factory. Do you have access to a modified case and case gauge? I didn't have any issues with it with my handloads. Had my father in law out for a visit and spotted for him as he ran it out to 800 on steel and it ran flawlessly...
- tbraypup
- Post #47
- Nov 3, 2024
- Forum: Firearms
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Howa 1500 6.5 PRC accuracy issues

How did they group? My labradar showed 3028 average highest one was 3098 with the 147s. 15 rounds fired. So I talked to my buddy today with the matching rifle and ammo. He was using a different batch of ammo than the ones we split and they seemed just fine. I guess I just got lucky with a hot...
- tbraypup
- Post #44
- Oct 18, 2024
- Forum: Firearms
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Howa 1500 6.5 PRC accuracy issues
- tbraypup
- Post #43
- Oct 18, 2024
- Forum: Firearms
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Howa 1500 6.5 PRC accuracy issues

So the chronograph testing i did on factory hornaday showed me they are running a tad hot. Now I am at 5000 foot of elevation here but I don't think that's high enough for almost 200 feet per second over listed velocity on average. My reloads were right about 2900 feet per second with 147 eldm...
- tbraypup
- Post #41
- Oct 9, 2024
- Forum: Firearms
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Howa 1500 6.5 PRC accuracy issues

Ok so I handloaded 10 rounds. Trimmed the cases and did some due diligence. Not full out race with them but a decent handload. 54 grains of 4831sc with cci large magnum rifle primers. Velocity average achieved 2900 fps. Group size was 1.25 at 100 yards. Some of that is probably me fighting thr...
- tbraypup
- Post #39
- Oct 7, 2024
- Forum: Firearms
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Howa 1500 6.5 PRC accuracy issues

The action closes great on live rounds. Nice and smooth. Some of these when I went to eject though we're definitely tight tight. Like smack the bolt to open tight. But some aren't. At this point I'm assuming it's this factory hornaday being bad ammo. I'll take it out and chronograph some and see...
- tbraypup
- Post #38
- Oct 1, 2024
- Forum: Firearms
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Howa 1500 6.5 PRC accuracy issues

I know this might be a dead thread but did howa ever give you an answer? I got one just after shot show this year from my ffl and he actually got the consecutive serial number to mine. Same rifle as yours and had some similar issues. Except I was playing between 143 eldx and 147 eldm (we split a...
- tbraypup
- Post #36
- Oct 1, 2024
- Forum: Firearms