95 TMK in 6 CM

[waspocrew]

I pulled that PBB barrel on my gun and put my PVA barrel on and things are back to normal.

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I think my left to right stringing is the McMillan stock. It has a weird grip.


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I shot match burners and factory. Just fine.

I'm going to try DTACs this weekend. The PBB barrel made a 4" group of those too.

I inspected the PBB barrel. It has rifling but it just doesn't work. It behaves like a shot out barrel.

What’s the plan for the PBB barrel? Sending back to them?

 

[Nine Banger]

What’s the plan for the PBB barrel? Sending back to them?

That'd be nice, we'll see.

 

[Formidilosus]

I pulled that PBB barrel on my gun and put my PVA barrel on and things are back to normal.

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I think my left to right stringing is the McMillan stock. It has a weird grip.


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I shot match burners and factory. Just fine.

I'm going to try DTACs this weekend. The PBB barrel made a 4" group of those too.

I inspected the PBB barrel. It has rifling but it just doesn't work. It behaves like a shot out barrel.

When a barrel shoots 3+ MOA groups with known combinations- it’s bad. No amount if fiddling will make it better.

 

[Lawnboi]

Yea if the first 50 sots shoots like shit with sound ammo, it’s junk to me. Iv never loaded myself into a great barrel.

That’s the unfortunate thing, most barrel makers are going to want the whole system, which I’ll never do again. I have a PVA I need to send back as well.

I’ll throw it in the scrap pile before I send another company my rifle.

 

[Nine Banger]

I'm back from the twilight zone.

 

[Mtnmilsurp]

I'm back from the twilight zone.

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Is that the PVA barrel or did you figure out what was up with the PBB?

 

[Nine Banger]

Is that the PVA barrel or did you figure out what was up with the PBB?

PVA. I removed the PBB, its gone.

 

[hickswr]

My PVA barrel is a hammer!

 

[ddowning]

I'm late to the party here, but Form is right. Guns that shoot well shoot almost everything reasonably well. Guns that shoot really good shoot almost everything very good. If you are over 2 moa with a custom barrel, it is time to check the gun, the twist rate, the chamber, the bedding, the scope, and use factory ammo.

If I had a barrel shoot like some of the stuff here, I would immediately screw it on another rifle system and check it. After that I would call the gunsmith, then the barrel company. If no one will do anything, cut your losses and start over. New barrel from different company that will stand behind it and different gunsmith to chamber it.

Good companies have very few bad blanks (still have some get through). Good gunsmiths can normally tell if they had a problem when chambering/crowning/threading and won't send it out the door. Normally a great blank and great gunsmithing will make a scary precise rifle. There are other ways to get there, but the odds are most in your favor if you use that approach.

 

[TexasTB]

Congrats Nine Banger… that can be so frustrating when u can’t get a gun to shoot well after trying multiple reloading combos! Looks like you have a shooter with that PVA barrel.