Years ago Lucky Gunner did a test of steel vs. brass 223 ammo and while the steel case myths were busted, the bi-metal bullets being hard on barrels was confirmed. They had this chart that showed rounds vs. accuracy:
When my povery pony was new I recorded a handful of 5-shot 100 yard groups with 55gr wolf, and the average was 2.1".
At 4712 total rounds of wolf/tula bi-metal stuff, I put the 1-8x back on along with a rifle stocked lower (has a better trigger and easier to shoot off the bench with a rear bag vs. the magpul 6-position I normally run) and fired a few 5-shot groups of the same wolf 55gr from before.
Those 5-shot groups averaged... 1.97".
So either it's gotten better as a rifle, I've gotten better as a shooter, or properly aged wolf 55gr is more accurate than fresh. Probably not that last one.
Even if I wasn't getting all the accuracy out of it when it was new, it's still doing fine now. Time to shoot it more and verify again in another 2500-ish when it's eaten another set of gas rings.
When my povery pony was new I recorded a handful of 5-shot 100 yard groups with 55gr wolf, and the average was 2.1".
At 4712 total rounds of wolf/tula bi-metal stuff, I put the 1-8x back on along with a rifle stocked lower (has a better trigger and easier to shoot off the bench with a rear bag vs. the magpul 6-position I normally run) and fired a few 5-shot groups of the same wolf 55gr from before.
Those 5-shot groups averaged... 1.97".
So either it's gotten better as a rifle, I've gotten better as a shooter, or properly aged wolf 55gr is more accurate than fresh. Probably not that last one.
Even if I wasn't getting all the accuracy out of it when it was new, it's still doing fine now. Time to shoot it more and verify again in another 2500-ish when it's eaten another set of gas rings.
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