Have gotten some great advice on here already about my new Howa 1500 .308 rifle. My other Howas are super accurate and I never really had to think about grain or brand. They seemed to like the first few things I tried. This new Howa has been different. I didn't care for the performance I was getting in my old 308 from the Winchester Power Points, they were accurate as hell though in 150 grain.
The new Howa loves them but I don't so I was excited to read about 150 grain Hornady American Whitetail. Expansion for a cheap factory load was suppose to be great but my Howa sprayed them all over the place. Some INGO members suggested I try 165 grain loads so I bought some Federal Sierra Gameking 165 grain and Barnes TTSX 168 grain.
The Howa loved the Gamekings but didn't shoot the Barnes as well. I am happy I have a few rounds the gun really likes but I would love for it to shoot everything I fed it.
What variables make the difference in why a gun likes certain ammo? Is it the way a bullet expands into the rifling? Is it the quality control over the powder ammounts? If it likes Federal Gamekings are the chances it will like other Federal ammo greater?
Just curious.
The new Howa loves them but I don't so I was excited to read about 150 grain Hornady American Whitetail. Expansion for a cheap factory load was suppose to be great but my Howa sprayed them all over the place. Some INGO members suggested I try 165 grain loads so I bought some Federal Sierra Gameking 165 grain and Barnes TTSX 168 grain.
The Howa loved the Gamekings but didn't shoot the Barnes as well. I am happy I have a few rounds the gun really likes but I would love for it to shoot everything I fed it.
What variables make the difference in why a gun likes certain ammo? Is it the way a bullet expands into the rifling? Is it the quality control over the powder ammounts? If it likes Federal Gamekings are the chances it will like other Federal ammo greater?
Just curious.