Midway Blemished .308 Bullets

phoenix79 · 03-17-2008, 02:06 PM

Has anyone ever had accuracy issues with these bullets. I'm not expecting great things out of them but I bought a quantity of 180grn bullets a while back and they seem to be all over the place at 100yds. I can hardly hit the paper. At 25 yds, I can hit the same hole 3 times out of 5. Am I expecting too much out of them or is it me?

Edit: Forgot to mention, The cannelure is WAY too far up on the bullets, as in they are well above the case mouth. Not sure if this could make the difference.

samuel · 03-17-2008, 02:57 PM

Forget the cannilure.Use the seating depth or over all lingth specified for that bullet.You dont tell what you are shooting them in,how fast,hardly anything.If you happened to have a 1in12"twist instead of 1in10" 180,s might not work.Need more details. sam.

phoenix79 · 03-17-2008, 03:19 PM

Sorry, should have known I forgot the most important info... IT's a Ruger M77mkII 30-06. I was using the seating depth in the load book 3.3, thats why the cannulure was so far forward. According to the Ruger site, it does have a 1 in 10 twist.

Purdy · 03-18-2008, 12:26 PM

Not enough info. Does the gun shoot OK with other bullets you have loaded? Sometimes guns like a particular powder or primer better. Some guns I've had just don't like some brands of bullets. Lots of variables

phoenix79 · 03-19-2008, 05:33 PM

Call me retarded, I think it was a scope issue as opposed to ammo...

03-17-2008, 02:06 PM	#1
phoenix79 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 209	Midway Blemished .308 Bullets Has anyone ever had accuracy issues with these bullets. I'm not expecting great things out of them but I bought a quantity of 180grn bullets a while back and they seem to be all over the place at 100yds. I can hardly hit the paper. At 25 yds, I can hit the same hole 3 times out of 5. Am I expecting too much out of them or is it me? Edit: Forgot to mention, The cannelure is WAY too far up on the bullets, as in they are well above the case mouth. Not sure if this could make the difference. Last edited by phoenix79; 03-17-2008 at 02:13 PM.

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03-17-2008, 02:57 PM	#2
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,662	Forget the cannilure.Use the seating depth or over all lingth specified for that bullet.You dont tell what you are shooting them in,how fast,hardly anything.If you happened to have a 1in12"twist instead of 1in10" 180,s might not work.Need more details. sam.

03-17-2008, 03:19 PM	#3
phoenix79 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 209	Sorry, should have known I forgot the most important info... IT's a Ruger M77mkII 30-06. I was using the seating depth in the load book 3.3, thats why the cannulure was so far forward. According to the Ruger site, it does have a 1 in 10 twist.

03-18-2008, 12:26 PM	#4
Purdy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Montana Posts: 81	Not enough info. Does the gun shoot OK with other bullets you have loaded? Sometimes guns like a particular powder or primer better. Some guns I've had just don't like some brands of bullets. Lots of variables

03-19-2008, 05:33 PM	#5
phoenix79 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 209	Call me retarded, I think it was a scope issue as opposed to ammo...