browning b-78 22-250 accuracy

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foxhunter1

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just comparing note as to just how accurate most of these rifles are.



upper left 10 shots , 5 one day and5 the next, just looking to see if int of impact changed. 37 gr h380 52 berger. upper right same thing but with 37.5 gr h380. holes marked in blue were first days group and conditions changed the second day.

center target 37.0 h380 50 nosler balstictip, center right 37.5 same load and bullet.
all other targets were sierra 55 sierra flat bases.
liked the 50 and 52, not so much the 55's

at a later date shot .50 group with 50 gr balistic tips and 39.5 gr h380 3780 fps.

is this tipical? rifle does hold point of impact but shoots different weights to different point.
 
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I had one in 6mm Remington. Beautiful rifle, accurate with loads it liked... trigger was completely unreliable. I had it to the Browning Repair Center three times because the trigger would lock up and prevent the rifle from firing. After the third trip I traded it off on a Ruger No. 1. Hope you have better luck than I did.
 
Most rifles, if not all, will have a different POI with different weight bullets. It's a given

I'd say your results with your rifle are very similar to mine over the last 35 years.
I've not heard anyone with the same problem as GC had with his, but most have had a lot of creep.
Unfortunately Canjar went out of business, and I've never been convinced that anyone else could
truely solve this trigger. I can live with it as is, but any of my other rifles has a crisper trigger.

But they are lovely classic rifles
 
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