Absolutely. Believe me, I tried GI ammo, both ball and match, many different target loads, proven over the years in a several .308 target rifles (both bolt guns and service rifles), lots of different powder/bullet combinations and only a few would consistently shoot 5 shot groups under 2" @ 100. I do believe tuning the gas system would benefit this particular rifle, but ran out of time to dig into that so settled on the 110 VG load which does the intended job for that rifle.