I have a Leupold 6x I am going to install today and recheck/reclean the barrel. I've let it sit overnight with the barrel soaked down with Sweets. See what happens next week.
CC,Swapped the scope and been pushing patches thru the barrel all day! Still getting crap out...thought I had it pretty clean. I will put as many patches as it takes to get some clean one thru the barrel.
Thats a fact. My .220 Ackley Swift is pretty bad too. I clean the barrel really well after every shooting session.Remember that high velocity cartridges have a tendency to copper foul ...
Sounds good, CC!Thats a fact. My .220 Ackley Swift is pretty bad too. I clean the barrel really well after every shooting session.
I bought some of the foaming bore cleaner and left it overnight and it really worked. Clean patches now. Won't get back to the range until Friday (Am taking my wife fishing Thursday) so I'll see what happens.
Try the 110 grain accubonds, the factory rounds shot great, it took me a while to match the factory round's speed and acuracy due to the free bore. the factory 110 accubond and my 110 accubond shoot the same, except I can not match the speed without going way over the max powder recommendation. I inspect all my cases and there not cracking, getting stuck and the primer pocket is fine. My .257 weatherby accmark is my most acurate 1000 yard gun with minimal wind.View attachment 3323View attachment 3324View attachment 3325View attachment 3326View attachment 3327
Just got back from the range. Shot the new Wby 257 mag and my 220 Ackley Imp Swift. Swift chronos a little over 4ooo fps. It is a custom I built a few years ago, did the stock work myself. Has a 6 x 20 Leupold on top. The Wby shot real good, chrono 3200 with factory 120 grs. The 3 shot group is from my 25-06, Ruger M77. Thats my antelope load.
Now I need to work up some reloads for the Wby 257.
The caption on the 3 shot group is labeled wrong, not from the Swift, is from my 25-06.