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Remington 700 Test rifle at the cleaning/fouler station The second rifle used for the high end tests is a Tactical Operations Bravo-51 with a 22" barrel. This rifle will shoot sub .25 MOA with federal gold medal match ammo if the shooter does his part. It is a very high end rifle with very high accuracy requirements before leaving the factory. The rifle is also threaded for a suppressor and all groups were indeed fired with a Tactical Operations suppressor attached to the rifle. The rifle is pretty much setup as it came from the factory except for the tests I have replaced my normal scope (Leupold Mark 4 10x M3) with a Leupold Mark 4 16x M1 in order to meet the criteria of 16x for group firing.
Bravo-51 at the group firing station These rifles should serve as a good sample of what might be expected with this ammo performing in various rifles. Tac-Ops guarantees their rifles using the Federal GMM ammo, but I am not aware of anything special they do specifically for that ammo. Beyond that, these rifles will be in our inventory for a long time to come and we might as well get going with the test results!
Test Results
l-r: Lapua, Hornady, ABT, HSM, Blackhills, Winchester, Remington, Federal The initial test included 8 manufacturers of match grade ammunition including Lapua, Hornady, American Ballistics Technology (ABT), Hunting Shack Munitions (HSM), Blackhills, Winchester, Remington and Federal. There will be more added over time as we continue to test more match grade ammunition. The summary of the results is included in the table below, but be sure to visit each manufacturers result page to find out more specific details on how the ammo performed as well as photos of the ammo, best groups fired, price, etc. The 2nd round of tests conducted about 10 months after the initial test, included two loads from HSM, the lower price Match Range ammo as well as their AMAX match ammo we have heard so much good things about, as well as the highly regarded Norma Diamond Line ammo, Fiocchi, Ultramax (Remanufactured ammo), Cor-Bon which we had such good luck with their .260 Match ammo, and a new boutique custom ammo loader called Spring River. Check out the detailed pages below for more information on these loads.
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Fiocchi 168gr Exacta Rifle Match HSM 168gr AMAX Match Ultramax 168gr BTHP Remanufactured Spring River 168gr Custom Average
2687 fps 2668 fps 2684 fps 2652 fps 2685.1 fps
16.55 fps 48 fps 34.78 fps 94 fps 25.69 fps 70 fps 23.04 fps 90 fps 12.42 fps 29 fps 19.85 fps 59.2 fps
Round 2 loads from left to right: HSM Range, HSM Amax, Umax, Norma DL, Fiocchi, Cor-Bon, Spring River Well, it has been a while since we first conducted the first round of this evaluation and we have been gathering some different ammo manufacturers offerings in 308 168gr match ammo. So, it was time to take these new participants and see how they did. The shooting was conducted on a cool morning over about 4 hours. We expected good things from the Norma ammo and we did get good results. The Norma Diamond Line has a very good reputation, especially their brass, and the ammo did shoot very well from both rifles. I expected a sub .25 group from the bravo but it didn't happen, which is probably shooter error, as the groups were very consistent and right around that .4" or better range. It did shoot a great .151" group out of the 700P though. The Norma ammo is loaded fairly light at a factory velocity of 2549 fps which is quite slow, but will still do what it needs to. The Diamond Line also is moly coated, so be aware that if you decide to use Norma that you are committing to Moly. The HSM AMAX ammo performed well also and is a very good alternative if the AMAX bullet will work for you. I did think the Cor-Bon, which is loaded in the excellent Lapua brass, should have performed better and the number indicated it should have, but the groups did not turn out that good. Again, this could very well be shooter error and this is one we do plan to retest at a later date. The cheap remanufactured Ultramax ammo probably did better than we expected and the Fiocchi was right in the mix as well. The HSM Range
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