So I’ve been on a quest to get the Lee 312-155 boolit has checked and lubed with Felix lube sized to .310 over some H110 to shoot accurately out of my 300AAC AR-15. It’s a palmetto state with an adjustable gas block but nothing fancy really. I knew going in that accuracy of the gun might not be very good unless I replaced the barrel but I figured why not try to get it as accurate as possible with this load and see what I can squeeze out of it.
So I did the normal load development and came to the conclusion that 16grains was giving me my best accuracy at .86” at 50 yards. Not terrible for a $600 gun but could be better. Well I have been using the magical felix lube for my 45’s and used it for these as well and thought that maybe a different lube might be better. Well I inherited what I suspect to be some Ben’s red from my father in law and I sized my boolits and hand lubed them. Wouldn’t you know my groups shrunk to .62” at 50 yards. That was an average of 5 groups of 5 rounds.
Could Ben’s red be better in rifles than Felix lube? Is it possible? I should mention that the suspect lube is much softer and that could be the reason for the accuracy gain.