background info: Ive been trying to get this gun to shoot but Im having no real luck. Im casting the NOE 311 247 and putting it on 10.3 gr 4198, and it is subsonic. The gun is a rem 700 SPS tactical in 300AAC. I was shooting the bullets without weight sorting, and I have pretty good 25 and 50 yd results, but not great. It shoots around 1.5 inch at 50, usually, with quite a few fliers. Im sizing to 311 I think, well whatever my bore slugged out to. And im using the NOE neck expander thing that someone here recommended. And a lee FC die set pretty dang light, just enough to de bell the case and get it against the bullet.
I was shooting this rifle yesterday, trying to dope it out to crazy long range for a subsonic....because shooting is fun. My groups were as stated above. But when I got it back to 150 and 200 I was shooting 3 inches or so, with some flyers going to maybe 4.
I knew I could make some better stuff, so I pulled out some bullets I cast a while back, sized them, and seperated by weight. My mould throws them from 245 at the low to 251 high. I loaded 100 between 246.5 and 247.5. I know thats a big range but I was just trying it out to see what kind of difference it made. I also neck turned 100 pieces of brass, as I thought the thickness from cut down 223 might be causing issues. So I uniformed them to .001 on an rcbs neck turning tool. I went to the range and shot 50 of the 100, and my 200yd group was about the same as yesterday. My 100 yd group was just as bad, and really didnt show any consistency. Bullets were drifting from left to right in a straight line for 3 inches. definitely not a group anyone would be proud of. I was shooting all of the groups from the prone, off of a bipod. I dont really know what else to try to tighten up these groups. My bullets are so long they dont feed very well into the chamber, and they are just a couple thousandths back from engaging the rifling when chambered, I actually had to quit shooting today because I had a bad primer and when I tried to eject the cartridge the bullet stayed in the bore. Mustve missed the crimp with that one. The only weird things I am seeing is that the case necks are usually very sooty after the bullets are fired, and the case mouths are a bit rough after they have been fired, and some will have a slight burr or small brass shaving still attached.
I could use any help you guys can offer. Im not sure what else to do. I am no master reloader so any tips, or suggestions are welcome.
Ive heard the hogue stock is pretty detrimental to accuracy, so I ordered the magpul hunter stock for it today. But that would have to have a pretty amazing effect to fix the issues Im having.