best ammo

[procraft]

ok shooters I have a savage axis in 223 it is not shooting a real tight group I have shot a few different rounds with no luck any ideas will be put to good use thanks

 

[churly]

I've had consistent results with hornady superformance in various calibers. Sometimes on the smaller calibers, going to a heavier bullet helps.

 

[procraft]

I will try that in the am I got to do something this thing is not doing well at 75 yards it is holding around an 8" group and that is not going to work hell I have an ar15 at that range that will hold .5"groups with what ever you feed it this has me confused

 

[catjuggin]

That's more than ammo. Check your scope mounts, see that they're tight. Re-zero the rifle at 25 yds then move out to 100 then 200.

 

[humdinger]

Federal Gold Metal Match. One of the best there is.

 

[higdon21xrd]

Look at the twist on your barrel too. When I was buying my AR they were saying (don't kill me if I get these numbers wrong) 1/7 twist is best for lighter bullets 1/11 was best for heavier and the 1/9 was great for either one.

 

[humdinger]

The tighter the twist the heavier the bullet. They are usually not as picky as some let on.

 

[procraft]

mine has a 22"barrel and it is 1/9.25 so it should do good will try it again this weekend

 

[Hook1]

I woulds check out the scope as well. With a group that size at that yardage, I wouldn't put the blame on ammo. Wolf full metal jacket would do better than that at 150 yds.

 

[procraft]

that wolf is some of the ammo I used

 

[Hook1]

All I'm saying is I've shot better groups at 100 yds shooting 12GA slugs out of a smooth barrelled shotgun with open sights. I think there's more to your problem than ammo. Does your muzzle have a good crown on it? I bought a Remington 1100 for cheap because I was told it needed a new barrell. Problem was the end of the muzzle was never smoothed out. Just cut flush and had a sharp edge. I fixed it with a dremel tool and it shot like a champ.