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New Rifle Project: 6mm Remington on a Mauser 98 Action (Part 4)

September 9, 2011.

My initial testing of my Mauser 98 in 6mm Remington did not yield impressive accuracy -- I got about a 4-inch group at 100 yards with Federal Premium 100-grain Nosler Partitions.

This is good ammo and a good bullet. If this didn't shoot well, I figured I might be in serious trouble.

After these initial disappointing results, I called up Larry at Superior Ammunition and asked him to load me up a sample pack with Hornady GMX 80-grain bullets and Barnes 85-grain TSXs. I shoot TSXs almost exclusively, both because they're non-toxic and because they shoot better in my rifles than any other bullet.

The Hornady GMX is also non-toxic, and I've seen a buddy get excellent accuracy results with it as well.

When the sample pack arrived and I got a chance to head back to the range, I started with the 2 GMX loads Larry had sent me. These yielded about 2-inch groups -- much better than what the Federal Premium load had given me, but still not what I was hoping for.

The TSXs, as always, came through for me.

I got this 4-shot group with one TSX load:

And this 4-shot group with another TSX load:

It's the second group that really intrigues me. The 3 shots touching are very compelling to me. Unfortunately, I really don't have an explanation for that one flyer.

I'm consulting with Larry on the next step, so I may have one more post on this.

The good news, though, is that with a little more fine-tuning, this gun does indeed seem capable of getting me in the 1MOA range of accuracy, much to my relief.

I'll continue fine-tuning this fall. Next year, maybe it will join me for antelope or whitetails....

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