.308LiteHunter

Welcome from Colorado. Thank you for your service!

That looks sweet Shibi!

"Guess I should post a pic..... this is Wiley Coyote that was in the back yard, 335 yards. Shot with the 6.8 SPCII 16" AR Performance rifle with the 1:11.25 twist 5R barrel. All home built. (it's a piston gun too)." So you jump on the forum claiming to have BUILT a 6.8 Performance AR rifle (piston gun too) and now you are claiming to be new to AR's ????

http://www.jsesurplus.com/dpms20gen2lw308hunter.aspx

I like the idea of sealing the primer pockets. I know you can buy something specifically for that, but nail polish seams like cheap way to go about it. Do you use it for long term storage?

I also have a factory built DPMS rifle,I've ran several different SP hunting bullets through mine (all handloads) with out issue. Like Dane said the bullets will get dinged up especially ones with a lot of lead exposed. I run them in the 4 round steel mag that came with the rifle and I also run them in p-mags. Definitely prefer the p-mags, but so far no issues with the 4 rounder. I have been advised against running SP through the gun so I have started to switch to plastic tipped projos.

Looks real good man! I wish I had the balls to paint one of my guns, but I just know it would end up looking like one of my kids did it.

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll work on my shooting technique and hopefully it will be a better group we can pick apart in the near future.

Yeah, I don't normally shoot 10 round groups, usually 3-5. I'm sure that I moved around some. Probably all of the above. I remember during that outing that I had a piece of brass bounce off the leg of the table next to me( my Dad was shooting off it) and roll up on my arm burnt the $hit out of me. Might have been during that group can't remember. Either way I see what you are getting at.

Stain. Thanks for the feed back. Could you elaborate on trigger follow through, sounds like something I need to figure out.

I've got some 165gr Hornady Interlocks. I loaded some of those up but early development didn't look good. However I'm sure they would shoot minute of elk.

Good to know. Guess I'll need try something different. Care to share your recipes for hunting loads? You are absolutely correct about the cold bore shot being the one that matters, I just want to see how a good of a group I can shoot with handloads, and learn from the groups I shoot.

Yep very likely shooter error. Although those last shots did seem to climb a little, so maybe a combination of both? Thanks for posting the picture of your shot group as the barrel heated up, now I know what to look for. Were those pics from the same rifle? Heavy barrel?

^^^^^^ Great shooting!

Thanks, I'm happy with it for elk to. Looks like I should have reviewed my post. That was my 3rd attempt, lost it a couple times trying to upload the picture. I left out the most important part. What I would like to know is what can this grouping tell me ( in general,or specifically) about my barrel/shooting. The first 5 shots are good enough but the last part of the group is real loose. Do you think the last shots in the group are from the barrel heating up? Just looking to learn how to pick apart a string of 10 shots and learn from it.

Nice shooting! Your going to have to give me the recipe for those loads. Thread jacker ....

I was lucky enough to get an Elk tag for this November,and I've been working on a load for the hunt. I'm going with 180grain Sierra Pro Hunters over 40.7grains of Varget. On a recent post Stain made a great comment (to paraphrase) 3 shot groups tell a tale, 5 tell a story, and 10 shot groups tell the truth. I shot this ten shot group about a month ago. First time I tried to write on the picture like this so hope it's clear. Rifle is a DPMS Lite hunter, 18" barrel, shot prone off a bipod. DMR trigger, which I sold a kidney for. I'm sure some of the group spread is because of inexperience with the trigger, proper shooting techniques etc. I don't have any training like most of you. I don't shoot 2" groups at 800 I am not a troll And I can't figure out how to use those $@$# emoticons anymore I'm here to learn from you guys, so be as honest as you want, if it's a $hit group and not worth more time let me know. Have a great Labor day weekend guys!

I'm with you on this brother. I've got a pistol build in the works. Gonna be a slow build (money), but hopefully in the next few months.

Fine looking cookies!

Nice! Can't wait to see it.

That turned out awesome! Nice job.

California is like a bowl of cereal.... Full of fruits, nuts and flakes! Members excluded of course

Whatever powder it is, those cylinders aren't very consistent. Looks like what my goat leaves behind. Is that from the compressed load? I've used R12 could be the same size and about the same color, also similar to IMR 4895 but the cylinders with those 2 powders are very uniform.

Thanks man. I've been wanting to try some Barnes but they are little pricey.

Did you shoot any yet? It's only been a year...