molly bullet question ?

[kidcoltoutlaw]

will the same load that shoots great with molly shoot great without the molly.i have a load it shot great with molly shot it today without the molly and there was a world of difference not good either.my 50bmg was shooting like a junk gun today it was the scope or the load not the gun its a mcbross.anybody had any trouble with nightforce scopes,thanks,keith

 

[Target Shooter]

kidcoltoutlaw,
It's really hard to say weather your gun will shoot the same with or without the molly. I have found that molly works wonders on some of my rifles and messed up accuracy on others.
Had a Remington PSS that shot the same with molly or without.
I too shoot molly-coated bullets in my 50 BMG. I've only been shooting molly in the 50 for about 4 months so I'm not ready to give up on it but accuracy has fallen off a little.
We shoot monthly at our club in a 50 BMG match and one of the guys couldn't wait until he got a Nightforce scope. He mounted the Nightforce and everything changed for the worse. Couldn't seem to keep the thing adjusted for zero. He messed with it for several months before he sucked up his pride (of owning a Nightforce) and sent it back.
He recently traveled to Reno for the 1000-yard FCSA matches.
This is where he really realized the Nightforce was messing up. Mid match changed it back to the old Tasco he had on it.
Shot much better.
This only reflects one bad incident I have ever heard from Nightforce scopes.

TS

 

[kidcoltoutlaw]

i dont know for sure but i think im the problem.i had forgot the book on the scope and was trying to change the battery .so i opened the part in the middle of the scope that has the long plunger that holds the crosshairs in place.had a heck of a time getting it back in,i bet thats the problem.they dont have the adjustment range they should have.im 14 high at 225 yards and thats as close as i can get it. a leupold would do it easy.

 

[HK1]

shooting times recently did a large article on the benefits of moly..they found it to be no more accurate then the "other stuff"..I really like shooting times for some of there tests on components...I find it to be one of the better ones on the shelf...

 

[Handy]

I had thought that the Shooting Times article on Moly last year found it to be mostly not useful.

I personally think that a lot of this bore surface type accurizing is a little misplaced. (Moly, cryo, break in shots, perfect bore cleaning.) If the suface of the bore, rather than dimensions, rifling, crown, bedding, thickness, etc., was so important, why would rough bored rifles like the Savage shoot so well? And if you have a so-so accurate rifle, will all the bore prep in the world greatly affect it.

I'm not starting an argument with benchrest shooters. I'm wondering if anyone believes a 2MOA rifle can become a 1MOA rifle with any of these bore surface methods?