Ruger SFAR .308 Accuracy Testing...Again

Ruger SFAR .308 Accuracy Testing...Again #ruger #sfar #accuracy
This video is about my ongoing Ruger SFAR rifle saga. Next round of accuracy testing after Ruger replaced the barrel on my Ruger SFAR .308
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[@danrobichaux937]

My 16” shoots Barnes 130’s very well at just under 3000 fps. Also, it likes 150 accubonds and 165 sciroccos. It’s a great tool for saddle hunting and slipping thru the woods. Great video! Thx

[@ChristianGrest]

Appreciate you stopping by and leaving your experience. I plan on some more accuracy testing; just glad I found a handful of decent rounds.

[@Michigan4Conservative]

Thanks for posting the testing. Good to see it dialing in. 👍

[@ChristianGrest]

Appreciate it! Still was a headache of a process, but glad it’s doing good now.

[@triggerbarPhD]

Thanks for the update Chris. Seems much better than your previous barrel! Glad to see it’s working right now. That’s about what I’ve seen except every now and then I’ll get one to group down to about 1” or lower but it’s now consistent. Also, mine typically likes lower grain weights 150 and lower and come to think of my best groups are usually ball ammo 😂😂

[@ChristianGrest]

Yea man I’m happy this thing is finally doing good. I’ll probably circle back to some plinking loads, but really wanted to dial in some hunting loads to see what it likes. Pretty sure I’m going to run those Federal 175gr Ascent loads as they’ll work on deer and elk. Still running the stock trigger, but have thought about swapping for something a tad better… we will see! Thanks for stopping by, always appreciate it!

[@triggerbarPhD]

@@ChristianGrest Awesome! I still have the stock trigger on mine as well. Not sure if it’s worth swapping.

[@dabears52501]

​@@triggerbarPhDnot worth swapping. Factory trigger is really good for the price point of this rifle. I was actually super impressed by it.👍

[@triggerbarPhD]

@@dabears52501 What's up man! Been a long time. I need to go back and search your channel I don't get posts from you showing up anymore. Yah, I like the trigger. Is it as good as my Geissele triggers? probably not but for how good (lol, bad) I shoot I can't tell enough of a difference.

[@dabears52501]

​@@triggerbarPhDI can't justify the price of a Geissele for the minimal improvement over the factory trigger. Just my opinion.

[@ChrisFromThe740]

I'm glad you are happy with it now. I was really surprised the Berger shot that poorly. Great video Brother and it definitely likes the Ascent

[@ChristianGrest]

Persistence has paid off I reckon. Definitely didn’t like the Bergers, but that could’ve just been the cartridge manufacturer and what powder they used, who knows. But I have a number of loads now to choose from to hunt with this year. I’ll probably buy some more and do some fine tuning.!

[@wes326]

My 20" SFAR shoots 168 grain Barnes the best so far. Looking for one good factory hunting load and one good factory range/defense load. Kind of spoiled by my .270 bolt action shooting under 1 MOA. Thanks for sharing.

[@ChristianGrest]

Nice! Thanks for sharing your experience. Mine seems to like the heavier stuff as well. 178gr ELD shoot very good and will most likely be my hunting load.

[@thesaint1517]

Thanks for sharing your comments on the accuracy test. I will purchasing the two Fedra loads you used to see how they work with my rifle. I will also be more than happy with those results as hunting loads since the SFAR is not a precision rifle to begin with.

[@ChristianGrest]

Happy to help! Would be cool to see what groups someone that’s a better shooter than I am can get with those loads.

[@danielvalencia6582]

I just got mine back from ruger for the same problem, put all my aftermarket goodies back on and plan tk group test next week!

[@ChristianGrest]

Nice! I bet they had a bad run of barrels. The new one shoots great! Let me know how yours does.

[@dennisjones9044]

when I first got mine used, the groups were meh, the gas adjust was stuck , the bolt rings were broke and the forend was touching the barrel. Ruger fixed the gas adjust, I made the other repairs, the groups went from meh, to ok. Then I put my hand load thru it, LC cases, 147 FMJ blems, CFE powder and it shoots TEN shot two inch groups. I also delveloped a 174 grain lead gas check load for it that does nicely with the gas setting on zero

[@ChristianGrest]

That’s awesome! I may try handloading for mine at some point, but plenty happy with the accuracy now.. it probably shoots better with a better shooter than I am anyways. Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@jlalbee]

I would call this only mediocre accuracy. I don't think the SFAR, particularly the 16" barrel, works well with these heavy bullets (170gr+)

[@ChristianGrest]

@@jlalbee Ruger tested with the 168 Fed Gold match, but I’m more interested in hunting loads. I think the lightest hunting loads I’ve messed with were 150gr, but not with the new barrel. I plan on circling back to some of those at some point, but the accuracy I’ve had from those loads are plenty for my use. I don’t expect sub MOA out of this… especially not on a regular basis with my me behind the trigger.

[@dabears52501]

Thanx for the vid. Great info. I have not shot either of those Federal loads....but i will be now!! LOL. To date ive had 1" groups at 100 with Federal Gold Medal Match 168gr BTHP more than once. 👍🇺🇸

[@ChristianGrest]

Thanks! Yea I stayed away from match loads specifically to focus on hunting loads. It sure looks like most any quality Federal load should work well.

[@sixty9vette]

Mine's about the same. The gas block was touching the handguard, so I swapped it out with the Aero adjustable, which is much smaller and allows for lots of clearance. I haven't tested it yet, but hopefully soon.

[@ChristianGrest]

Mine isn’t touching, but I also swapped out for the Midwest handguard. That Aero gas block should get you what you need. Had I not gotten the gas system ironed out my plan was to pick up a Rifle Speed gas system. Let me know how the Aero gas block works for you. Thanks for watching!

[@benthere404]

​@@ChristianGrest Anyone else have constant jamming issues out of the box? Mine did, so I opened gas wide open with no luck but still jammed. Removed buffer to find Ruger installed rifle length spring in carbine length tube, had to replace brand new spring from the factory. Ruger makes unique, popular, and affordable guns but I've always had to fix kinks from the factory.

[@ThecrazyScotsman]

Glad it is performing better now 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ChristianGrest]

Thanks brother! Finally paid off keeping at it.

[@musgrave-griffin5953]

It seems to like light loads 138g-140g with a loose grip

[@ChristianGrest]

I’ve not tried anything lighter than PPU 145gr

[@ravenstylea2]

Following! Subbed

[@ChristianGrest]

Much appreciated 😃

[@johnmartin1321]

I have the 20 inch and it shoots Hornady American Whitetail 150gr SP interlock really well. Like you I fed it a bunch of different stuff and the cheaper American Whitetail performed just as well as any of them. Same as in my Ruger Precision 6.5 Creedmoor with American Whitetail 129gr SP interlock. You might want to give it a try.

[@ChristianGrest]

The Hornady Whitetail is an underrated cartridge. I’ve run the 6.5CM with great success. I didn’t have some for this rifle that I shot with the old barrel and it didn’t care for it, but might need to run it again. If I can get it to shoot anything like these, that’s a no brainer.

[@RTACDaughters]

Nice

[@ChristianGrest]

Thanks! Definitely a heck of an improvement

[@fluffy10mmjeepguy92]

👍👍

[@ChristianGrest]

😃

[@trpshooter9945]

If youre going to conduct an objective accuracy test on a rifle then why the suppressor? Ive experienced degraded accuracy and as much as 24MOA shift from a can.

[@ChristianGrest]

While I do agree that a suppressor can affect accuracy(I've experienced this in the past)I had already checked this suppressor against this rifle setup numerous times prior as well as some accuracy testing without the can. And since my plan is to use it for hunting, needed the can and hunting specific ammo for this particular test. Appreciate you pointing that out!

[@natesage9301]

Best match ammo for the price in your opinion, sir?

[@ChristianGrest]

Well for this rifle it seems it likes the Federal Premium stuff. When had the barrel replaced by Ruger(watch that video if you haven’t already) they got sub 1” 5 shot groups either Federal Gold Metal match 175gr I believe. Thats a great place to start in my opinion. Now for hunting ammo, seems most of the Federal ammo is pretty descent and so is the Hornady. Hope this helps atleast a little bit.

[@TheArchangel1776]

Try some Gorilla Ammo, hear great things from them...

[@ChristianGrest]

Same here, never tried them. But I did find some good loads that I’ll be using in the future.

[@Solrac85]

I feel like i wasted my money on this ruger 😢😢😢

[@ChristianGrest]

Are you having accuracy issues? I was and then had the barrel changed out. Plenty acceptable accuracy after the swap as shown in the video.

[@scottt6794]

Why are you measuring groups like that? That skewed the true results

[@ChristianGrest]

How so? Please explain… there’s a ton of different ways folk do group testing. I measure center to center to size a 5 shot group. For my testing this is the way I’ve always done it to keep consistency between testing.

[@scottt6794]

@@ChristianGrest well if you shoot a group you measure all shots from edge to edge not pick 3 of the 5.

[@ChristianGrest]

@@scottt6794 I appreciate your comment, but did you not see the 5 shot group measurements? I did an additional 3 shot measurement because many folk use 3 shot groups. If the 5 shot is what you’re concerned with, just ignore the other data point.

[@toddparsons2980]

Well I guess that's decent.

[@ChristianGrest]

Yes sir. I’ll definitely take it.

[@orrenlilly5809]

The Ruger SFAR is a disappointment. Accuracy is not good

[@ChristianGrest]

It's been putting out decent accuracy since the barrel change. It's not a match rifle by any means, but plenty accurate. If you watch the groups on this video and my previous video with the test target sent back with it after the barrel change.

[@cw2a]

❤️‍🩹💥🇺🇸💥❤️‍🩹

[@ChristianGrest]

😃