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Ozzieman · March 23, 2005, 05:43 PM

I have several boxes of "Accelerator" for 06 but I dont know if there still made since when there shot there are no marks on the bullet from the rifling I dont know if there "BAD" bullets in todays time.
But in a rem 700 there very sweet and they do one major job on a ground hog, here in Indiana we call it "Making green clouds". Hit a ground hog with one of those after he's been eating beans in early spring and you get the green cloud.
The recoil is more than an M16, but a little less than a 22-250. Very impressive and I have taken earthen piggies at over 300 yards with one.
The guns do require a little more care in cleaning the plastic from the barrel but its not a real problem unless you shot a bunch of them.
And the M1 carbine bullet (110) in a 06 will work with reduced loads but there not very accurate. I made some up for my wife and she enjoyed shooting them but 3 inch groups at 100 yards was about the best I could do.

March 23, 2005, 05:43 PM	#4
Ozzieman Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 6,117	I would like to second "number 6" comments I have several boxes of "Accelerator" for 06 but I dont know if there still made since when there shot there are no marks on the bullet from the rifling I dont know if there "BAD" bullets in todays time. But in a rem 700 there very sweet and they do one major job on a ground hog, here in Indiana we call it "Making green clouds". Hit a ground hog with one of those after he's been eating beans in early spring and you get the green cloud. The recoil is more than an M16, but a little less than a 22-250. Very impressive and I have taken earthen piggies at over 300 yards with one. The guns do require a little more care in cleaning the plastic from the barrel but its not a real problem unless you shot a bunch of them. And the M1 carbine bullet (110) in a 06 will work with reduced loads but there not very accurate. I made some up for my wife and she enjoyed shooting them but 3 inch groups at 100 yards was about the best I could do.