HSM 168gr Match – Test Results

Manufacturer: HSM

Date Fired: 30 June 2007
Time Test Began: 0900
Range: Deer Creek Shooting Complex
Wind: 2-4 MPH
Temperature: 66° F
Elevation: 3200′ ASL
Lot Number: 2112-6AP

Factory Velocity: 2625 fps
Product Number: 308-2
Purchase Price: $16.13 USD
Bullet Used: Sierra 168gr BTHP Match King
Ballistic Coefficient: .447

Remington 700 SPS-V/P Test Results
Average VelocityStandard DeviationExtreme SpreadAccuracy w/flyersAccuracy no flyersBest Group
2602 fps22.6067.815″.588″.516″
  • Slowest ammo of the group
  • Fairly high standard deviation and extreme spread
  • Uses Winchester brass
  • Good price
Tactical Operations Bravo-51 Test Results
Average VelocityStandard DeviationExtreme SpreadAccuracy w/flyersAccuracy no flyersBest Group
2623 fps11.5834.467″.227″.094″
  • Much better standard deviation and extreme spread than the 700P
  • Velocity was almost exactly the same as factory claimed 2625
  • Extremely accurate in the bravo (averaged less than .25 MOA)
  • Called flyer group was still less than 1″.

NOTE: “Accuracy with flyers” includes the raw averages including groups where the shooter called a bad shot before rechecking the placement of that shot. The “average without flyers” is the average group size with those “flyer” groups not added in.