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20" Barrel , .308 Winchester, Heavy Bullet Load Development
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<blockquote data-quote="pushcoguy" data-source="post: 1343138" data-attributes="member: 86505"><p>Report,</p><p></p><p>Ok, so I finally got a chance to do some more shooting. Because I have more time to load than to shoot, I had quite a few different things going.</p><p></p><p>I wanted to test 168gr, 180gr and 200gr bullets. I finally got some decent results. While I don't have my range notes in front of me (at work), I can say that I found a starting point with all three.</p><p></p><p>168gr SMK, 2.810", fire-formed and neck sized Perfecta brass, WLR primers & RL-15: This combo gave 4 rounds in 0.28?", and the one other opened the group to 1.200"...ish.</p><p></p><p>180gr Nosler Ballistic Tip "Hunting", 2.810", fire-formed and neck sized Hornady brass, WLR primers & RL-15: This combo gave me a very nice looking group, not bug-holes... but no fliers, at 1.1??"</p><p></p><p>200gr Barnes LRX, 2.810", fire-formed and neck sized Perfecta brass, WLR primers & some powder (I forget exactly which one, right now): This combo put 4 rounds at 0.75", and one that opend the group up to right at 1MOA.</p><p></p><p>I am not satisfied with any of these, but I am satisfied that I have results good enough to work with. The test loads were pretty crude, in that I had as much as 1.0gr powder increments in the work-ups. I figure I will tweak up and down 0.2gr at a time, with each combo, and see what I get. I am pretty stoked that I can get decent groups with the heavies, at mag length.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pushcoguy, post: 1343138, member: 86505"] Report, Ok, so I finally got a chance to do some more shooting. Because I have more time to load than to shoot, I had quite a few different things going. I wanted to test 168gr, 180gr and 200gr bullets. I finally got some decent results. While I don't have my range notes in front of me (at work), I can say that I found a starting point with all three. 168gr SMK, 2.810", fire-formed and neck sized Perfecta brass, WLR primers & RL-15: This combo gave 4 rounds in 0.28?", and the one other opened the group to 1.200"...ish. 180gr Nosler Ballistic Tip "Hunting", 2.810", fire-formed and neck sized Hornady brass, WLR primers & RL-15: This combo gave me a very nice looking group, not bug-holes... but no fliers, at 1.1??" 200gr Barnes LRX, 2.810", fire-formed and neck sized Perfecta brass, WLR primers & some powder (I forget exactly which one, right now): This combo put 4 rounds at 0.75", and one that opend the group up to right at 1MOA. I am not satisfied with any of these, but I am satisfied that I have results good enough to work with. The test loads were pretty crude, in that I had as much as 1.0gr powder increments in the work-ups. I figure I will tweak up and down 0.2gr at a time, with each combo, and see what I get. I am pretty stoked that I can get decent groups with the heavies, at mag length. [/QUOTE]
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