Do you mind giving me a starting point with that combo? I have wanted to try it for a while just haven't got to it. What's your FPS?H1000 behind a 180 eldm is a very hard hitting load and it works well in an 8 twist
I think the speed was 2850ish..may have it in my records at homeDo you mind giving me a starting point with that combo? I have wanted to try it for a while just haven't got to it. What's your FPS?
Did you try RL-23? I love it with the 162 eldRL 19 and 162 eldx was the winning combo for me in my Kimber montana 280 AI. This combo had the tightest grouping for me by far
I haven't been able to find any up here but Its now on my list to play with when I can find some! I was getting around 3000 fps with RL19 and sub 0.4 at 100 with that combo. I had tried several different sizes of barnes ttsx and was consistently around .75-1.5 with the lot of them. Realistically plenty accurate for most things but that's why we reload right? grin...Did you try RL-23? I love it with the 162 eld
3000 fps at .4 is really good and probably not worth chasing a few extras FPS. I would just stay with it.I haven't been able to find any up here but Its now on my list to play with when I can find some! I was getting around 3000 fps with RL19 and sub 0.4 at 100 with that combo. I had tried several different sizes of barnes ttsx and was consistently around .75-1.5 with the lot of them. Realistically plenty accurate for most things but that's why we reload right? grin...
I've got a fairly new Savage Ultralight in 280 AI that I'm doing some load development in the age of component scarcity. I've got about 150 rounds with the rifle, and my best 3-round loads have been with Hornady 162 grain SST, Nosler brass, Federal 210 M, and a powder charge of 58.8 grains of H4831, for .415" moa. I also got good load results with 58.7 grains of H4831 for .316" moa. My best load with IMR7828 with 60.3 grains was .0700" moa. These are all at about .030" off the lands.I just put a 26" shaw barrel on my sons rifle. It has a 1:8 twist. 280 ackley improved.
What would be a good grain bullet to try with this barrel?
For him the shots with stay under 300
I may stretch it out a little further.
Also will only be used for Pennsylvania whitetails.
Also what's a good powder to try with this caliber? I'm very new to this caliber
Thanks