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<blockquote data-quote="gvonblohn" data-source="post: 981" data-attributes="member: 2218"><p>Cam, for what it&#039;s worth, I&#039;ve worked up loads from Barnes using the new TSX 180 (only) and Retumbo. I&#039;ve worked up to and over the max load listed in the Barnes new book. The farthest I&#039;ve been abel to shoot is 300yds but the groups were awesome for me and teh rifle. It best group was 2 1/8&quot; at that range. It chronos real fast at over 3600+ fps. I did get it to over 3700 but the bolt was starting to stick at 114gr. Yes I was freaked, but there are no abnormal pressure signs. I backed off to pub max of 113 and load the TSX to the last driving band. My rifle is starting alot of freebore. I have not tried 200gr, but I have used AA8700 with good success too. Velocity at 2g over max was 3375fps with still no extraction problems. I chose to consult teh Weatherbyman.com for load data and info. All this was with a 4.5x14 Leupold VXIII. Chrono was accurate too because I verified it with my other long-range handgun &#039;06 and 338&#039;06 loads.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://images/icons/shocked.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="gvonblohn, post: 981, member: 2218"] Cam, for what it's worth, I've worked up loads from Barnes using the new TSX 180 (only) and Retumbo. I've worked up to and over the max load listed in the Barnes new book. The farthest I've been abel to shoot is 300yds but the groups were awesome for me and teh rifle. It best group was 2 1/8" at that range. It chronos real fast at over 3600+ fps. I did get it to over 3700 but the bolt was starting to stick at 114gr. Yes I was freaked, but there are no abnormal pressure signs. I backed off to pub max of 113 and load the TSX to the last driving band. My rifle is starting alot of freebore. I have not tried 200gr, but I have used AA8700 with good success too. Velocity at 2g over max was 3375fps with still no extraction problems. I chose to consult teh Weatherbyman.com for load data and info. All this was with a 4.5x14 Leupold VXIII. Chrono was accurate too because I verified it with my other long-range handgun '06 and 338'06 loads. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]

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