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.308 w/IMR4895 and 180gr charge questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 501545" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>Kevin's right about putting 180's atop 4895 in a .308 case.</p><p></p><p>Some of the US military teams did it regularly. They'd pull the 172-gr. FMJBT match bullets from 7.62 NATO M118 match ammo and replace 'em with Sierra 180-gr. Match Kings. The powder in the case was 41 to 42 grains of IMR4895. An excellent load for long range use. Talked with SSG Arpail Gapol (US Army Shooting Team) after a match one day about that load. He said not only was it their favorite long range loads but also was excellent at shorter ranges. I tried that same load in a USN built 7.62 M1 Garand and it was very accurate.</p><p></p><p>Note that IMR4064 was the favorite with the bolt gun competitors using bullets from 168 to 190 grains in their .308's. 'Twas proved in an arsenal that 4064 was more accurate in both the .30-06 and 7.62 NATO match ammo but charges had to be weighed by hand. 4064 had too long of powder granules to meter as uniform as 4895; the arsenals chose to use that for economical reasons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 501545, member: 5302"] Kevin's right about putting 180's atop 4895 in a .308 case. Some of the US military teams did it regularly. They'd pull the 172-gr. FMJBT match bullets from 7.62 NATO M118 match ammo and replace 'em with Sierra 180-gr. Match Kings. The powder in the case was 41 to 42 grains of IMR4895. An excellent load for long range use. Talked with SSG Arpail Gapol (US Army Shooting Team) after a match one day about that load. He said not only was it their favorite long range loads but also was excellent at shorter ranges. I tried that same load in a USN built 7.62 M1 Garand and it was very accurate. Note that IMR4064 was the favorite with the bolt gun competitors using bullets from 168 to 190 grains in their .308's. 'Twas proved in an arsenal that 4064 was more accurate in both the .30-06 and 7.62 NATO match ammo but charges had to be weighed by hand. 4064 had too long of powder granules to meter as uniform as 4895; the arsenals chose to use that for economical reasons. [/QUOTE]
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