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.338 lapua need bullet advice
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<blockquote data-quote="Weston" data-source="post: 645422" data-attributes="member: 37187"><p>I bought a savage rifle a few months ago the one with the HS stock, and I have been trying to work up a load for it, I have only shot the berger 300 grain OTM bullets so far, with limited success I can get the gun to group about 1.5-2 MOA at 300 yards with just about any load I put through it, I have tried a bunch of different charge weights of both retumbo and H1000 but cannot get any better groups than this, I have changed as much ad 5 grains in each powder in .5grain and .3 grain increments, I am thinking that it might be because the OAL that fits in my magazine wont allow the bullets to be close enough to the lands .053" off, I think I need to try a different bullet that has a shorter length from the ogive to the lands in order to load them in the lands. I am fairly new to reloading but have had great success in loading sub MOA rounds for my other rifles. I picked up a box of 250 grain Sierra game kings to try but have not shot them yet, does anyone have any other suggestions on what I should try? I am looking for a solid 1000 yard gun, more would be nice but if I can shoot a 15" group at 1000 I will be happy, this gun will be used to hunt elk and black bear mainly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Weston, post: 645422, member: 37187"] I bought a savage rifle a few months ago the one with the HS stock, and I have been trying to work up a load for it, I have only shot the berger 300 grain OTM bullets so far, with limited success I can get the gun to group about 1.5-2 MOA at 300 yards with just about any load I put through it, I have tried a bunch of different charge weights of both retumbo and H1000 but cannot get any better groups than this, I have changed as much ad 5 grains in each powder in .5grain and .3 grain increments, I am thinking that it might be because the OAL that fits in my magazine wont allow the bullets to be close enough to the lands .053" off, I think I need to try a different bullet that has a shorter length from the ogive to the lands in order to load them in the lands. I am fairly new to reloading but have had great success in loading sub MOA rounds for my other rifles. I picked up a box of 250 grain Sierra game kings to try but have not shot them yet, does anyone have any other suggestions on what I should try? I am looking for a solid 1000 yard gun, more would be nice but if I can shoot a 15" group at 1000 I will be happy, this gun will be used to hunt elk and black bear mainly. [/QUOTE]
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