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Hornady 178gr. BTHP Match
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<blockquote data-quote="cornchuck" data-source="post: 842402" data-attributes="member: 20220"><p>Thank you the reply benchracer. </p><p> </p><p>I was following the Hornady manuel. It says that 41.7grs. of Varget is close to the max. Max being 43.2grs. I looked on Hodgdons site and for a 180 gr. pill for Varget, min is 41grs. and max is 45grs. being compressed. For a 175gr. bullet, it says to start at 42grs. and max is 45grs. Also compressed. I do have a load that I found that works for this gun. it is 175 SMK on top of 42.5grs. of Varget. I still get a little flatten primer with this load but not as bad as when I tried 44.0grs. of Varget. With the 42.5gr load im getting 2575fps. I would like to get closer to 2600 but I can get 1/4 moa at 200 yards with it.</p><p> </p><p>One reason why I looked at this bullet was the .530 BC. Thought it would handle the wind better going to 1000yds.</p><p> </p><p>Jason</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cornchuck, post: 842402, member: 20220"] Thank you the reply benchracer. I was following the Hornady manuel. It says that 41.7grs. of Varget is close to the max. Max being 43.2grs. I looked on Hodgdons site and for a 180 gr. pill for Varget, min is 41grs. and max is 45grs. being compressed. For a 175gr. bullet, it says to start at 42grs. and max is 45grs. Also compressed. I do have a load that I found that works for this gun. it is 175 SMK on top of 42.5grs. of Varget. I still get a little flatten primer with this load but not as bad as when I tried 44.0grs. of Varget. With the 42.5gr load im getting 2575fps. I would like to get closer to 2600 but I can get 1/4 moa at 200 yards with it. One reason why I looked at this bullet was the .530 BC. Thought it would handle the wind better going to 1000yds. Jason [/QUOTE]
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