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Increasing short barrel velocity
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<blockquote data-quote="jb1000br" data-source="post: 82612" data-attributes="member: 1459"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>My favourite deer gun is my Ruger M77 compact in 7mm-08. The barrel is only 16.5" long, swings fast and very accurate shooter, but my velocities are about 150 fps slower than a friend's 7-08 with a 22" barrel. Understandably so, but does anyone have an idea as to how to optimize the short barrel's velocity. I shoot Hornady 139 gr. behind 45 grains of IMR4350 powder, the bullets are seated 0.025" back of the lands. Would going to a faster powder such as Varget and decreasing my spacing to say 0.015" be a viable solution? </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>go faster than varget.</p><p></p><p>try benchmark</p><p></p><p>JB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jb1000br, post: 82612, member: 1459"] [ QUOTE ] My favourite deer gun is my Ruger M77 compact in 7mm-08. The barrel is only 16.5" long, swings fast and very accurate shooter, but my velocities are about 150 fps slower than a friend's 7-08 with a 22" barrel. Understandably so, but does anyone have an idea as to how to optimize the short barrel's velocity. I shoot Hornady 139 gr. behind 45 grains of IMR4350 powder, the bullets are seated 0.025" back of the lands. Would going to a faster powder such as Varget and decreasing my spacing to say 0.015" be a viable solution? [/ QUOTE ] go faster than varget. try benchmark JB [/QUOTE]
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