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load data for 7mm LRM
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<blockquote data-quote="tdean" data-source="post: 927420" data-attributes="member: 75494"><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Im going to say this and then i will shut up about my experiences with LRM.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I went out Friday and shot a group at 450 yards right at dusk no wind, groupmeasured 9". I had previously shot .8 moa 4 shot group with this sameload.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I am convinced that part of the issue is hornady brass. The brass is toosoft and very inconsistent. If i look at 50 once fired brass at least 40 will haveheavy ejector marks and I can load 10 rounds and at least half will have heavybolt lift and the other half will not. This is loaded at 70 grains of h-1000and .040 off to not get any pressure. 2 grains less than Gunwerks loads. If iwanted to get this velocity performance I would have got a 7MM mag. Gunwerksalso told me that i should anneal the brass necks after every 2 firings forwhatever that's worth. I'm sure they wish they could get better brass. Most ofthe primer pockets are loose after just 1 firing. The only other thing it couldbe is the barrel. I will know in a fewmonths when its re-chambered to a 7mm RUM. Another possible issue regarding pressure maybe that the Krieger barrelsare not overbore like the rock creek and bartlien barrels gunwerks uses? But imnot sure about that. I did get contacted by another member who has a krieger and is having the same issues i am having. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tdean, post: 927420, member: 75494"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Im going to say this and then i will shut up about my experiences with LRM.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I went out Friday and shot a group at 450 yards right at dusk no wind, groupmeasured 9". I had previously shot .8 moa 4 shot group with this sameload.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I am convinced that part of the issue is hornady brass. The brass is toosoft and very inconsistent. If i look at 50 once fired brass at least 40 will haveheavy ejector marks and I can load 10 rounds and at least half will have heavybolt lift and the other half will not. This is loaded at 70 grains of h-1000and .040 off to not get any pressure. 2 grains less than Gunwerks loads. If iwanted to get this velocity performance I would have got a 7MM mag. Gunwerksalso told me that i should anneal the brass necks after every 2 firings forwhatever that’s worth. I’m sure they wish they could get better brass. Most ofthe primer pockets are loose after just 1 firing. The only other thing it couldbe is the barrel. I will know in a fewmonths when its re-chambered to a 7mm RUM. Another possible issue regarding pressure maybe that the Krieger barrelsare not overbore like the rock creek and bartlien barrels gunwerks uses? But imnot sure about that. I did get contacted by another member who has a krieger and is having the same issues i am having. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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