wilkup
Well-Known Member
Decided to tempt fate with a new load in my Mark V...
My previous go to was 73gr of RL19 behind a 93gr Hammer Hunter for a COAL of 3.205" cooking along at 3793fps, which stacked 3 rounds under half an inch at 100 yards consistently from prone over my pack.
I got to thinking how easy those Hammers were to load and that maybe I could get away with loading them further out to increase powder space.
I'll need to do a little more testing cuz I ran of powder after loading up 5 rounds, but I made it out to fire 3 of them tonight and couldn't be happier!
COAL: 3.34"
Velocity: 3995fps avg with 2fps spread
Group: .603" edge to esge
Gonna buy another pound of this stuff and see if it's as good as it feels. 22-250 speeds with a deer and black bear loading is nuts!
My previous go to was 73gr of RL19 behind a 93gr Hammer Hunter for a COAL of 3.205" cooking along at 3793fps, which stacked 3 rounds under half an inch at 100 yards consistently from prone over my pack.
I got to thinking how easy those Hammers were to load and that maybe I could get away with loading them further out to increase powder space.
I'll need to do a little more testing cuz I ran of powder after loading up 5 rounds, but I made it out to fire 3 of them tonight and couldn't be happier!
COAL: 3.34"
Velocity: 3995fps avg with 2fps spread
Group: .603" edge to esge
Gonna buy another pound of this stuff and see if it's as good as it feels. 22-250 speeds with a deer and black bear loading is nuts!