meatyrem
Well-Known Member
Had a good cool day and I said it's time to head to the range. Spent most of the day there and brought four of my rifles with me.
1. Varmint: 22-250
2. Deer: 280Rem
3. Larger Deer: 7mm Rum
4. Biggest Deer: 300 Rum
Chrony-CED M2 set at 15ft
Varmint: Remington XR-100 Rangemaster-22-250 Rem 26" Leupold 6.5-20X40LR SF VHR 50gr Nosler Ballistic tip varmint
Second part to testing loads for this one, the first testing didn't do so well. I only had one group that would classify as a one hole group, but with very low velocity. So I decided further testing, and here is what I ened up with.
R-P cases
Primer-Fed 210
Nosler 50gr BT
Powder-Imr-4007ssc
OAL: 2.45"
Pic one is 41gr-Group .49"
Pic two is41.5gr-group .61
41gr-3815
41.5gr-3915
Deer: 280Rem Remington 700 CDL 24" Leupold 3-9X40 STD Plex
Standard deer rifle for whittail/Muley
R-P cases
Primer-Fed 210
Bullet-140 Accubond
Powder-H4831
OAL-3.38"
Starting at 54gr and working up, groups were not that great but acceptable. These are average velocities:
54gr-2720
55gr-2776
56gr-2837
56.5gr-2871
57gr-2853
57.5gr-2905 Good
58gr-2931 Good
58.5gr-2948 Best group
59gr-2976 Good
Happy with the last three loads: Especially the 58.5gr best group yet.
Larger Deer: 7mm RUM Remington 700 BDL SS 26" Leupold 4.5-14X40 Std duplex
Purpose: Long range Deer/Muley and larger
Cases-R-P
Primer-Fed 215
160 Accubond
Powder-US-869
OAL-3.65"
First range/load testing starting at 99gr US-869. Sometimes hard to get reads with muzzle blast.
98gr-na
98.5gr-3141
99gr-3145 Good-.58"
99.5gr-3173
100gr-3174 Good-.62"
100.5gr-3218
101gr-na
101.5gr-3245 Good-.48"
Pic 1-.58" Pic 2- .62" Pic 3-.48"
Had to stop at this point due to firing this and the 300 rum was getting fatigued. Still more testing not up to max yet.
Biggest Deer: 300 RUM Remington 700 BDl SS 26" Swarovski 3-10X42 STD duplex
Purpose: Elk and larger long range deer/elk
Cases-R-P
Primer-Fed215
180 Scirocco
Powder-H1000
OAL-3.65"
This is a pic of the only decent group I could get, some other ones may qualify where I had two with in a half inch and a flyer to open it up to 1-3/4 to 2". I could have messed up on the one that opened the group up or could have been the loads.
92gr-3105
92.5gr-3118 No good 2"
93gr-3137 Ok 1.19"
93.5gr-3158
94gr-3161 no good
94.5gr-3208 OK .79"
Stopped there because I ran out of time and had enough of the shoulder pounding (300 rum and 7mm rum) made it a long day. Still more to test as I am not at max. Have three more loads to go. Will see if I can get better than my last group. If not I have retumbo sitting there waiting.
1. Varmint: 22-250
2. Deer: 280Rem
3. Larger Deer: 7mm Rum
4. Biggest Deer: 300 Rum
Chrony-CED M2 set at 15ft
Varmint: Remington XR-100 Rangemaster-22-250 Rem 26" Leupold 6.5-20X40LR SF VHR 50gr Nosler Ballistic tip varmint
Second part to testing loads for this one, the first testing didn't do so well. I only had one group that would classify as a one hole group, but with very low velocity. So I decided further testing, and here is what I ened up with.
R-P cases
Primer-Fed 210
Nosler 50gr BT
Powder-Imr-4007ssc
OAL: 2.45"
Pic one is 41gr-Group .49"
Pic two is41.5gr-group .61
41gr-3815
41.5gr-3915
Deer: 280Rem Remington 700 CDL 24" Leupold 3-9X40 STD Plex
Standard deer rifle for whittail/Muley
R-P cases
Primer-Fed 210
Bullet-140 Accubond
Powder-H4831
OAL-3.38"
Starting at 54gr and working up, groups were not that great but acceptable. These are average velocities:
54gr-2720
55gr-2776
56gr-2837
56.5gr-2871
57gr-2853
57.5gr-2905 Good
58gr-2931 Good
58.5gr-2948 Best group
59gr-2976 Good
Happy with the last three loads: Especially the 58.5gr best group yet.
Larger Deer: 7mm RUM Remington 700 BDL SS 26" Leupold 4.5-14X40 Std duplex
Purpose: Long range Deer/Muley and larger
Cases-R-P
Primer-Fed 215
160 Accubond
Powder-US-869
OAL-3.65"
First range/load testing starting at 99gr US-869. Sometimes hard to get reads with muzzle blast.
98gr-na
98.5gr-3141
99gr-3145 Good-.58"
99.5gr-3173
100gr-3174 Good-.62"
100.5gr-3218
101gr-na
101.5gr-3245 Good-.48"
Pic 1-.58" Pic 2- .62" Pic 3-.48"
Had to stop at this point due to firing this and the 300 rum was getting fatigued. Still more testing not up to max yet.
Biggest Deer: 300 RUM Remington 700 BDl SS 26" Swarovski 3-10X42 STD duplex
Purpose: Elk and larger long range deer/elk
Cases-R-P
Primer-Fed215
180 Scirocco
Powder-H1000
OAL-3.65"
This is a pic of the only decent group I could get, some other ones may qualify where I had two with in a half inch and a flyer to open it up to 1-3/4 to 2". I could have messed up on the one that opened the group up or could have been the loads.
92gr-3105
92.5gr-3118 No good 2"
93gr-3137 Ok 1.19"
93.5gr-3158
94gr-3161 no good
94.5gr-3208 OK .79"
Stopped there because I ran out of time and had enough of the shoulder pounding (300 rum and 7mm rum) made it a long day. Still more to test as I am not at max. Have three more loads to go. Will see if I can get better than my last group. If not I have retumbo sitting there waiting.
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