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265 gr. Lapua/Edge data TSX needed
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<blockquote data-quote="XMC" data-source="post: 399276" data-attributes="member: 25329"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Well the weather was not on my side this past weekend but I did run out to the range and waited for a break between rain showers and ran three of these 265 grain TTSX through the chrono just to get a velocity reference point as I had mentioned I want to get up in that 2850 range.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I was using Lapua Brass, WLRM primers, 88.5 grains of MagPro which is what I am using with my 250 SMK; Completely different bullet so I wasn't expecting any grouping to even be close; all I wanted was the velocity starting point. Shot 1 hit .5" left of center aim point, shot 2 had me thrown as it appeared I had missed the target which made me scratch my head a bit, shot three I saw the hole get just a hair taller and upon going down to inspect all three shots were there… 2650 was my velocity and gave me the reference I was looking for so I'll be pushing up from here but I was shocked to see the group on this first test. Hope I can find a sweet spot like this one at the higher end... Test group was at a 100yds, Rifle is a 338 Lapua 98B with a 27 in barrel 1 in 10 twist. Nothing spectacular again but just surprised me as I've never had a starting load run that tight.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I'll hopefully get some better weather soon to update new test results once I can reach my high end sweet spot for accuracy and stretch out the yardage to confirm.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">How was your grouping at 2850? Any sign of pressure on the case? </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XMC, post: 399276, member: 25329"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Well the weather was not on my side this past weekend but I did run out to the range and waited for a break between rain showers and ran three of these 265 grain TTSX through the chrono just to get a velocity reference point as I had mentioned I want to get up in that 2850 range.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I was using Lapua Brass, WLRM primers, 88.5 grains of MagPro which is what I am using with my 250 SMK; Completely different bullet so I wasn’t expecting any grouping to even be close; all I wanted was the velocity starting point. Shot 1 hit .5” left of center aim point, shot 2 had me thrown as it appeared I had missed the target which made me scratch my head a bit, shot three I saw the hole get just a hair taller and upon going down to inspect all three shots were there… 2650 was my velocity and gave me the reference I was looking for so I’ll be pushing up from here but I was shocked to see the group on this first test. Hope I can find a sweet spot like this one at the higher end... Test group was at a 100yds, Rifle is a 338 Lapua 98B with a 27 in barrel 1 in 10 twist. Nothing spectacular again but just surprised me as I’ve never had a starting load run that tight.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I’ll hopefully get some better weather soon to update new test results once I can reach my high end sweet spot for accuracy and stretch out the yardage to confirm.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]How was your grouping at 2850? Any sign of pressure on the case? [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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