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Reloading
30-30 load with 160 FTX and LVR
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<blockquote data-quote="SkunkedAgain" data-source="post: 2982789" data-attributes="member: 127677"><p>[USER=128477]@TheGuyUpHigh200[/USER] thanks for the post! I was thinking the same thing with my speeds! I loaded three at 37, then 36.5 then 36. My chrono decided I need not worry about speeds I guess because it started acting up, only one of my 37g was clocked and it came in at 2350. My 36.5g's came in between 2320 and 2360. I got no speeds for my 36s, but they decided to hit paper and group surprisingly well, right at 1.5". </p><p></p><p>So from here I'm gonna give it the old college try one more time and see if I can get those loads to hit paper. Really curious if they group nice between 36 and 37. Depending how they do I may go up a little bit in powder charge since I wasn't seeing any of the signs the Internet experts were telling me I'd see with over pressure. I'm not shooting for 2400 anymore. I came up with that number from looking at drop in energy and what I want the energy of the bullet at 300yds. My scope isn't good enough to take a shot at 300 so why bother using my range time on that.</p><p></p><p>At the moment I'm traveling for holidays. I'll be back at it around the end of January, probably do a range trip somewhere in there. My range of choice doesn't have the best road in so I may try to get in a gun club next year that has easier access.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SkunkedAgain, post: 2982789, member: 127677"] [USER=128477]@TheGuyUpHigh200[/USER] thanks for the post! I was thinking the same thing with my speeds! I loaded three at 37, then 36.5 then 36. My chrono decided I need not worry about speeds I guess because it started acting up, only one of my 37g was clocked and it came in at 2350. My 36.5g's came in between 2320 and 2360. I got no speeds for my 36s, but they decided to hit paper and group surprisingly well, right at 1.5". So from here I'm gonna give it the old college try one more time and see if I can get those loads to hit paper. Really curious if they group nice between 36 and 37. Depending how they do I may go up a little bit in powder charge since I wasn't seeing any of the signs the Internet experts were telling me I'd see with over pressure. I'm not shooting for 2400 anymore. I came up with that number from looking at drop in energy and what I want the energy of the bullet at 300yds. My scope isn't good enough to take a shot at 300 so why bother using my range time on that. At the moment I'm traveling for holidays. I'll be back at it around the end of January, probably do a range trip somewhere in there. My range of choice doesn't have the best road in so I may try to get in a gun club next year that has easier access. [/QUOTE]
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