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<blockquote data-quote="Tumbleweed" data-source="post: 640620" data-attributes="member: 9281"><p>Ok, so off and on for the last 3 or 4 months I've been trying to work up a load first off with the 230 Hybrid Targets with unsatisfactory results, could not get real good accuracy without backing way down on the load and losing the real benefit over the 210VLD that I have been running. I noticed that the 215 Hybrid came out shortly after and decided to run the numbers. They looked good in theory so I ordered 50. I also ran into some problems getting them to shoot accurately enough with different seating depths, H1000 and Retumbo. There was only a couple combos that showed some potential. The rifle has 1200-1300 rounds through it now so I got the barrel looked at by two different smiths (neither have a boroscope, just a mirror). The first said it didn't look too bad but really couldn't expand on that. The second said it looked virually brand new inside besides a funny little scratch .25" past the throat, I was skeptical on this finding too. So, the last few days I have taken a couple of the 215 combos that showed potential and worked on them. I have ultimately decided that my barrel is on the way out regardless of what either of the smiths said they saw in their little mirror. I've got a .75 MOA- 1 MOA load with the 215's that will work. It's not the .25 - .5 MOA that I used to get with the 210's but it will work. I settled on 92 grains of H1000, Nosler Custom Brass, Fed215GM Mag primers, a COAL of 3.880" that allows a .005" jump and of course the 215 Hybrid. This produces 3140fps with 7fps ES. I loaded the last two bullets in my box and stretched things out tonight to 1100 yards. I took out 2.25 MOA that I would have needed with the 210VLD and fired one after the other. I had a slight 3-4mph wind (which I overcorrected for) these things buck the wind gooood! The bullets impacted in perfect elevation (about an inch difference between shots vertically) and 16" apart horizontally from each other due to the slight wind change. I was mainly interested in seeing what my vertical spread would be at that distance. So, I will order another box and just be happy with what accuracy I've got left and hope it hangs in there through the next season<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> It may become a 32" barreled Edge sometime after next season though!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tumbleweed, post: 640620, member: 9281"] Ok, so off and on for the last 3 or 4 months I've been trying to work up a load first off with the 230 Hybrid Targets with unsatisfactory results, could not get real good accuracy without backing way down on the load and losing the real benefit over the 210VLD that I have been running. I noticed that the 215 Hybrid came out shortly after and decided to run the numbers. They looked good in theory so I ordered 50. I also ran into some problems getting them to shoot accurately enough with different seating depths, H1000 and Retumbo. There was only a couple combos that showed some potential. The rifle has 1200-1300 rounds through it now so I got the barrel looked at by two different smiths (neither have a boroscope, just a mirror). The first said it didn't look too bad but really couldn't expand on that. The second said it looked virually brand new inside besides a funny little scratch .25" past the throat, I was skeptical on this finding too. So, the last few days I have taken a couple of the 215 combos that showed potential and worked on them. I have ultimately decided that my barrel is on the way out regardless of what either of the smiths said they saw in their little mirror. I've got a .75 MOA- 1 MOA load with the 215's that will work. It's not the .25 - .5 MOA that I used to get with the 210's but it will work. I settled on 92 grains of H1000, Nosler Custom Brass, Fed215GM Mag primers, a COAL of 3.880" that allows a .005" jump and of course the 215 Hybrid. This produces 3140fps with 7fps ES. I loaded the last two bullets in my box and stretched things out tonight to 1100 yards. I took out 2.25 MOA that I would have needed with the 210VLD and fired one after the other. I had a slight 3-4mph wind (which I overcorrected for) these things buck the wind gooood! The bullets impacted in perfect elevation (about an inch difference between shots vertically) and 16" apart horizontally from each other due to the slight wind change. I was mainly interested in seeing what my vertical spread would be at that distance. So, I will order another box and just be happy with what accuracy I've got left and hope it hangs in there through the next season:D It may become a 32" barreled Edge sometime after next season though! [/QUOTE]
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