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<blockquote data-quote="Saracen" data-source="post: 1670524" data-attributes="member: 99044"><p>I can't be bothered to persevere with the 230 SMK!</p><p>Using the the Berger 230 OTM with the same RWS brass, Federal 215 Mag Primers, 67.5 grains of RL26, compared to the 230 SMK, both loaded to the same ogive ( left my reloading die set the same), the SMK's were blatantly all over the place at 900 yards compared to the Berger, and I've yet to experiment with the load for the OTM bullets!</p><p>Also, at 900 yards at 61 degrees Fahrenheit, I needed 0.2 more miliradian clicks with the SMK's, so theories about the shorter bearing surface of the SMK's, don't hold water in regard to better velocity.</p><p>I look at this way, a sub 6" group at 900 yards with no load development isn't bad, and the groups were consistent, whereas the SMK isn't worth persevering with, only to waste barrel life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saracen, post: 1670524, member: 99044"] I can't be bothered to persevere with the 230 SMK! Using the the Berger 230 OTM with the same RWS brass, Federal 215 Mag Primers, 67.5 grains of RL26, compared to the 230 SMK, both loaded to the same ogive ( left my reloading die set the same), the SMK's were blatantly all over the place at 900 yards compared to the Berger, and I've yet to experiment with the load for the OTM bullets! Also, at 900 yards at 61 degrees Fahrenheit, I needed 0.2 more miliradian clicks with the SMK's, so theories about the shorter bearing surface of the SMK's, don't hold water in regard to better velocity. I look at this way, a sub 6" group at 900 yards with no load development isn't bad, and the groups were consistent, whereas the SMK isn't worth persevering with, only to waste barrel life. [/QUOTE]
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