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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 450993" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Thanks Kevin.</p><p></p><p>It's good to hear from a bullet guy on this issue.</p><p></p><p>I had no idea that a simple recommendation on twist rate would become so heated but so be it.</p><p></p><p>The 155s were not available at the time I shot and the only two bullets that were used </p><p>with any success by re loaders were the 168 SMK and the 180 SMK and the service shooters used </p><p>the 175 gr match ammo (M118 national match) and most bolt actions would not shoot it. Later </p><p>the military started pulling the 175s and replacing them with 168s to be competitive with the </p><p>civilian shooters.</p><p></p><p>I bough many of the 175s for $3:00 a hundred for practice and fouling rounds from the guys that </p><p>were pulling them.</p><p></p><p>This ammo with the pulled bullets is now called M852 and still uses the 168 gr bullet. My load </p><p>was/is some what hotter than this load and the velocity was not sub sonic at 1100 yards (1306</p><p>ft/sec). so I never had those issues.</p><p></p><p>With all of the new bullets I'm sure the rules may change . </p><p></p><p>J R CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 450993, member: 2736"] Thanks Kevin. It's good to hear from a bullet guy on this issue. I had no idea that a simple recommendation on twist rate would become so heated but so be it. The 155s were not available at the time I shot and the only two bullets that were used with any success by re loaders were the 168 SMK and the 180 SMK and the service shooters used the 175 gr match ammo (M118 national match) and most bolt actions would not shoot it. Later the military started pulling the 175s and replacing them with 168s to be competitive with the civilian shooters. I bough many of the 175s for $3:00 a hundred for practice and fouling rounds from the guys that were pulling them. This ammo with the pulled bullets is now called M852 and still uses the 168 gr bullet. My load was/is some what hotter than this load and the velocity was not sub sonic at 1100 yards (1306 ft/sec). so I never had those issues. With all of the new bullets I'm sure the rules may change . J R CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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