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<blockquote data-quote="TxPhred" data-source="post: 2659092" data-attributes="member: 56833"><p>[ATTACH=full]408651[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ann, I do, and I hope this helps you, I chose to go lighter with bullet selection. Caveat here is I hunt in So. Texas so distance is within 200-250 yds and generally within 175 yds. </p><p>- Mine is a 600 Mohawk with an 18.5" barrel. </p><p> - Please start low and work your way up. </p><p> - first is a 100gr Barnes TTSX with 52.3 grs H380, WLR primer 2.895 COAL, R-P Cases which gave me 3115.4 FPS avg.</p><p> - second is a 85gr Sierra Varminter bullet p/n 1700, 57.5 grs of H380, WLR Primer and R-P cases. 3283.6 FPS avg. </p><p></p><p>Both loads gave me sub .5" MOA groups and POA was within .5" vertical of each other @ 100yds. The lighter bullets provided a very light recoil. </p><p></p><p>I am anxious to try Hammers in it but both these loads shoot so well that well, if it ain't broke. on a side note, this was my first stock build, I found it roughed in and I finished it myself and kinda pleased with the results and bedded with Brownell's compounds and has a Timney trigger at 2.5lbs. the Glass is a Zeiss Conquest 3.5-10 x 44. Good luck with yours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TxPhred, post: 2659092, member: 56833"] [ATTACH type="full"]408651[/ATTACH] Ann, I do, and I hope this helps you, I chose to go lighter with bullet selection. Caveat here is I hunt in So. Texas so distance is within 200-250 yds and generally within 175 yds. - Mine is a 600 Mohawk with an 18.5" barrel. - Please start low and work your way up. - first is a 100gr Barnes TTSX with 52.3 grs H380, WLR primer 2.895 COAL, R-P Cases which gave me 3115.4 FPS avg. - second is a 85gr Sierra Varminter bullet p/n 1700, 57.5 grs of H380, WLR Primer and R-P cases. 3283.6 FPS avg. Both loads gave me sub .5" MOA groups and POA was within .5" vertical of each other @ 100yds. The lighter bullets provided a very light recoil. I am anxious to try Hammers in it but both these loads shoot so well that well, if it ain't broke. on a side note, this was my first stock build, I found it roughed in and I finished it myself and kinda pleased with the results and bedded with Brownell's compounds and has a Timney trigger at 2.5lbs. the Glass is a Zeiss Conquest 3.5-10 x 44. Good luck with yours. [/QUOTE]
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