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Anyone have a Seekins Havak? Need some info on loads
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike027" data-source="post: 2296341" data-attributes="member: 5816"><p>I recently purchased a Havak PH2. I first tried some factory Hornady Precision Hunter 143 ELD-X and got groups of around an inch and I was quite frankly a little disappointed. I had a few ELD-X 143 bullets so I loaded a few starter test rounds with 50 grains of Reloder 23 and it put 3 shots into the same hole. I thought maybe it was a fluke so I tried it again the next day and got the same result. However, because I was short on that bullet and powder to do additional testing I had to go to the 140 grain ELD-M and H1000 and I'm consistently getting 3 shot groups under a half inch at 100 yards with 57.7 grains of the H1000, with Hornady brass and Federal large rifle primers. My COL is at 2.935". Velocity is 2,929 fps. I will be using this load for an antelope hunt in Colorado next week. I have since been able to locate a couple boxes of the ELD-X 143 grainers so I will do more testing in the coming months. Reloder 23 is nowhere to be found in my area but I have a good supply of H1000. Keep testing and Im sure you will find a couple of loads that will give you the results you are looking for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike027, post: 2296341, member: 5816"] I recently purchased a Havak PH2. I first tried some factory Hornady Precision Hunter 143 ELD-X and got groups of around an inch and I was quite frankly a little disappointed. I had a few ELD-X 143 bullets so I loaded a few starter test rounds with 50 grains of Reloder 23 and it put 3 shots into the same hole. I thought maybe it was a fluke so I tried it again the next day and got the same result. However, because I was short on that bullet and powder to do additional testing I had to go to the 140 grain ELD-M and H1000 and I'm consistently getting 3 shot groups under a half inch at 100 yards with 57.7 grains of the H1000, with Hornady brass and Federal large rifle primers. My COL is at 2.935". Velocity is 2,929 fps. I will be using this load for an antelope hunt in Colorado next week. I have since been able to locate a couple boxes of the ELD-X 143 grainers so I will do more testing in the coming months. Reloder 23 is nowhere to be found in my area but I have a good supply of H1000. Keep testing and Im sure you will find a couple of loads that will give you the results you are looking for. [/QUOTE]
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