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Beginner 7 SAUM reloading tips
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<blockquote data-quote="JakeC" data-source="post: 2828542" data-attributes="member: 115819"><p>I live in utah, I completely understand. That's why I dual load and why I chose the hammer 140 as my carry load. It's got good enough ballistics to be easily shootable for an intermediate like me at 600 in light wind and it's flat enough that 3-450 require layup holdovers with a 100y zero, and 500 is still a snap without dialing. It is freakishly flat, to me, and hits hard. The BC isn't awesome but sheer speed makes it very forgiving. The 180 isn't exactly clunky either. I've hit cans in field positions from 300 to 600 using holdovers with that thing. Just bracketing with a varmint reticle. It's so ballistically good that it has a very steady decay, it's not like it's rainbow. And once you're dialing, you're dialing. The 168 accubond long range was excellent too, has the balanced ballistics you're looking for if you can get it to 2850. I my gun that actually had the best external ballistics of all. Lower BC than some but I got enough speed that it passed everything else. Those 162 pills are a fantastic choice too, not disparaging them at all if you can get them. One is not better than the other, not saying that, I'm just letting you know you have a LOT of great options should you run into supply issues and gouging, especially with your action. I ran hundreds of pages of numbers for proper ballistics and found dual loading fun and a lot easier than I expected, and now I just feel really confident with that setup. It's such a cool round, it would be a smash today. It took Hornady 20 years to repackage the principles, make it longer than it needs to be, and get it back out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JakeC, post: 2828542, member: 115819"] I live in utah, I completely understand. That’s why I dual load and why I chose the hammer 140 as my carry load. It’s got good enough ballistics to be easily shootable for an intermediate like me at 600 in light wind and it’s flat enough that 3-450 require layup holdovers with a 100y zero, and 500 is still a snap without dialing. It is freakishly flat, to me, and hits hard. The BC isn’t awesome but sheer speed makes it very forgiving. The 180 isn't exactly clunky either. I’ve hit cans in field positions from 300 to 600 using holdovers with that thing. Just bracketing with a varmint reticle. It’s so ballistically good that it has a very steady decay, it’s not like it’s rainbow. And once you're dialing, you're dialing. The 168 accubond long range was excellent too, has the balanced ballistics you’re looking for if you can get it to 2850. I my gun that actually had the best external ballistics of all. Lower BC than some but I got enough speed that it passed everything else. Those 162 pills are a fantastic choice too, not disparaging them at all if you can get them. One is not better than the other, not saying that, I’m just letting you know you have a LOT of great options should you run into supply issues and gouging, especially with your action. I ran hundreds of pages of numbers for proper ballistics and found dual loading fun and a lot easier than I expected, and now I just feel really confident with that setup. It's such a cool round, it would be a smash today. It took Hornady 20 years to repackage the principles, make it longer than it needs to be, and get it back out there. [/QUOTE]
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