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Berger 168 Classic Hunter/308 Kimber Adv. Tactical
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<blockquote data-quote="longrangehunterII" data-source="post: 1034518" data-attributes="member: 61185"><p>I picked up a used Kimber Advanced Tactical 308 Win. that had only 67 rounds down the barrel for my brother on a Cyber Monday super buy that was too good to pass up. So I worked up a load using the 168 SMK and now needed to find a hunting load.</p><p></p><p>I worked from the previous load development and only changed the seating depth to start with. These bullets all displayed the same ogive length, even better then the SMK's. I had previously measured both bullets using a Sinclair seating depth gage and they were both very close to the same measurements but I started with a different seating depth and only made one change .005" further out and Boom..... Bug Holes. Took only 10 rounds to find a load and made 5 more to test at 455 yards and called it good.</p><p></p><p>Bottom photo is a 168 SMK with the first 5 shots with various charge weights and then another 5 all at 42.9 grains leaving the barrel around 2600 fps. I had another load that was a little slower that shot three shot groups into the .1's. </p><p></p><p>Note: the very first round tends to always be higher when shot through a clean barrel in my observations over a lot of years and the rounds will settle down once the fouling has seasoned the barrel. </p><p></p><p>Berger 168 Classic Hunter </p><p>43.0 RL-15</p><p>F210M</p><p>Winchester match prepped brass</p><p>2.2550" CBTO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="longrangehunterII, post: 1034518, member: 61185"] I picked up a used Kimber Advanced Tactical 308 Win. that had only 67 rounds down the barrel for my brother on a Cyber Monday super buy that was too good to pass up. So I worked up a load using the 168 SMK and now needed to find a hunting load. I worked from the previous load development and only changed the seating depth to start with. These bullets all displayed the same ogive length, even better then the SMK's. I had previously measured both bullets using a Sinclair seating depth gage and they were both very close to the same measurements but I started with a different seating depth and only made one change .005" further out and Boom..... Bug Holes. Took only 10 rounds to find a load and made 5 more to test at 455 yards and called it good. Bottom photo is a 168 SMK with the first 5 shots with various charge weights and then another 5 all at 42.9 grains leaving the barrel around 2600 fps. I had another load that was a little slower that shot three shot groups into the .1's. Note: the very first round tends to always be higher when shot through a clean barrel in my observations over a lot of years and the rounds will settle down once the fouling has seasoned the barrel. Berger 168 Classic Hunter 43.0 RL-15 F210M Winchester match prepped brass 2.2550" CBTO [/QUOTE]
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