Warren Barrett
Well-Known Member
with Retumbo powder. I`ve tried some in my 308 Baer and it gave me great groups at 1140yds. with 216 Clinch River bullets. But, after about 20 rounds, during cleaning there was a good bit of solid streaks of carbon( I guess) coming out on the patches. Also, on the end of the muzzle was a coating of this carbon or whatever that was thicker, blacker, and tougher than I have ever witnessed before. This stuff had to be soaked for a while to be a able to scratch it off with my finger nails. Is this normal for this powder? I like the groups that it`s producing but not the clean-up. The primers being used are 210 Match. I`m wondering if this situation could be helped with 215 Match primers somehow with the burning. I just figure the 210`s would be better with the extreme spread. Any explanations?
Also do any of you use magnum primers with low extreme spreads (215 Match)?
thanks, Warren
Also do any of you use magnum primers with low extreme spreads (215 Match)?
thanks, Warren