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Bullet seating depth and load suggestions for Tipped TSX?
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<blockquote data-quote="Shortmagman" data-source="post: 305071" data-attributes="member: 10723"><p>I spent time yesterday shooting 168 TTSX bullets out of my Ruger Mark II in 300WSM. I have been working up loads using this bullet and two powders that you mentioned. Both N550 and RL-17 have worked quite well in my gun but as of now I plan to use RL-17 as the load that I will take on my Wy. elk hunt in Oct. . My goal was to find an accurate load at about 3000 ft/sec and I was able to achieve that with both powders. I did get just a bit better accuracy with the RL-17 load.Here are my loads. They are not max loads and you can get 150-200 ft/sec more velocity it you want with this bullet and powder combinations.</p><p>WW cases</p><p>64.7 grains RL-17-3012 ft/sec average</p><p>215M Primers</p><p>.050 off the lands as the instruction sheet recommends</p><p></p><p>N550 load 62.5 grains 2990ft/sec</p><p>Norma cases</p><p>WLRM primers</p><p>.050 off the lands to start</p><p></p><p>My next step is to shoot my RL-17 load at 300 yards. This is about the max distance that I want to shoot. My gun weights just over 8 lbs with scope and I wanted to keep the recoil down to a manageble level. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I have been able to get Barnes TSX and Barnes TTSX bullets to shoot very accurate with many different guns. The secret is to get the bullet off the lands. Read the instruction sheet and follow it and your gun should shoot the Barnes bullet as well are better that the other bullets that you mentioned. All four member of my elk hunting party will be shooting Barnes bullets. I have loaded them all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shortmagman, post: 305071, member: 10723"] I spent time yesterday shooting 168 TTSX bullets out of my Ruger Mark II in 300WSM. I have been working up loads using this bullet and two powders that you mentioned. Both N550 and RL-17 have worked quite well in my gun but as of now I plan to use RL-17 as the load that I will take on my Wy. elk hunt in Oct. . My goal was to find an accurate load at about 3000 ft/sec and I was able to achieve that with both powders. I did get just a bit better accuracy with the RL-17 load.Here are my loads. They are not max loads and you can get 150-200 ft/sec more velocity it you want with this bullet and powder combinations. WW cases 64.7 grains RL-17-3012 ft/sec average 215M Primers .050 off the lands as the instruction sheet recommends N550 load 62.5 grains 2990ft/sec Norma cases WLRM primers .050 off the lands to start My next step is to shoot my RL-17 load at 300 yards. This is about the max distance that I want to shoot. My gun weights just over 8 lbs with scope and I wanted to keep the recoil down to a manageble level. I have been able to get Barnes TSX and Barnes TTSX bullets to shoot very accurate with many different guns. The secret is to get the bullet off the lands. Read the instruction sheet and follow it and your gun should shoot the Barnes bullet as well are better that the other bullets that you mentioned. All four member of my elk hunting party will be shooting Barnes bullets. I have loaded them all. [/QUOTE]
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