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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 1119363" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>For hunting, I use 200gr Accubonds in my Kimber 8400 Select, I use RE25 @ 79gr in WW-Super brass. This is a hot load, but I have .150" of jump in this rifle with that combo at mag length. It is superbly accurate, giving me consistant .5 MoA groups to 800yrds.</p><p>I can't load the Bergers to mag length in this rifle, I have also used 190gr Nosler Comp bullets in this also, but only at gongs and 1 deer, performance on animals isn't great.</p><p>H1000 and Retumbo are good with 200gr+ bullets. I've never experienced problems running Alliant powders in warm weather, I work up my loads in summer with all powder types, never had a proble doing this, and yes, going from summer to winter DOES change POI slightly, but who doesn't check trajectory before hunting season anyway?!</p><p>My hunting rifles are clean most of the time, but if they don't show POI differences between squeaky clean and fouled, I will use them fouled up to about 40 rounds and clean. I shoot my groups with the barrel fouled, normally 2 fouler shots on a clean barrel before I start. I shoot my 3 shots fairly quick, not quick enough to cook the barrel, then I let it cool for the next 3, and so on. The barrel is warm, say the same as ambient when I start a group. I, also don't worry too much about seating depth until I find a good powder combo, then tweak seating depth.</p><p>My long range target/hunting rifle is single loaded, so it gets the seating depth set to start with, then shot for groups, it doesn't get cleaned for 200 rounds or more, it performs better with the carbon removed but the copper not scrubbed out. It's a completely different set of parameters to my hunting rifles, whether long range or not when developing loads for it.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps you out.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p><p>gun)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 1119363, member: 10755"] For hunting, I use 200gr Accubonds in my Kimber 8400 Select, I use RE25 @ 79gr in WW-Super brass. This is a hot load, but I have .150" of jump in this rifle with that combo at mag length. It is superbly accurate, giving me consistant .5 MoA groups to 800yrds. I can't load the Bergers to mag length in this rifle, I have also used 190gr Nosler Comp bullets in this also, but only at gongs and 1 deer, performance on animals isn't great. H1000 and Retumbo are good with 200gr+ bullets. I've never experienced problems running Alliant powders in warm weather, I work up my loads in summer with all powder types, never had a proble doing this, and yes, going from summer to winter DOES change POI slightly, but who doesn't check trajectory before hunting season anyway?! My hunting rifles are clean most of the time, but if they don't show POI differences between squeaky clean and fouled, I will use them fouled up to about 40 rounds and clean. I shoot my groups with the barrel fouled, normally 2 fouler shots on a clean barrel before I start. I shoot my 3 shots fairly quick, not quick enough to cook the barrel, then I let it cool for the next 3, and so on. The barrel is warm, say the same as ambient when I start a group. I, also don't worry too much about seating depth until I find a good powder combo, then tweak seating depth. My long range target/hunting rifle is single loaded, so it gets the seating depth set to start with, then shot for groups, it doesn't get cleaned for 200 rounds or more, it performs better with the carbon removed but the copper not scrubbed out. It's a completely different set of parameters to my hunting rifles, whether long range or not when developing loads for it. Hope this helps you out. Cheers. gun) [/QUOTE]
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