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Howa 1500 308 accuracy issue
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<blockquote data-quote="wwbrown" data-source="post: 2983149" data-attributes="member: 31392"><p>I have tried to reproduce the capability of wide range accuracy that the 175 FGMM offers and never have although I can get the same velocity out of the 175 g SMK. When Federal ran Lake City the M118LR rounds had identical components except for the brass and did not possess the wide range accuracy that the FGMM did. Federal's brass is softer than Lake City, alot softer some of the softest brass out there and that may be part of the key to its accuracy.</p><p></p><p>The M118LR brass is good stuff, I have 7 gallons of it from the same lot number that I shot about 10 years and have a fair amount of experience reloading it. One thing I don't do is reload the FGMM brass as I find it too soft, I have tried reloading it to match FGMM but blew primers out on reloads 2 or 3 with moderate charges. All of my data is based on the brass of 10-15 years back so possibly things have changed since then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wwbrown, post: 2983149, member: 31392"] I have tried to reproduce the capability of wide range accuracy that the 175 FGMM offers and never have although I can get the same velocity out of the 175 g SMK. When Federal ran Lake City the M118LR rounds had identical components except for the brass and did not possess the wide range accuracy that the FGMM did. Federal's brass is softer than Lake City, alot softer some of the softest brass out there and that may be part of the key to its accuracy. The M118LR brass is good stuff, I have 7 gallons of it from the same lot number that I shot about 10 years and have a fair amount of experience reloading it. One thing I don't do is reload the FGMM brass as I find it too soft, I have tried reloading it to match FGMM but blew primers out on reloads 2 or 3 with moderate charges. All of my data is based on the brass of 10-15 years back so possibly things have changed since then. [/QUOTE]
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