ramrod79
Well-Known Member
Guys let me start off if I can get pics posted I will it may help everyone out but any way down to the dirty cheating.LOL
So I have a custom 6.5 284 rem action Benchmark barrel 26", and gun shoots 1/2 inch at 200 with 53G H 4831sc ,and 140 Berg 40 off lands, and holds 3/4- MOA out to 1000. BUT I was bored ,and another fella on here has the same set up as me ,and he uses Retumbo lights out load for him same barrel ,and action .
So guys heres where I cheated I used his load data 56.5GR of Ret at 5 thou of lands, and I shot a 2inch group at 200 then repeated the same results same group size ( nice triangle group) so being curious I decided to run another test using the seating depth I currently use with my 4831sc load ,and to my surprise I shot two 3 shot groups 1.25 inch thats almost Half min at 200 yards with the same nice triangle group . I know pics would say a thousand words.
So now heres my dilemma seeing as I cheated ,and did not do my own work up on this ,and used someone else's data what do I do continue to seat bullets deeper to see if I can get groups to tighten up a bit or what ?? does anyone have any suggestions as I have yet to run over chrono, and yes I should have done proper work up of my own but I wanted to see if the 2 barrels would shoot close to the same, and I am really pleased so far. I guess I should chrono first to see what I am getting for speed ES ,SD maybe shoot out at longer distance .
Any suggestions or should I just abandon ,and go back to my current load ?
So I have a custom 6.5 284 rem action Benchmark barrel 26", and gun shoots 1/2 inch at 200 with 53G H 4831sc ,and 140 Berg 40 off lands, and holds 3/4- MOA out to 1000. BUT I was bored ,and another fella on here has the same set up as me ,and he uses Retumbo lights out load for him same barrel ,and action .
So guys heres where I cheated I used his load data 56.5GR of Ret at 5 thou of lands, and I shot a 2inch group at 200 then repeated the same results same group size ( nice triangle group) so being curious I decided to run another test using the seating depth I currently use with my 4831sc load ,and to my surprise I shot two 3 shot groups 1.25 inch thats almost Half min at 200 yards with the same nice triangle group . I know pics would say a thousand words.
So now heres my dilemma seeing as I cheated ,and did not do my own work up on this ,and used someone else's data what do I do continue to seat bullets deeper to see if I can get groups to tighten up a bit or what ?? does anyone have any suggestions as I have yet to run over chrono, and yes I should have done proper work up of my own but I wanted to see if the 2 barrels would shoot close to the same, and I am really pleased so far. I guess I should chrono first to see what I am getting for speed ES ,SD maybe shoot out at longer distance .
Any suggestions or should I just abandon ,and go back to my current load ?