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<blockquote data-quote="jamesmc2" data-source="post: 585588" data-attributes="member: 28212"><p>I have had good luck with the A-max and Varget combination. I find that it is quite temp stable and have not had much issue with lot to lot variation. I shoot a Savage with a 1 in 10 twist and it loves the 175-180 grain bullets. My load is 44.5 of Varget with a 178gr A-max. It is consistently capable of shooting 0.3 to 0.5 inch groups. My velocity out of a 24" barrel is 2780fps. Running through the Chrony I get a SD of around 15fps and an extreme spread of 40fps. </p><p></p><p>One thing to consider is that stock Remington barrels are 1 in 12 twist and tend to favor bullets in the 155-165 grain class. You might check out the 168gr A-max.</p><p></p><p>The A-max has done well on game for me too. At the slower .308 velocities you get a nice mushroom and often complete pass throughs. A bullet found after a 500yd shot had about 60% weight retention and weighed in just over 100gr. </p><p></p><p>Here are some pics of a mule deer, inside and out, taken at 400yds with the .308</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jamesmc2, post: 585588, member: 28212"] I have had good luck with the A-max and Varget combination. I find that it is quite temp stable and have not had much issue with lot to lot variation. I shoot a Savage with a 1 in 10 twist and it loves the 175-180 grain bullets. My load is 44.5 of Varget with a 178gr A-max. It is consistently capable of shooting 0.3 to 0.5 inch groups. My velocity out of a 24" barrel is 2780fps. Running through the Chrony I get a SD of around 15fps and an extreme spread of 40fps. One thing to consider is that stock Remington barrels are 1 in 12 twist and tend to favor bullets in the 155-165 grain class. You might check out the 168gr A-max. The A-max has done well on game for me too. At the slower .308 velocities you get a nice mushroom and often complete pass throughs. A bullet found after a 500yd shot had about 60% weight retention and weighed in just over 100gr. Here are some pics of a mule deer, inside and out, taken at 400yds with the .308 [/QUOTE]
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