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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1055495" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>If you can find Varget where you live, buy as much of it as you can, of the same lot #. If you aren't familiar, I'm sure someone who works at the store can help you find the lot #.</p><p> </p><p>That being said. I would order about 200 Lapua brass, and a 1,000ct box of Nosler 168gr Custom Competition bullets. Also a 1K brick of Federal 210/210M primers will work great, too.</p><p> </p><p>Load 44.0gr of Varget and seat the bullet to 2.810". You might have to tweak the load up or down for your rifle to find what it likes, but that should get you a good starting point.</p><p> </p><p>Also, if you don't have it, I recommend a Nosler 7, and a Berger reloading manual.</p><p> </p><p>Also, something that will help avoid break-in, and will greatly reduce copper-fouling, is to have a local smith hand-lap the bore. It helps to smooth out all the tooling marks left by the rifling process, which cause copper fouling. When I say "avoid break-in" by hand-lapping it, it is sort of like breaking one in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1055495, member: 12995"] If you can find Varget where you live, buy as much of it as you can, of the same lot #. If you aren't familiar, I'm sure someone who works at the store can help you find the lot #. That being said. I would order about 200 Lapua brass, and a 1,000ct box of Nosler 168gr Custom Competition bullets. Also a 1K brick of Federal 210/210M primers will work great, too. Load 44.0gr of Varget and seat the bullet to 2.810". You might have to tweak the load up or down for your rifle to find what it likes, but that should get you a good starting point. Also, if you don't have it, I recommend a Nosler 7, and a Berger reloading manual. Also, something that will help avoid break-in, and will greatly reduce copper-fouling, is to have a local smith hand-lap the bore. It helps to smooth out all the tooling marks left by the rifling process, which cause copper fouling. When I say "avoid break-in" by hand-lapping it, it is sort of like breaking one in. [/QUOTE]
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