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The Ultimate Collection of 223 Reloading Data - 7 Brands of Bullets - 1 Year of Work!
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<blockquote data-quote="Haagen Dazs" data-source="post: 687978" data-attributes="member: 42602"><p><strong>Part 3/4</strong></p><p></p><p>...</p><p><strong><div style="text-align: center">***All final recipes are summarized at the bottom of this 'report'***</div><p></strong></p><p>Ok, so getting on with the data. The first bullets tested were the Hornady 75gn A-Max and the Sierra 69gn MatchKing. Unfortunately, I lost alot of the pics and targets so there is little info. The spreadsheets have most of the important stuff anyway!</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center">Left to right: Dummy round - Sierra 65gn GameKing - Sierra 69gn MatchKing - Hornady 75gn A-MAX</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Range0012.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/Range0012.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Range0012.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Hornady 75gn Load development table:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Hornady75.png" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/LoadData-Hornady75.png</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Hornady75.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Hornady groups from 01 September 2011:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady7501sept2011.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/hornady7501sept2011.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady7501sept2011.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Nearly crapped my pants when I saw this! (less than 0.1 MoA group)</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady75best.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/hornady75best.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady75best.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Hornady Final Groupings from 16 September 2011:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady75final.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/hornady75final.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady75final.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p>As you can see, the groups shot from my stock, unbedded Savage 12 are not too shabby. I realized that 3 shot groups were relatively inconclusive and switched to 5 shot groups for the last half of the brands of bullets.</p><p> </p><p></p><div style="text-align: center">Sierra 69gn MatchKing Table:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Sierra69MK.png" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/LoadData-Sierra69MK.png</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Sierra69MK.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p>No pics of the Sierra stuff, but as you can see, it's too light for the 1:7" twist.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>I also wanted to develop a bit of a small game 'hunting' round. The results are kinda laughable as the 65gn bullet was too light for the fast twist rate.</p><div style="text-align: center"></div> <div style="text-align: center">Sierra 65gn GameKing Table:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Sierra65GK.png" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/LoadData-Sierra65GK.png</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Sierra65GK.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div> <div style="text-align: center">Bored again? I found a <strong><u>video</u> </strong>to go with that other pic!</div> <div style="text-align: center">[ame="http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/?action=view&current=Range010.mp4"]223 Load development :: Range010.mp4 video by s25075 - Photobucket@@AMEPARAM@@file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid1237.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff476%2Fs25075%2F223%2520Load%2520development%2FRange010.mp4@@AMEPARAM@@file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid1237.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff476%2Fs25075%2F223%2520Load%2520development%2FRange010.mp4[/ame]</div><p></p><p></p><p>Moving on, after finishing that load data, I thought I'd give the Ladder Test method a try. All of the next 4 brands of projectiles went through a Ladder test of 3 stings of 8 (24 rounds). I used the chrony to give a velocity node and the elevation of the 'groups' to determine a precision node. I colored each projectile of a similar charge weight in order to see where it printed on the target.</p><p>After the Ladder test, Each brand of bullet went through 3 more rounds of testing, each with 5 groups of 5 rounds each. The final round was used to determine seating depth and the 2nd and 3rd were used to find a good charge weight. </p><div style="text-align: center"></div> <div style="text-align: center"></div> <div style="text-align: center">First up, the Nosler 77gn Table of Results:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Nosler77.png" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/LoadData-Nosler77.png</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Nosler77.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Nosler 77gn Ladder test:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns162.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/PortageGuns162.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns162.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Nosler 77gn MV vs Charge Weight Graph: (You can see the obvious 2 velocity nodes)</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Graph-Nosler77.png" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/Graph-Nosler77.png</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Graph-Nosler77.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Nosler 77gn Round 2/4:</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns163.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/PortageGuns163.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns163.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Nosler 77gn Round 3/4</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns164.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/PortageGuns164.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns164.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div> <div style="text-align: center">Nosler 77gn Round 4/4</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns165.jpg" target="_blank">http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223 Load development/PortageGuns165.jpg</a></div> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns165.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></div><p>Overall, I wasn't crazy impressed with these projectiles, especially compared to the Lapua 77gn HPBT.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haagen Dazs, post: 687978, member: 42602"] [b]Part 3/4[/b] ... [B][CENTER]***All final recipes are summarized at the bottom of this 'report'***[/CENTER][/B] Ok, so getting on with the data. The first bullets tested were the Hornady 75gn A-Max and the Sierra 69gn MatchKing. Unfortunately, I lost alot of the pics and targets so there is little info. The spreadsheets have most of the important stuff anyway! [CENTER]Left to right: Dummy round - Sierra 65gn GameKing - Sierra 69gn MatchKing - Hornady 75gn A-MAX [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Range0012.jpg[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Range0012.jpg[/IMG] Hornady 75gn Load development table: [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Hornady75.png[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Hornady75.png[/IMG] Hornady groups from 01 September 2011: [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady7501sept2011.jpg[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady7501sept2011.jpg[/IMG] Nearly crapped my pants when I saw this! (less than 0.1 MoA group) [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady75best.jpg[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady75best.jpg[/IMG] Hornady Final Groupings from 16 September 2011: [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady75final.jpg[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/hornady75final.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] As you can see, the groups shot from my stock, unbedded Savage 12 are not too shabby. I realized that 3 shot groups were relatively inconclusive and switched to 5 shot groups for the last half of the brands of bullets. [CENTER]Sierra 69gn MatchKing Table: [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Sierra69MK.png[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Sierra69MK.png[/IMG][/CENTER] No pics of the Sierra stuff, but as you can see, it's too light for the 1:7" twist. I also wanted to develop a bit of a small game 'hunting' round. The results are kinda laughable as the 65gn bullet was too light for the fast twist rate. [CENTER] Sierra 65gn GameKing Table: [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Sierra65GK.png[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Sierra65GK.png[/IMG] Bored again? I found a [B][U]video[/U] [/B]to go with that other pic! [ame="http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/?action=view¤t=Range010.mp4"]223 Load development :: Range010.mp4 video by s25075 - Photobucket@@AMEPARAM@@file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid1237.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff476%2Fs25075%2F223%2520Load%2520development%2FRange010.mp4@@AMEPARAM@@file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid1237.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fff476%2Fs25075%2F223%2520Load%2520development%2FRange010.mp4[/ame][/CENTER] Moving on, after finishing that load data, I thought I'd give the Ladder Test method a try. All of the next 4 brands of projectiles went through a Ladder test of 3 stings of 8 (24 rounds). I used the chrony to give a velocity node and the elevation of the 'groups' to determine a precision node. I colored each projectile of a similar charge weight in order to see where it printed on the target. After the Ladder test, Each brand of bullet went through 3 more rounds of testing, each with 5 groups of 5 rounds each. The final round was used to determine seating depth and the 2nd and 3rd were used to find a good charge weight. [CENTER] First up, the Nosler 77gn Table of Results: [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Nosler77.png[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/LoadData-Nosler77.png[/IMG] Nosler 77gn Ladder test: [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns162.jpg[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns162.jpg[/IMG] Nosler 77gn MV vs Charge Weight Graph: (You can see the obvious 2 velocity nodes) [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Graph-Nosler77.png[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/Graph-Nosler77.png[/IMG] Nosler 77gn Round 2/4: [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns163.jpg[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns163.jpg[/IMG] Nosler 77gn Round 3/4 [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns164.jpg[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns164.jpg[/IMG] Nosler 77gn Round 4/4 [url]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns165.jpg[/url] [IMG]http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff476/s25075/223%20Load%20development/PortageGuns165.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Overall, I wasn't crazy impressed with these projectiles, especially compared to the Lapua 77gn HPBT..... 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