Originally Posted by DakotaDeer
muledeer,

I noticed that you are running 41.5 grains of RL15 with the Hornady 129. Is this over book? I thought that the Nosler manual listed 40 grains max with only a 120 bullet.

Did you ever try the RL15 with the TSX120, as this is the powder and bullet I'm planning to run this year? What results did you find?


It probably is over book -- I started in the mid-30's and worked my way up, attending to the chronograph and all the standard pressure signs. I loaded lots of Re15 with 120 TSX's -- got good velocity but not so great accuracy once I got up in the 2900 fps range. Tried H414 and got inch or less groups at 2900+ fps, so hunted that load. I can get 3000 fps out of the 120 TSX with Re 15, but I'm going to have to work on seating depths or who knows what -- bedding maybe -- to try for better accuracy. But as long as I can shoot 120 TSX's under an inch at 2900+ fps, I'm not going to worry too much grin.

DN


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