Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Mosin Target... Vertical Stringing... Help?

Hi All,

I'm stumped here.

This is today's shooting. It's just surplus light ball bullets, pulled, over 45 grains of Varget and a Federal primer. This is from a clean bore, and this rifle shoots low with a clean bore.

10 shots. Square is 1"; circle is 2". 60 yards, prone, front support, fire five, stripper clip, five more, as fast as I can BRASS, about every two seconds:



Prior to that, a 174 grain Hornady o.312" Match over 51.2 grains H4350, same distance:



But 174 grain jacketed round nose o.312" bullet, under increasing amounts of Varget, this is the best I could get, and the vertical stringing is really bad though it's an improvement over the lighter loads. If I recall correctly, these are 44 and 44.5 grains, pretty much overlapping each other. 10 shots:



Do I just keep increasing until I max out or find a load that doesn't string? Where do I go from here?

Thanks,

Josh