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I dearly love Varget but I think H335 is a lot better for when I want to load 1,000 rds.at a time for a prairie dog shoot. Benchmark gives good results without having to compress the powder charge. I used Varget a lot with 77 gr. Sierra MatchKings in Highpower competition.
I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger! There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
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I'll second the comments about Varget being slow for 40-55 but peachy for heavier bullets, but with a caveat. If you have a longer throat, and can seat your 55s out a ways, Varget will work well. However, when I went to a shorter-throated new barrel, I had "packing" issues and the only way I got good groups was by using Mic McPherson's "swirl charge" technique, which is not an option when you are pooping out a couple hundred rounds at a crack. I just prefer pumping and dumping. So...I use H 4895 instead for 50s and 55s, and Varget for 60 and up in a bolter 223.
Up hills slow, Down hills fast Tonnage first and Safety last.
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I'm running a max charge of Varget behind Barnes 62gr Barnes Tsx's . Its ridiculously accurate out of my Bushmaster predator.
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I loaded 500 BHA Match brass for my partner to shoot in his bolt gun. 55gr v-max over 26.5 gr of varget shot so well out of his colt H-Bar, he uses them for match ammo. I would like to find some more of that Black Hills brass. Allan
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I load 26 gr of Varget with a 63 gr Sierra smp. This gave me more accuracy and velocity than Win 748 which is my second choice.
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26.5gr Varget and a 52gr A-Max with Fed match primers has done in a lot of prairie dogs for me.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jun 2006
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Another with good results under the 60-grain v-max @25.5, also, the 75 A-max @ 24.
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Not until I get up to 69 Gr bullets or heavier.
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