Vartarg and CFE-BLK powder - 11/21/17
Been varminting for half a century, tried a large variety of cartridges and the Vartarg stands out as the best.Called Hodgdon to see if they had any data on their new powder and the Vartarg,they did not, so I was on my own.Is CFE-BLK compatible with the Vartarg,indeed it is.Here's what I came up with,34 gr. dog town hollow point,20 grs of powder wsr primer=3870 fps, best group 100 yds one hole measuring .215,next 40 gr v-max 19 grs. powder wsr primer=3543 fps, best group 200 yds. 3 shots measure .273,I believe these are top end loads, so caution work up carefully, the great quality of this powder is it strips the copper from the barrel.I have a 204 ruger and the Vartarg is right on it's heels just uses 10 grs. less powder.