I'm a bolt action guy.. I've been using a lot of Benchmark over the last year or two... Bi Mart here in Oregon has been selling it for $23.50 a pound for several years...I've got a good stock of it.. 30 to 40 pounds of it...

I have found that the accuracy gets better and better, the stiffer the charge...

I've been running it with 40 to 60 grain bullets....40s and 53s are my two favorite bullet weights...

40s, 28 grains plus...

53s, 27.5 grains

60s.. 26.5 grains...


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