I bought a new BLR about 3 years ago. I mounted a Leupold 2.5-8 scope on it and took to the range to check it out. The first load I tried was supposed to be just a familiarization thing, so just loaded some Speer 220 grain bullets at about 1 grain under the max according to the Speer manual. That load went into just under 1.5" for 3 shots. I stopped load development right there and don't see any reason to pursue it any further. That rifle will consistently put them between 1" and 1.5" when I do my part.

I picked up some Speer 250s at the time to try, but have yet to load them up. I'm not sure I want to take a chance to upset the juju magic of the other load.


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