John,

I am currently shooting the Scirocco's (I) in :

1) 150 in a 280 and the 7STW...in the STW I use RL25, over 3350, excellent accuracy. Loaded the 150SS for a pards 7Rem and it also shot very well with RL25. Great velocity and accuracy with that combo.

2) 165 in both a 300Win and 300WSM...both shoot into 1/2" groups...both are also customs. One has a Pederson the other Pac-Nor. I no longer shoot the 300Win load as I switched to the 180 Partition in the Winnie.

The 300WSM however pops them out at 3100 and absolutely loves them.

3) 180SS in my 300RUM....the pics I posted show the results. You should see the groups that thing shoots with the 180's. Pure factory SS Remmie. Only thing I did was toss the tupperware and bed it into an HS Precicion stock and tweak the trigger.

I have shot the ABs in 30cal 200, 180, 165 and 150, all shot great. Have a real good 150AB load for my 300WSM, but as I indicated, the 165SS shoots so well, I just use that. Truth be told, my 300WSM will shoot stones into tiny little clusters......

Back to my 300RUM, I now exclusively shoot the 200AB (Retumbo) out of it. It will hold 1.25" all day long at 300 yards. I am scared to shoot the thing any more than I have to because I don't think I could find a custom BBL that will shoot as well as the factory Remmie tube it wears.

Had a difficult time however getting the 110AB (.257) to shoot out of my 257 ROY (Vanguard Sub-MOA). After much fussing and trips to the range, I coaxed sub 1" out of the 110 using RL25 and experimenting with the seating depth. It was not an easy deal by any means. Guess I was too pizzed (or dumb) to give up on them. Reason I didn't give up is because it shoots the 100TSX into tiny groups, so I know the damn thing can shoot.

I load for my brothers 300WIN and it shoots the 165AB extremely well.

Had great results with a 140AB in a 280 and so-so results with a 130AB out of a 270.

Here is my 300RUM with the 200AB load in action (in BC) :

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350Yards, dumped it on it's nose, followed by a nice tumble down the mountain

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80 yards, pretty much DRT...little weak on the tines, but was 59" wide

Last edited by hicountry; 11/17/09.