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Anyone using the sierra 123gr hpbt out of the creed, what powder you using, what kind of accuracy you getting

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I'm using the Sierra 120 grain HPBT Matchking bullet in mine, so this may help some. Just bought the rife new and loaded up some rounds in order to zero the scope. I had a little W760 powder left in a can, and had enough left to load 14 rounds. It only took 2 at 25 yards to zero the scope. At a100 yards the 3rd, 4th, and 5th shots out of the rifle grouped into .3950. The shots were a little to the right, so I adjusted the scope and fired 3 more. They grouped about 3/4 of an inch. That's a load that will hard to beat, but I've loaded up a few more using Varget and IMR4064 to try whenever I get a chance. I have a lot of old powder on hand that I need to shoot up, and most of it is what I call "old school" stuff.

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Scenar, not Sierra.

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Originally Posted by JamesJr
I'm using the Sierra 120 grain HPBT Matchking bullet in mine, so this may help some. Just bought the rife new and loaded up some rounds in order to zero the scope. I had a little W760 powder left in a can, and had enough left to load 14 rounds. It only took 2 at 25 yards to zero the scope. At a100 yards the 3rd, 4th, and 5th shots out of the rifle grouped into .3950. The shots were a little to the right, so I adjusted the scope and fired 3 more. They grouped about 3/4 of an inch. That's a load that will hard to beat, but I've loaded up a few more using Varget and IMR4064 to try whenever I get a chance. I have a lot of old powder on hand that I need to shoot up, and most of it is what I call "old school" stuff.



I also used the 120gr match king with the same results as you did. Got a good buy on 20 boxes ($21.85 per box) of the 123gr and I liked the .510 BC's, so thought I would give them a try. They are longer than the 120grs.


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