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Junior has a new project has of today,
Remington 700 heavy barrel varmint, 1-14(?)
Any known powders to start with?
I'm thinking bullet weight of 50 grains and greater.
Open to any and all suggestions, TIA.
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It's his rifle and he'll make the final decisions,
But I'm thinking a heavier bullet with high BC would be beneficial,
So lets talk about that also..................
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Go the Hodgdon data and pull up data for the 55 gr Speer sp. I used that exact data , only with Hornady 55 gr Vmax. using Varget, BenchMark, or IMR 4064. My 700 VLS shot all of these loads very well; all loaded to just under max.
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Several hundred 50g Vmax here, and a few lbs of Benchmark, Could be our starting point right there....
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50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...
Duh
Last edited by ingwe; 10/22/19.
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50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...
Duh ^^^^^^^This
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I'm seeing Large rifle primers in all the load data?
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I'm seeing Large rifle primers in all the load data? Probably because if you put in small rifle primers they will fall out. drover
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I'm seeing Large rifle primers in all the load data? Probably because if you put in small rifle primers they will fall out. drover personal note to self: use Large Rifle primers.
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I got a snork out of that.
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I'm seeing Large rifle primers in all the load data? Probably because if you put in small rifle primers they will fall out. drover personal note to self: use Large Rifle primers. Learn something new every day!
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I like to shoot my 22-250 ammo in my 7mm-08. I heard it works good for elk. That's what them Montana guys do anyways.
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50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...
Duh Damn, I'm going to have to try that in my Stevens 200. I guess It may not be shooting to it's full potential...: I learn something new here every day...
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50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...
Duh Damn, I'm going to have to try that in my Stevens 200. I guess It may not be shooting to it's full potential...: I learn something new here every day... Shhhhhhhh...that load is a secret! No one has ever heard of it before....
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55 gr Nosler BT and either IMR 4064 or R15.
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50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...
Duh If it doesn't shoot well with 50-52 gr quality bullet and 38 grs H380, it probably won't shoot well period.
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40 or 50 gr B/tip or B/king and CFE 223 has worked very well for me.
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H4895 has been my favorite for many years.. Used many different ones, but that one always works... I shoot mostly 50 gr. Vmax or Blitzkings.. Have used thousands of Sierra 55 gr. HPBT's... & 52 gr. Speer hollow points... Any time I restock, it is with 50 gr. of the two I mention..
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50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...
Duh ^^^^This right here. My fiance's Ruger Hawkeye loves the 50 gr. X bullet and 35.0 grains of IMR 4895. Sends them down range at a little over 3700 FPS. As soon as I run out of the 4895 I'm moving over to H380 and the 50 gr. TTSX.
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