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I'm shooting 165gr SST's and IB's, with 44gr IMR 4895, for a sub-moa 3 shot group. Both bullets to the same POI, and 2750 fps.
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Tried some 150gr E-tips last week. 45gr and 46gr of Varget with a Fed 210M @ 2.810". Very bad - 2" - 2 1/2" groups.
However, 47gr. Varget with a 150gr. Accubond or Sierra Game King gives me 3/4" or better. That's in a Kimber Montana.
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Wow, a Montana that shoots less than 1 MOA? Didn't think they made those!
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They make a few in a "special run" every month.
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Must happen when certain workers call in sick at that time of the month.....
“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” ALDO LEOPOLD
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150 Nosler ballistic tip 46.3 grains RL-15 Federal cases Federal 210 match primers seat to 2.800
great load in my Savage model 12, always .75 or less depending on me.
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45gr of IMR 4064 Federal 210M primer Win Cases 168gr Sierra Match King
Sub 1/2" groups and 2850ish FPS out of my 26" Rock Creek barrel.
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Hondo, the caliber sticky is a good idea. Ever tried to search "308" or "300" or "270"? It doesn't work.
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Try 45 gr TAC and hornady 150 grain boattails.
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I ran some stuff over a chrono recently from an 18" M600 Remington.
45gr Varget gave 2600 with various 165's. 48gr Varget and 48gr W748 both gave a bit over 2700 with 150BT's.
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Now with even more aplomb
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Thanks. Did you go up to 46 with the 165s? That's what works like gangbusters in R-P with the CCI 200 for me.
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I didn't try it, as these were some older "test" handloads I was using to get a scope dialed in after mounting. There was likely room to go 46grains. It's my father's rifle, and he like the 150gr load.
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That's It! Now all this jibber jabber about 308's has me wanting one. Not that I need it, but I guess that will be my next purchase.
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I pick mine up on the Aug.21. 10 Day waiting period. HD
Last edited by Hammerdown; 08/14/08.
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Two powders excell in the .308 and that be WW-748 and IMR-4064...
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Those are classics, but these days they have a lot of strong competition.
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Two powders that excell in the 308 and that would be RL-15 and Rl-15, thought someday,I may try some TAC
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Like most I have found about any powder of "around 4895" burning rate to shoot in the .308 with 150-168 grain bullets. But lately I have been running 46.0 Varget in all our .308's for a hunting load, changing only the bullet. Accuracy has been better than average in all, and muzzle velocities have run from 2800 (in my wife's Serengeti Artemis with 21" Lilja) to 2900 (in my Merkel single shot's 24" barrel). Varget is also as temperature-stable as any powder in this burn-rate range, which helps since we have used these loads at widely varying temps in North America and Africa.
But I also suspect we could use single-based horse manure in the .308 and groups would be under an inch at 100.
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