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Pat-it's a factory tube, thinking it's 10 but really have no idea. It appears to like the 155 Palmas so I spect the Scenars should perk well.

Dober

Entry or exit under the leather?
300WSM's work really, really well on deer....(grin)

Hot dang bud, where'd you get that Rock Star nickle brass..?

Dober

Dober, it feeds like greased lightning in the Sako's.

73lb whitetails don't know what hit 'em....(grin)

Gotta love those jockey box whitey's...grin

Dober

Especially when you're short a tag......(laughin')

I hear Playmate coolers work well 2

I tried some of the common powders R-22,25; IMR-4350. All with poor accuracy. Then i went to 75gr Magpro under 180 Sierra pro hunter. Shoots bug holes @ 2960fps. So I take it on a New Mexico Ibex hunt. 2 180gr bullets from 190 yards into a 90 pound goat and it just stands there looking at me. So now i use 168 TSX over 68.5gr of Ramshot Hunter for 3122fps. That load has killed over a dozen elk, a few deer and coyotes, most in one shot from 50 to 400 yards.

Get outta town, no way...

I couldn't believe it either! It did eventually fall. If I remember right the bullets didn't expand.

Shot 300 WSM today and 2 loads were under 1".

70.5 GR RL 22 WW Case CCI Mag Pr, 180gr Nosler Part around 2940FPS. & 190 gr Horn. BT 63gr RL 17, 2820 FPS.

24" Win 70 LH 300 WSM in Factory wood stock.

You haven't tried 69.0 of RL17 behind a 155 grain Lapua Scenar for 3,330 mv.

I won't shoot anything else now.

Just ordered 300 more bullets from Powder Valley.

Did I mention it has a .508 BC?

Litz has it at .459

Did Litz shoot them out to 1000?

Because I did and they came out right on the number according to the adjustment that JBM and my M1's told me they would using a .508 BC.
( I walked them out at 450, 750 and 1000 with
adjustments dead on with published BC)

I compared them to some 155 Nosler's .450 BC.

At 1000 yards there was 5' of difference in elevation adjustment, the Nosler's shooting 5' lower.

And 6' of difference with the 150 Accubond .435 BC

3,000 ft elevation and 65 degrees.

Litz's is wrong and while I do have a great deal of respect for him he's been proven to make BC mistakes in the past.
I meet him at an NRA convention and he's a great guy.


edited to add to post

I've also found that the 6.5 Scenars also had correct BC as advertised. 123 grain and 139 grain.

He is not wrong. What he does is much more accurate at measuring BC's than what you described.

His data for the Scenars matches very closely with Lapua's own CD data which was measured via Doppler Radar. It doesn't get any more accurate than that. Lapua themselves say if you want accurate results at long range, use their CD data not their old single advertised G1 BC.

If you're getting accurate results using those numbers, it's because there is another error somewhere in the system canceling it out. Most common are MV errors, 100 yd zero errors and scope click value being off. Most don't ever bother measuring the last one. They should.

Hogwash, 210 bullets, H4350 or MRP powder and F210 primers are a top 1k BR competition load. Running 2850-3050 depending on the gun and length of barrel.

BH

Mine shoots 208 Amax very well just that the 175 SMKs are better.

Roger that, mine shoots 210 Bergers & H4350 like they were made for each other.