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Posted: 2/21/2012 2:24:22 PM EDT
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Believe so
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Posted: 2/21/2012 2:35:19 PM EDT
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No, the green one has the super secret zombie killing compound inside.
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Posted: 2/21/2012 2:39:46 PM EDT
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I think so to. Just a sales pitch.
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Posted: 2/21/2012 2:41:12 PM EDT
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good, i think the green is better looking than the red
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Posted: 2/21/2012 2:46:30 PM EDT
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are they a good bullet to use for accuracy? under a moa?
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Posted: 2/21/2012 3:28:44 PM EDT
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Vmax Zmax are both good bullets for accuracy. After all you have to make all head shots on zombies
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Posted: 2/21/2012 4:07:31 PM EDT
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ZMAX is for Zombies only.
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Posted: 2/21/2012 6:48:28 PM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88
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Posted: 2/21/2012 8:34:33 PM EDT
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Z-max and V-max are not 100% the same....the Z-max uses the AMP jacket found in their Match bullet line.
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Posted: 2/21/2012 9:56:49 PM EDT
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So the Z-max is the same as the A-max then?
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Posted: 2/21/2012 11:23:25 PM EDT
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I just recieved my order today from Midway. Im ready to start loading these as soon I get a load worked up just right. They are the very same projectile as the V-Max.
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Posted: 2/22/2012 5:00:02 AM EDT
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such a great marketing campain
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Posted: 2/22/2012 7:56:49 AM EDT
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Yep
 They do look cool! The packaging and presentation of a product makes a world of difference.
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Posted: 2/22/2012 8:02:30 AM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Really? I need to order some Z-max then
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Posted: 2/22/2012 8:03:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/22/2012 8:13:10 AM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? Link ETA: I had an order in with midsouth for a Rangemaster scale, redding trickler, and the Z-Max projos for over a month. Last Friday i canceled the order due to the fact they had back ordered the Z-max. I called Midway after i hung up with Midsouth and ordered the same things and got them on Tuesday......just saying 
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Posted: 2/22/2012 8:16:10 AM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? Link Thanks! I want to know if the cannelure effects accurracy. With the non cannelure 55gr Vmax 5 will go onto the same hole. |
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Posted: 2/22/2012 8:18:24 AM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? Link Thanks! I want to know if the cannelure effects accurracy. With the non cannelure 55gr Vmax 5 will go onto the same hole. I have been working up my load with the non cannelure and havent seen that good of accuracy out of my BM carbine.......BUT im not that good of a shot either. when i do a little more testing i will throw together some of the Z-Max and do a comparison. |
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Posted: 2/22/2012 9:59:09 AM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? I just ordered 1k to try them out. Make sure you use the discount code if ya do order for the members of ARF $10 off $50+ - Promo Code AR15210 $15 off $100+ - Promo Code AR15215 $25 off $200+ - Promo Code AR15225 $35 off $300+ - Promo Code AR15235 |
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Posted: 2/22/2012 12:39:29 PM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? Link Thanks! I want to know if the cannelure effects accurracy. With the non cannelure 55gr Vmax 5 will go onto the same hole. I have been working up my load with the non cannelure and havent seen that good of accuracy out of my BM carbine.......BUT im not that good of a shot either. when i do a little more testing i will throw together some of the Z-Max and do a comparison. are you going to use the load data for V-Max on the Z-Max's? |
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Posted: 2/22/2012 10:35:34 PM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? Link Thanks! I want to know if the cannelure effects accurracy. With the non cannelure 55gr Vmax 5 will go onto the same hole. I have been working up my load with the non cannelure and havent seen that good of accuracy out of my BM carbine.......BUT im not that good of a shot either. when i do a little more testing i will throw together some of the Z-Max and do a comparison. are you going to use the load data for V-Max on the Z-Max's? I have been loading the V-Max per Hodgdons Info for H335 Powder using 55 gr SPR SP Projectile. DO you have any other load data for the V-Max? If so im interested in hearing it. I really didnt know what to use so i started out with the minimum load from Hodgdons load data. I was going to use the same info for the Z-Max. Im up to 25gr of H335 and the best i have shot the V-Max is a 3" group off hand at 100yds. Im not a very good shot. Im going to load up more at that weight with my new digital scale and use a bench rest to test them out. Thanks ETA: 25.3gr of H335 is the max load listed for the 55gr V-Max in the Lee Modern Reloading manual. With a minimum OAL of 2.200 |
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Posted: 2/23/2012 5:46:20 AM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? Link Thanks! I want to know if the cannelure effects accurracy. With the non cannelure 55gr Vmax 5 will go onto the same hole. I have been working up my load with the non cannelure and havent seen that good of accuracy out of my BM carbine.......BUT im not that good of a shot either. when i do a little more testing i will throw together some of the Z-Max and do a comparison. are you going to use the load data for V-Max on the Z-Max's? I have been loading the V-Max per Hodgdons Info for H335 Powder using 55 gr SPR SP Projectile. DO you have any other load data for the V-Max? If so im interested in hearing it. I really didnt know what to use so i started out with the minimum load from Hodgdons load data. I was going to use the same info for the Z-Max. Im up to 25gr of H335 and the best i have shot the V-Max is a 3" group off hand at 100yds. Im not a very good shot. Im going to load up more at that weight with my new digital scale and use a bench rest to test them out. Thanks ETA: 25.3gr of H335 is the max load listed for the 55gr V-Max in the Lee Modern Reloading manual. With a minimum OAL of 2.200 I am planning on using the same data you found on the v-max. I haven't found anything on the Z-max I am also using h335 and am going to work up from 23.5g with a col of 2.225. |
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Posted: 2/23/2012 10:57:52 PM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? Link Thanks! I want to know if the cannelure effects accurracy. With the non cannelure 55gr Vmax 5 will go onto the same hole. I have been working up my load with the non cannelure and havent seen that good of accuracy out of my BM carbine.......BUT im not that good of a shot either. when i do a little more testing i will throw together some of the Z-Max and do a comparison. are you going to use the load data for V-Max on the Z-Max's? I have been loading the V-Max per Hodgdons Info for H335 Powder using 55 gr SPR SP Projectile. DO you have any other load data for the V-Max? If so im interested in hearing it. I really didnt know what to use so i started out with the minimum load from Hodgdons load data. I was going to use the same info for the Z-Max. Im up to 25gr of H335 and the best i have shot the V-Max is a 3" group off hand at 100yds. Im not a very good shot. Im going to load up more at that weight with my new digital scale and use a bench rest to test them out. Thanks ETA: 25.3gr of H335 is the max load listed for the 55gr V-Max in the Lee Modern Reloading manual. With a minimum OAL of 2.200 I am planning on using the same data you found on the v-max. I haven't found anything on the Z-max I am also using h335 and am going to work up from 23.5g with a col of 2.225. If i don't get better results when i shoot from the bench rest i may start going back down from 25gr of h335. I bought a inexpensive scope when i had the 25gr loads worked up. I shot off hand and didnt really get that great of a pattern, but i know it must have been mostly me. I need one of them 5rnd mags so i can get a good comfortable position with my rifle. Let me know your results. What rifle are you shooting these out of? Peace |
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Posted: 2/24/2012 5:40:44 AM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? Link Thanks! I want to know if the cannelure effects accurracy. With the non cannelure 55gr Vmax 5 will go onto the same hole. I have been working up my load with the non cannelure and havent seen that good of accuracy out of my BM carbine.......BUT im not that good of a shot either. when i do a little more testing i will throw together some of the Z-Max and do a comparison. are you going to use the load data for V-Max on the Z-Max's? I have been loading the V-Max per Hodgdons Info for H335 Powder using 55 gr SPR SP Projectile. DO you have any other load data for the V-Max? If so im interested in hearing it. I really didnt know what to use so i started out with the minimum load from Hodgdons load data. I was going to use the same info for the Z-Max. Im up to 25gr of H335 and the best i have shot the V-Max is a 3" group off hand at 100yds. Im not a very good shot. Im going to load up more at that weight with my new digital scale and use a bench rest to test them out. Thanks ETA: 25.3gr of H335 is the max load listed for the 55gr V-Max in the Lee Modern Reloading manual. With a minimum OAL of 2.200 I am planning on using the same data you found on the v-max. I haven't found anything on the Z-max I am also using h335 and am going to work up from 23.5g with a col of 2.225. If i don't get better results when i shoot from the bench rest i may start going back down from 25gr of h335. I bought a inexpensive scope when i had the 25gr loads worked up. I shot off hand and didnt really get that great of a pattern, but i know it must have been mostly me. I need one of them 5rnd mags so i can get a good comfortable position with my rifle. Let me know your results. What rifle are you shooting these out of? Peace I'll post a report once I get out to the range. They where suppose to be here today but ups fell a day behind  I was going to work them up tonight for testing tomorrow.
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Posted: 2/24/2012 6:06:16 AM EDT
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Glad to see other people using same load data for z-max because I just did that for my target rifle. The Z-max bullets are insanely cheap. From what I have read the AMP jacket is cheaper to manufacture...but not certain. I use 24.5gr of Varget set to 2.298 in my single shot bolt gun. I get 3200 FPS from that load and it is not even at the max for my rifle...just the best shooting =)
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Posted: 2/24/2012 8:51:40 AM EDT
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its weird that you can get a box of 500 zmax for $64 but 500 vmax are $88 Do you have a link? Link Thanks! I want to know if the cannelure effects accurracy. With the non cannelure 55gr Vmax 5 will go onto the same hole. I have been working up my load with the non cannelure and havent seen that good of accuracy out of my BM carbine.......BUT im not that good of a shot either. when i do a little more testing i will throw together some of the Z-Max and do a comparison. are you going to use the load data for V-Max on the Z-Max's? I have been loading the V-Max per Hodgdons Info for H335 Powder using 55 gr SPR SP Projectile. DO you have any other load data for the V-Max? If so im interested in hearing it. I really didnt know what to use so i started out with the minimum load from Hodgdons load data. I was going to use the same info for the Z-Max. Im up to 25gr of H335 and the best i have shot the V-Max is a 3" group off hand at 100yds. Im not a very good shot. Im going to load up more at that weight with my new digital scale and use a bench rest to test them out. Thanks ETA: 25.3gr of H335 is the max load listed for the 55gr V-Max in the Lee Modern Reloading manual. With a minimum OAL of 2.200 I am planning on using the same data you found on the v-max. I haven't found anything on the Z-max I am also using h335 and am going to work up from 23.5g with a col of 2.225. If i don't get better results when i shoot from the bench rest i may start going back down from 25gr of h335. I bought a inexpensive scope when i had the 25gr loads worked up. I shot off hand and didnt really get that great of a pattern, but i know it must have been mostly me. I need one of them 5rnd mags so i can get a good comfortable position with my rifle. Let me know your results. What rifle are you shooting these out of? Peace I'll post a report once I get out to the range. They where suppose to be here today but ups fell a day behind I was going to work them up tonight for testing tomorrow.
shooting a RRA 16" middy with a 1&9 3.5x12x44 Nikon m-223 scope [email=http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6053979140/]http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6188/6053979140_b0d75dfa62_b.jpg[/email] Nice set up. Is that at the range or your back yard? |
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Posted: 2/24/2012 8:54:40 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/24/2012 9:29:23 AM EDT
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shooting a RRA 16" middy with a 1&9 3.5x12x44 Nikon m-223 scope [email=http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6053979140/]http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6188/6053979140_b0d75dfa62_b.jpg[/email] Nice set up. Is that at the range or your back yard? Its at a range a few miles from my house. not a very well keep up place but its cheap and i am usually the only person there during any given week day. and they have 100-600 yard's to shoot. |
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Posted: 2/25/2012 10:13:18 AM EDT
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Mail man came at 11 this am, and i just finished working up a few loads for the z-max. i worked up 8 of each, 24, 24.5, 24.8, 25, 25.3 all seated to 2.250
I am hoping i can get out to the range tomorrow to test them out. will post range report if i do. i did notice that the copper jackets seem a little soft, the seating die left pretty bad scratches on some of the bullets and i didn't like the fact that they are not boat tails and are a pain to seat. |
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Posted: 2/25/2012 1:34:16 PM EDT
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Mail man came at 11 this am, and i just finished working up a few loads for the z-max. i worked up 8 of each, 24, 24.5, 24.8, 25, 25.3 all seated to 2.250 I am hoping i can get out to the range tomorrow to test them out. will post range report if i do. i did notice that the copper jackets seem a little soft, the seating die left pretty bad scratches on some of the bullets and i didn't like the fact that they are not boat tails and are a pain to seat. Yeah, they are a real pain on the hand press I just loaded up 10 of the 55gr Z-Max and 15 of the 55gr V-Max Both in LC brass with 25gr of H-335 OAL of 2.235.
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Posted: 2/25/2012 2:51:05 PM EDT
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Mail man came at 11 this am, and i just finished working up a few loads for the z-max. i worked up 8 of each, 24, 24.5, 24.8, 25, 25.3 all seated to 2.250 I am hoping i can get out to the range tomorrow to test them out. will post range report if i do. i did notice that the copper jackets seem a little soft, the seating die left pretty bad scratches on some of the bullets and i didn't like the fact that they are not boat tails and are a pain to seat. Yeah, they are a real pain on the hand press I just loaded up 10 of the 55gr Z-Max and 15 of the 55gr V-Max Both in LC brass with 25gr of H-335 OAL of 2.235.
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Posted: 2/26/2012 9:58:03 PM EDT
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Where the tracers fired from a 1:9 16" barrel? If so I'm ordering another 3000
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Posted: 2/26/2012 10:47:40 PM EDT
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Nice report. I hope to get some shooting done real soon. it has rained here all weekend
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Posted: 2/27/2012 3:29:14 AM EDT
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So i was able to get to the range and test them out his morning. All shots where fired through RRA 16" heavy barrel AR with a 1&9 twist Looks like my winning load is 25.3g of H335 COL of 2.250 This is my load of the Hornady 55g FMJBT with 25g H335 [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6932535523/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7182/6932535523_2d3e26d58d_b.jpg[/email] and again [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6786417228/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6786417228_06b38f98d1_b.jpg[/email] Factory black box American Eagle 223 55g FMJ Two 10 round groups (i usually get better than this) [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6932532797/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/6932532797_c010269ce8_b.jpg[/email] again [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6786414404/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6786414404_3b49675c27_b.jpg[/email] Now to the Z-Max [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6932530003/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/6932530003_9b11dd1dd4_b.jpg[/email] [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6932528631/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6932528631_5f1da82a11_b.jpg[/email] [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6932525831/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7179/6932525831_5fe887f635_b.jpg[/email] [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6786407058/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7181/6786407058_8e7f11d140_b.jpg[/email] [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6786404202/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6786404202_aea2fbb89a_b.jpg[/email] And a work up of M856 Tracers One shot each including a factory round shot I went back to the 600 yard range to test the rest, 7 more of each load. I noticed that compared to factory rounds, my hand loads where much brighter burring but i think it was because they where also much slower. I had my loads shooting at 400 yards hitting milk jugs and fired a factory round that hit the top of the 15ft berm at 600 yards. So my rounds are not near as hot, but are more visible so i think ill keep them light. [email=mailto:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66009430@N06/6932527227/]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7207/6932527227_af6f842f9c_b.jpg[/email] When i got to the range and set up, there was a guy with his chronograph out testing some of his 30.06 loads and was nice enough to let me run my rounds. I tested: Z-Max 25g H335 COL 2.250 2981, 2946, 2954 Avg. 2960 Z-Max 25.3g H335 COL 2.250 2997, 2996, 3006 Avg. 3000 My 55g FMJBT 25g H335 COL 2.200 2854, 2916, 2932 Avg. 2900 American Eagle black box .223 FMJ 2832, 2772, 2754 Avg. 2786 Edt: forgot to add that i had a 8-15 mph cross wind with gust to 20 which might explain why the groups are not that great overallI see the website for those targets you printed and tried going to to it. My computer here at home blocked that page saying there was a "malware" on that page and cautioned me from opening it. edit: there's 2 ways to skin a cat................ I went in another way from the home page and it took me right to it with no warning. |
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Posted: 2/27/2012 3:37:10 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/27/2012 5:24:51 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/27/2012 6:25:40 AM EDT
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Glad to see other people using same load data for z-max because I just did that for my target rifle. The Z-max bullets are insanely cheap. From what I have read the AMP jacket is cheaper to manufacture...but not certain. I use 24.5gr of Varget set to 2.298 in my single shot bolt gun. I get 3200 FPS from that load and it is not even at the max for my rifle...just the best shooting =) I have some Varget, but i never tried it with the V-Max. I tried it with the Hornady FMJBT projos and didnt like the soot that i was getting on all of my fired cases. Do you shoot that load in a AR-15? No, I shoot it in a Savage LRPV. |
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Posted: 2/27/2012 7:30:06 AM EDT
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Where the tracers fired from a 1:9 16" barrel? If so I'm ordering another 3000 yup, they where Just shot great in my 16" 1:9 too. Here are the chrono results. (I only chrono 1-3 of each as I only made 1-3) LC08 Nato 1x fired brass CCI 41 Primer Pulled M856 loaded to top of cannelure H335 Powder 22.5gr 2622fps 23.0gr 2645fps 2666fps 23.5gr 2700fps 24.0gr 2722fps 2724fps 2722fps I wish I would have made more of the 24.0gr because those velocities were consistent, yes I know thats only 3 rounds
At 50 yards they were shooting low left. I have no clue how they were shooting at 100, but I shot one on paper to make sure they were not tumbling. I didn't see any light, but I couldnt tell for sure. |
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Posted: 2/27/2012 7:54:34 AM EDT
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Where the tracers fired from a 1:9 16" barrel? If so I'm ordering another 3000 yup, they where Just shot great in my 16" 1:9 too. Here are the chrono results. (I only chrono 1-3 of each as I only made 1-3) LC08 Nato 1x fired brass CCI 41 Primer Pulled M856 loaded to top of cannelure H335 Powder 22.5gr 2622fps 23.0gr 2645fps 2666fps 23.5gr 2700fps 24.0gr 2722fps 2724fps 2722fps I wish I would have made more of the 24.0gr because those velocities were consistent, yes I know thats only 3 rounds
At 50 yards they were shooting low left. I have no clue how they were shooting at 100, but I shot one on paper to make sure they were not tumbling. I didn't see any light, but I couldnt tell for sure. Thanks for the info. i think i am going to load mine at 24 of h335 just to make it an even number. When testing mine i dident notice them lighting off till around 200 yards, but it was also bright and sunny out. |
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Posted: 2/27/2012 7:16:44 PM EDT
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anyone else had a chance to load up some z-max's?
Im starting to get worried that my 25.3gr load of h335 is to hot. Everything that i have read says that around 23.8gr is max load for that bullet 
i dident see any signs of overpressure, but it did feel a little on the warm side, and had an average of 3000 fps which is pretty fast out of a 16" barrel from what i have read. just looking for others info before i crank out 500 or 1k of these
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Posted: 2/27/2012 7:39:37 PM EDT
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anyone else had a chance to load up some z-max's? Im starting to get worried that my 25.3gr load of h335 is to hot. Everything that i have read says that around 23.8gr is max load for that bullet
i dident see any signs of overpressure, but it did feel a little on the warm side, and had an average of 3000 fps which is pretty fast out of a 16" barrel from what i have read. just looking for others info before i crank out 500 or 1k of these I'll never encourage anyone to load over max, however, you could check 5.56 pressure data for H335 before you start worrying too much. There should be some out there somewhere. |
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Posted: 2/27/2012 8:03:24 PM EDT
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I think people had issues with pushing Vmax projectiles too fast in faster twist barrels such as 1:7. I think the projectiles basically rip themselves apart.
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Posted: 2/28/2012 2:18:42 AM EDT
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I think people had issues with pushing Vmax projectiles too fast in faster twist barrels such as 1:7. I think the projectiles basically rip themselves apart. So 1:9 is cool then? |
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Posted: 2/28/2012 2:25:20 AM EDT
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anyone else had a chance to load up some z-max's? Im starting to get worried that my 25.3gr load of h335 is to hot. Everything that i have read says that around 23.8gr is max load for that bullet
i dident see any signs of overpressure, but it did feel a little on the warm side, and had an average of 3000 fps which is pretty fast out of a 16" barrel from what i have read. just looking for others info before i crank out 500 or 1k of these I went back and looked at the Lee load data for this combo and it shows a starting load with 23gr of h-335 and a do not excede of 25.3gr of h-335. i have yet to shoot th Z-Max but the V-Max shoots fine at 25gr of H-335. |
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Posted: 3/14/2012 4:58:05 PM EDT
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I ordered a 500 round box of 55 grain, a 500 round box of 50 grain and a 500 round box of 32 grain 20 cal for a 204 ruger. All Zmax bullets from Chattanooga Shooting Supplies.
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I just recieved my order today from Midway. Im ready to start loading these as soon I get a load worked up just right. They are the very same projectile as the V-Max. http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z25/tzapp/bullets/DSC07568.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z25/tzapp/bullets/DSC07569.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z25/tzapp/bullets/DSC07570.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z25/tzapp/bullets/DSC07572.jpg |
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Posted: 3/14/2012 7:11:02 PM EDT
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the varget work up looks nice. I have 1500 waiting. I think im going to use CFE223 for my work up. Your 27.5 grain load looks great. It got tighter as they sped up.
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Posted: 4/3/2012 7:38:36 PM EDT
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Anybody know the brass trim to length for the 55 gr Z-Max W/C ?
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Posted: 4/3/2012 7:53:33 PM EDT
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Anybody know the brass trim to length for the 55 gr Z-Max W/C ? Also what would be the correct OAL? I trim to 1.750 and set the z's at 2.235 |
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