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Posted: 5/18/2008 7:28:24 PM EDT
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This was my second trip out to the range. The first trip I broke in the barrel using Remington 150gr core lokts and today I finished off the remaining 40 rounds of Remington factory ammo. I was using the Remington stuff to break in the gun and I wanted to keep the brass. Using Remington 150gr core lokt ammo the results were probably good enough for a guy that wants to hunt with it, but definitely not good enough to be bragging about your group size at the range. Using some 150gr hornady SST's that I had loaded over some varget the results were a little better than the Remington factory ammo, but not by a whole lot. Using some handloaded 168gr Matchkings over some varget I got outstanding results. I didn't take pictures of the groups I shot because they are pretty much like every other picture you've seen online. Keep in mind that my rifle is a completely stock 308B. The range was extremely windy today and that's why I didn't compare my match handloads to the black hills or federal match ammo. I'd like to have decent conditions when I make that comparison. Overall I am very impressed with this rifle. Accuracy, reliability, and quality are all top notch. The recoil is practically nothing even after the 160 rounds I fired today. I wasn't too impressed with the trigger at first, but it has smoothed out a lot since the first trip out. |
I tried 168 gr Sierra Match King BTHP, remington 308 brass, CCI primers, and Hodgdon Varget in 43.0, 43.5, 44.0, and 44.5 grain loads I found that 43.5 gr of Varget worked exceptionally well. Best out of those 4 loads. This was in my LR-308C (7.62 NATO chamber) |
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