Well, decided to try to test the handful of remaining test loads on paper and over the chrony.
OK, here's the setup. Range 25yrds, off sandbags, around 44* and all the POA were the center X. Rifle was NOT zeroed for the cartridges.
First up is the 86gr w/ 3gr of Trailboss and filler
The three velocity readings were:
800.3
773.7
683.8
Next up is the XTP w/ 4gr of Trailboss and filler
What's interesting about this is that I had 2 sets of speeds.
The upper two (in one hole I might add) were running at
1041
1057 fps
The lower two were clocked at
878.3
877.4 fps.
I know I'm not a pro at reloading but what do you think could have caused this? I use a powder trickler and a digital scale that reads down to .02gr.
The next was the 210 berger w/ 18gr 1680
This shows real promise and no seen stability issues at this close distance. Further distance might tell more.
The speeds were
1579
1601 fps....again only had 2 left to play with.
The final were the 225gr match Hornady w/ 17.5gr 1680
these two ran at
1555
1518fps.
As you can see they didn't go in straight but maybe would have worked in a short range SHTF scenario.
OK gotta go
Scott
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