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Originally Posted by ToxicSports
2bad,
thanks for the heads up. I have 5 w/out filler ready for testing. One quick question....did you tip the muzzle up before each test load or not?
I couldn't have said it any better! It seems that I've went from loading hunting ammo to experimenting more and more and it just gets more fun with each new test load.
As for miracles, it would be a miracle if I could actually get some of my normal hunting loads loaded for coyotes but I'm having way too much fun and too many different loads to test. 
Scott |
Hi Scott,
No, I never bothered worth tipping the muzzle up with .300 Blackout. I've tried it with .308 Winchester loads before using Trail Boss, however, if there was any benefit to having done so, it wasn't enough to notice it on paper.
I think the bullet may be just too short for running in a .300 Blackout standard throat. The more I try, I'm lead to believe there may be just too much jump to the rifling. I can easily get 10-shot 2.5 MOA groups @ 100 yds. using Hornady 110 .30 Carbine FMJ bullets in .308 Winchester with 12.5 gr. Trail Boss. The Blackout has been a challenge using these bullets. I had high hopes they'd work as I have several thousand of them and I'd like to use them up. Where the 7.62x39mm is throated for 123gr. FMJ bullets, you may not experience this problem.
The Speer Plinker has a good reputation for plinking accuracy in .308 Win., .30-06, and .30.30 Win. I've yet to read where anyone has tried them in .300 Blackout. I suspect they won't be much better than the .30 Carbine bullets but one will never know until they try.
For 7.62x39mm use they may be useful.
Keep us posted on the progress. If you CAN get it to work, a lot of us would like to know.
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