1000 yard load question.

[gunsnjeeps]

I'm looking for a sanity check on an idea and load. 5.56 at 1000 yards, most folks call it marginal but this is the plan this month. As I mentioned earlier today I'm going to shoot the 1000 after our National Match Course. I plan on loading Berger 80 VLD's over Varget. My regular load is a 77 SMK and 24 gr Varget in a CCI 400 primed WCC case. I haven't had problems with the primer but plan on using a Wolf Magnum for the 1000 yard load and trying both 24 and 24.5 gr loads.

As a sanity check, has anyone tried this load combination? I figure if this load doesn't work for 1000 yards I'll use the rest of the Bergers for 600 yard loads.

PS. Early apology if you read this in another thread. Some people only read 1 or 2 threads.

 

[Graham]

Re: 1000 yard load question.

This is a re-post. And it's re-posted in the <span style="text-decoration: underline">beyond</span> 1000 yards section.

 

[gunsnjeeps]

Re: 1000 yard load question.

I looked at a couple of other posts in this forum that were under 1000 yards and figured that there would be good input here from shooters who may not read the other threads. As Graham pointed out tom e I neglected rifle info also. I have a Rock River Arms National Match A2 with a Wylde chamber and 1 in 7 twist.