Anyone using Varget for reloading .260? If so what bullet weight is good with that powder? Advice and resource pointers appreciated.
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Works great but a lil slower than H4350; 39.3gr works well with 120 NBT and 123 Amax.
Wonder about heavier bullets like the 139 Scenar or 142 SMK? I think for optimal performance they need to be moving at least 2700+ out of the barrel.
Digging through my old data...
140gr A-Max, Lapua brass, WLR
26" 1:8 barrel, .118 freebore
Varget
37.0gr: 2670
37.5gr: 2711
38.0gr: 2773
In a later range trip with 38.0gr Varget in Nosler brass with 140 A-Max (quite possibly a different lot of Varget) average velocity was 2726fps.
40.8gr
107smk
260 rem
1:8 twist
28in bbl
they shot ok but I think they could do better
142smk's w 38gr varget, shoots tiny holes at long distances
i had been under the impression that varget was not a powder of choice for the 260, given i have no experience with this caliber. it seems varget performance in 260 loads is most optimal with lighter/medium weight bullets?
my final varget load at 200 yards. It has done this or better with no shift in POI the last three times out. Only 2875 fps but I am pretty happy with it after struggling with H4350 for a long time.
capnswervon,After having no luck whatsoever with H4350 and 142smks....I know....doesn't make sense.... I just loaded my OCW test with Varget and I am off to the range this morning. Hope to have some good results.
The Capn'
capnswervon,
Please share your results, I'm interested how it turns out
So my pet load of 39.3gr Varget with a 120/123 is a 'standard' OCW, eh?
Proof even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and again...
Very interesting, I'm betting with more experimenting you could find a sweet spot with the Varget? 4350 and Varget are close in burn rate are they not? Have you tried moving to a different bullet, perhaps something heavier? Looks like the 4350 is a winner in that round.
But man that is a shit group with the Varget, bummer!
need 2 crono/dope it, but book would put it 2800+ maybe... need to load a few more to confirm, then 250 to get them done, and go to some LR tests...
40.2 varget, 130 hunting vld seated at .025 jump with tula prime,r lapua brass
All shots were between 2911 and 2917 on my crappy chronograph.
300 yards and 400 yards slight variable wind