Is that three or five? Either way excellent shooting, what is the rifle?Good day at the range with the 338 lapua.
This is with new brass.View attachment 7684853
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Is that three or five? Either way excellent shooting, what is the rifle?Good day at the range with the 338 lapua.
This is with new brass.View attachment 7684853
It is a 3 shot group.Is that three or five? Either way excellent shooting, what is the rifle?
I enclose a quick screenshoot from their app with selection of N565 and 300gn bullets.Anybody try n565 with their lapua and 300gr bullets? Looking for a retumbo backup and I have 8-16lbs of n565 available.
I know it will work fine, more so looking for reloading data and numbers to compare to.
what was the FPS on that load? Did you Chrono it?It is a 3 shot group.
The rifle is a GA Precision built rifle.
26 inch rock creek barrel with badger ordnance brake
Lawton 7500 action with Shilens trigger
Bedded in a McMillan a5 stock.
Scope is an Athlon Ares BTR 4.5-27 in Seekins rings.
I am getting right around 2700fpswhat was the FPS on that load? Did you Chrono it?
Do you have LRT loads with any other bullets, I can’t seem to get Bergers 300 OTM to group with LRT worth a damn….I finally got around to building a load with LRT. 100 grains pushes a 285 eld at 2,800 for me.
The 24n41 was fine out to about 1,300 yards. The LRT load is capable to a mile.
The 285 eld is a really nice bullet. Based on my dope and speeds, the bc of 0.8 seems legit.
I only shoot the 285 ELDs.Do you have LRT loads with any other bullets, I can’t seem to get Bergers 300 OTM to group with LRT worth a damn….
I tried out some 300 gr SMKs on Friday with LRT. 95 and 96 gr both shot just under MOA groups. COL was 3.685. Id have to look in my notes, but I believe they were around 2650 fps.Do you have LRT loads with any other bullets, I can’t seem to get Bergers 300 OTM to group with LRT worth a damn….
Sierra Manual 5th edition states on H4831 SC that 76.2 = 2500 and MAX is 81.9 @ 2650 FPS - this is at 3.68 COAL on a 300 grainerOk, I have a new barrel on my .338LM. Since Retumbo is unobtainium these days, I’ve decided on using IMR4831 powder. (Mostly because I found a nice supply of it.) The bullet is the 300gr SMK, brass is Lapua, and primers are Federal 215m magnum. The new barrel is finished at 31”, and is a 1:9” twist. This rifle is used only for extreme long range (1500 metres and beyond). And I single load, so mag length is moot here. (In other words, I load ‘em long.)
On the Hodgdon site, it notes charge weights between 68 to 76 grains of the IMR4831 powder With a 300gr projectile. I would like to see speeds in the range of 2800 to 2900fps. I was getting 2880fps with the old 26” barrel and 93.6gr of Retumbo. Which was a pretty hot load. It was very accurate and I had great success to the mile and out to 1900 metres. I will maintain a .010” jump for seating depth, like I did with the first barrel. Since it seems the reamer that was used has given me the exact same CBTO with the 300gr SMK bullet As the first barrel (talk about luck!).
I‘m thinking I don’t need to go that stout since I have 5 more inches length on the barrel. (To try and at least maintain that speed of around 2900fps.)
Who has tried a 300gr bullet with IMR4831? What charge weights did you try? Barrel length? Jump? What were your results?
I am leaning towards starting out around 70gr and working up. What say you?
Andy 6MT
Well, I'm not looking for anywhere near 3100 with the 300gr. I would be very pleased to get around 2850 to 2875fps with this combo. That's the same area of performance I was getting with the old barrel. It was accurate out to 1900 metres, and that's all I'm looking for again.Just a reminder, the n570 does burn up your barrel throat much faster, u have to measure your throat every 100 rounds. Since my 338lm bbl was done, I rebarrel to 338nm. I’m using 255gr solid with 88.2 RL26 @ 2950 fps w/8 ES over 20 rounds data. I still have room to push it to 3100 ish, but I’m happy with 2950. Just a reminder some caliber/barrel once it reaches certain length, you won’t get extra 30 fps per inch. It might decease to 5-10 fps per inch.
I have been running N570 in mine pretty much since new pushing 300gr Bergers. I tried a few others, (Retumbo, H1000, RL33, US869) and 570 has been the best of them all. After about 450 rounds I have seen a .015 growth in throat from beginning measurement. I would attribute a little of that to break in. after 150-200 rounds I have been able to back off a grain of powder to keep my node and speeds the same as well.Just a reminder, the n570 does burn up your barrel throat much faster, u have to measure your throat every 100 rounds. Since my 338lm bbl was done, I rebarrel to 338nm. I’m using 255gr solid with 88.2 RL26 @ 2950 fps w/8 ES over 20 rounds data. I still have room to push it to 3100 ish, but I’m happy with 2950. Just a reminder some caliber/barrel once it reaches certain length, you won’t get extra 30 fps per inch. It might decease to 5-10 fps per inch.
It’s not like R26 is any nicer on barrels than N570.Just a reminder, the n570 does burn up your barrel throat much faster, u have to measure your throat every 100 rounds. Since my 338lm bbl was done, I rebarrel to 338nm. I’m using 255gr solid with 88.2 RL26 @ 2950 fps w/8 ES over 20 rounds data. I still have room to push it to 3100 ish, but I’m happy with 2950. Just a reminder some caliber/barrel once it reaches certain length, you won’t get extra 30 fps per inch. It might decease to 5-10 fps per inch.
Your gonna spend a bare minimum of $2500 in ammunition to burn out a 338 barrel.Barrels are consumables.
I can hear the conversation now.......The last ELR match I shot there was a guy shooting a 7mm-338LM Improved. I forget what weight the bullet was, but it was pushing 3800fps and took something like 12 mils to get to 2000 yards @ 3000' alt. The problem was that the barrels lasted around 800 rounds tops, so yeah...consumables.
I’m shocked he’s getting 800The last ELR match I shot there was a guy shooting a 7mm-338LM Improved. I forget what weight the bullet was, but it was pushing 3800fps and took something like 12 mils to get to 2000 yards @ 3000' alt. The problem was that the barrels lasted around 800 rounds tops, so yeah...consumables.
I’m shocked he’s getting 800
338 snipetac barrel life is pretty interesting
I hear 'ya. But above the 49th parallel in Canada, the real life facts of having to wait for a barrel, makes changing them difficult. I just waited 11 months for the Hawk hill barrel I just got for my .338LM.Barrels are consumables.
Just have to order preemptivelyI hear 'ya. But above the 49th parallel in Canada, the real life facts of having to wait for a barrel, makes changing them difficult. I just waited 11 months for the Hawk hill barrel I just got for my .338LM.
This is correct. Smoked my 375 cheytac barrel in 500 rounds; gladly Retumbo shot better in my 338 so I didn't burn much in that barrelJust a reminder, the n570 does burn up your barrel throat much faster, u have to measure your throat every 100 rounds. Since my 338lm bbl was done, I rebarrel to 338nm. I’m using 255gr solid with 88.2 RL26 @ 2950 fps w/8 ES over 20 rounds data. I still have room to push it to 3100 ish, but I’m happy with 2950. Just a reminder some caliber/barrel once it reaches certain length, you won’t get extra 30 fps per inch. It might decease to 5-10 fps per inch.
I haven’t yet, but know a few who do use them, including a few who compete in ELR. Let’s just say that they get a nod. I do want to try them out but access to distance has become expensive for me and it will likely be a while.Curious if anyone has tried any of the Badlands Precisions offerings. I'm looking for a replacement for the Lehigh Defense Match Solids that I can't find anymore.
i use badland precision icbm bullet. Very easy to tune.Curious if anyone has tried any of the Badlands Precisions offerings. I'm looking for a replacement for the Lehigh Defense Match Solids that I can't find anymore.
Yes, to name a couple of ‘em.I think Geno and Steel Head use Badlands.
i use badland precision icbm bullet. Very easy to tune.
I think Geno and Steel Head use Badlands.
Yep 265 and 285 badlandsYes, to name a couple of ‘em.
Yep 265 and 285 badlands
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I bit closer than I usually start with cup/core@Steel head @lash how far off the lands are you seating your badland 265's?
just to clarify for my own sanity.I bit closer than I usually start with cup/core
5-10 off the lands is where I start my jump test.
and this in the same thread..If you are not pushing the 300s over 2800fps, you are wasting your time
They want 2850fps, a 338LM Is better with lighter bullets, I have proved it over and over, guys always default to heavies and they are wrong, don't listen above I can stomp their under 2800fps results in a heartbeat with 250s out of the box
The 300 in a 338LM is a joke, you are were HAD
So yeah I have a box of berger 300 but i also have some 250 and a box of 285. So forget about the 300s?Cause he believed the bullshit, everyone has 300s, except the people that know ...
300s are stupid under 2850
I run the 300s right around that 2750-2800 fps line. 27" barrel and about 300ft elevation. I could push them harder but I lose my node. I have seen 2900 before but that really is the limit on an unimproved lapua. I take what everyone says online about as seriously as April 1st. I am sure for him and his setup it works, and I am sure there is some validity to the threshold where speed overcomes energy with every weight bullet. For me to run 250s at 3kfps I give up an extra 300ftlbs at 1k yards. I want the momentum down range, I can always add a little more dope in.Getting ready to load some 338lm and started doing research on loads and came across this.
and this in the same thread..
So yeah I have a box of berger 300 but i also have some 250 and a box of 285. So forget about the 300s?
Sounds stout!
I've loaded for my TRG-42 1:12" since 1/06, so I have a bit of experience. I also was part of the SH/Berger 250gr Hybrid/OTM testing. We're going back to 2013, but I think that Frank was of the opinion that the then Hornady 285s and the various 250s were sufficient, absent some specialty applications, like a mile plus.Getting ready to load some 338lm and started doing research on loads and came across this.
and this in the same thread..
So yeah I have a box of berger 300 but i also have some 250 and a box of 285. So forget about the 300s?
what was your load for your TRG on the 250's?I've loaded for my TRG-42 1:12" since 1/06, so I have a bit of experience. I also was part of the SH/Berger 250gr Hybrid/OTM testing. We're going back to 2013, but I think that Frank was of the opinion that the then Hornady 285s and the various 250s were sufficient, absent some specialty applications, like a mile plus.
The Finnish army snippers did their T/E with the 250 Scenars at 2000m and were getting good results.
Chris