Due to the short supply of Varget, I am looking into other powders. I'm leaning toward accurate 2015. By the numbers on the chart, I should get more velocity with less grains and less pressure. Does anyone have any other experience or recommendations? It's going to be used in a .308 Win with 175gr SMK and Lapua brass, fed 210M primers.
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start at around 41gn of 4064,been a good powder for me when Varget is hard to get.
start at around 41gn of 4064,been a good powder for me when Varget is hard to get.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Casey D</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Due to the short supply of Varget, I am looking into other powders. I'm leaning toward accurate 2015. By the numbers on the chart, I should get more velocity with less grains and less pressure. Does anyone have any other experience or recommendations? It's going to be used in a .308 Win with 175gr SMK and Lapua brass, fed 210M primers. </div></div>
What numbers on what chart?
Just because a manual/guide uses a powder, doesn't mean it's ideal. Hell, you could safely load up BlueDot under a 175gr SMK if you had enough time and weapons to experiment with.
RL-15, IMR-4064, IMR-4895, AA-2495, AA-2520, VV-140, VV-150, VV-N540, TAC and Winchester 748 are all worthy substitues.
I've got 2015BR here and as per Accurate's '05 pamphlet, it was designed around the 223 Remington type cartridge.
There is no data for the 175-180gr bullet class and 2015BR.
Chris
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Casey D</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Due to the short supply of Varget, I am looking into other powders. I'm leaning toward accurate 2015. By the numbers on the chart, I should get more velocity with less grains and less pressure. Does anyone have any other experience or recommendations? It's going to be used in a .308 Win with 175gr SMK and Lapua brass, fed 210M primers. </div></div>
What numbers on what chart?
Just because a manual/guide uses a powder, doesn't mean it's ideal. Hell, you could safely load up BlueDot under a 175gr SMK if you had enough time and weapons to experiment with.
RL-15, IMR-4064, IMR-4895, AA-2495, AA-2520, VV-140, VV-150, VV-N540, TAC and Winchester 748 are all worthy substitues.
I've got 2015BR here and as per Accurate's '05 pamphlet, it was designed around the 223 Remington type cartridge.
There is no data for the 175-180gr bullet class and 2015BR.
Chris
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I have switched to ARComp in my .308 and it is working very well in my 5R with 178 amax and 175 SMK. I actually switched from Varget before the shortage and I can still find it on the shelves from time to time.
Pushing 178 Amax at 2535 fps out of a 20" barrel. I could not shoot submoa at this velocity with varget in the 5R.
I have switched to ARComp in my .308 and it is working very well in my 5R with 178 amax and 175 SMK. I actually switched from Varget before the shortage and I can still find it on the shelves from time to time.
Pushing 178 Amax at 2535 fps out of a 20" barrel. I could not shoot submoa at this velocity with varget in the 5R.
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