Hi all-
I had a tuned .223 handload of 24.3 grains of Varget with an 80gr eldx that was running about 2855 from my 26” barrel on my bolt action. Once I got my Gemtrek Trek, I’ve noticed that the velocity really didn’t change at all, but my ES/SD went from teens/single digits, to twenties/teens. I thought maybe it just threw me a little off my velocity node, so I re-tested a few tenths up and down, and was not able to find that low ES/SD sweet spot. Accuracy is still top notch, maybe even got a little better, around 0.5” groups. I’d like to run this gun in F-T/R, and even some PRS matches for fun, but an ES of 25 adds up to quite a bit of vertical spread once you really stretch it out there. A .223 in PRS is handicapped enough as it is.
What gives? Has anyone else experienced this? I guess I could do a full blown charge weight test again…
I had a tuned .223 handload of 24.3 grains of Varget with an 80gr eldx that was running about 2855 from my 26” barrel on my bolt action. Once I got my Gemtrek Trek, I’ve noticed that the velocity really didn’t change at all, but my ES/SD went from teens/single digits, to twenties/teens. I thought maybe it just threw me a little off my velocity node, so I re-tested a few tenths up and down, and was not able to find that low ES/SD sweet spot. Accuracy is still top notch, maybe even got a little better, around 0.5” groups. I’d like to run this gun in F-T/R, and even some PRS matches for fun, but an ES of 25 adds up to quite a bit of vertical spread once you really stretch it out there. A .223 in PRS is handicapped enough as it is.
What gives? Has anyone else experienced this? I guess I could do a full blown charge weight test again…
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