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I'm trying some loads next time at the range. Worked up a ladder load, going up .5 grains starting at 42 and ending at 44.5 of varget with a 175 SMK HPBT with CCI primers and Federal brass.
I did the same in .3 grains, up to 45.2 and wound up with a couple of sweet spots. The most consistent being:
175SMK
44.2 Varget
CCI BR2
Federal brass
Good luck with the ladder.
Same Rifle, my best load
Lapua Brass (fireformed, neck turned, ...)
Hornady 178 A-Max
IMR 40,4gn 4064
BR-2 or Fed GMM
Extremely changing results due to the crappy stock.
One Day one hole, the other day 1 MOA or even worse...
I ordered the AX AICS chassis and hope for consistent results...
Greetings from the black forrest (Germany)
Blast
Here's where I found the sweet spot with my 20" AAC-SD:
Sierra 175SMK
Hornady Match brass
45.4 grains Varget
Winchester LR primer
Loaded to 2.925" COAL (well beyond magazine length, but about 5 thousandths off the lands).
No pressure signs at that load, but I'm sure it has a lot to do with the obscenely long COAL.
For mag length loads, the only change was 44.4 grains of Varget instead of 45.4. In both cases, I was seeing approx. 2600FPS without my can attached.
OCW? How did they group? I am waiting on a scope. Then load development time.
Optimal Charge Weight test. OCW. Varies powder chargers.
Still doing little tweeks but
178 amax
45g varget
Hornady match brass
2.880
Then 175 smk
45g varget
Hornady match brass
2.900
Still tweaking if I can get rid of my one flier have 1/4"
Groups all day but with the flier still sub 1/2 moa
Never heard of it. I just load up a bunch of ammo and jump up .1-.3 grains every few (usually 5-6) rounds, mark the cases, and go shoot groups. I pick 1 or 2 winners, load up some ammo off that, and shoot some more. If the results look good, I stick with it.
Chances are the flier is you. I know that's what my problem was for a while when I was doing load development.
I have my ACC-SD with Rock Creek 5R Match grade barrel 26"
45g BLC-2
175g Berger LTBT trim and pointed
COAL 2.84
2700 fps
10 shot group I shoot this weekend with flyers
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Has any one tried any heavier bullets? With a 1-10 barrel I would be curious how heavy it would handle?