Varget shooters
- Thread starter phillip61
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44 gr is what I used when I shot a .308 with the 168 smk then I went to the 155 berger hybrid with cfe 223 pushing the 155 @ 2950fps out of a 24in pipe
I have had good luck with:
42.5 gr Varget with a 168 at 2.81 in military brass. Extremely accurate and very soft shooting
44gr Varget with a 168 at 2.81 in commercial brass
46.4 gr Varget with a 168 at 2.81 in commercial brass using my Remington 700. THIS LOAD IS ABOVE THE MAXIMUM LOAD RECOMMENDED BY HODGDON!
42.5 gr Varget with a 168 at 2.81 in military brass. Extremely accurate and very soft shooting
44gr Varget with a 168 at 2.81 in commercial brass
46.4 gr Varget with a 168 at 2.81 in commercial brass using my Remington 700. THIS LOAD IS ABOVE THE MAXIMUM LOAD RECOMMENDED BY HODGDON!
A buddy of mine ask what kind of brass I had. I told him I had a couple hundred rounds of FGMM that was shot from my rifle and 500rds of Lake City Match brass. He said being as I was shooting for accuracy I should use the FGMM brass otherwise I would probably have to resize all the other. Does any of that make sense? Can someone explain......please.
I would use the fgmm brass, just don't waste much time on case match prep( uniforming pockets or flashhole deburr). While those steps are helpful on all brass, including lapua, on fgmm brass the primer pockets will be loose as a goose by the 3-4 reloading. Get some Winchester,lapua, or hornady match brass and prep them right. Should get 10-15 reloads with those mentioned brass.
most find the sweet spot between 42-45 grains of Varget. just load up some rounds in ladder steps and see what your firearm likes.
Probably doesn't help you since I shoot the 175 SMK rather than the 168, but my load is 44.5 grains set to about 2.820".
In my hunting rig, 22 inch barreled 308, I shoot 168 VLDs and 44 gr Varget with Fed 210M primers give me about 2650 ftps velocity and really good accuracy loaded at 2.810 OAL to fit in the mag.
Between 42 and 45 is what I have used. I like the sweet spot between 44-45gr. I also have a 26".
Win brass
CCI BR2
2.815 COAL
Win brass
CCI BR2
2.815 COAL
