Well Bullet, I'm sorry to hear about your barrel problem but look forward to your new build up of your 8mm Rem Mag. I know i have thought about changing one of my Ruger #1's to 8mm RM with maybe a 28" barrel someday but thats a ways off. I'm also glad to see you put a Hogue aluminum pillar...
220 & 250 grs on the 8mm, I personally like the heavier bullets in 8 mag, 140 & 175grs on 7mm for 7X57 & 7stw & 250grs for the 9.3X62 & .375H&H. The ? in my mind is appropriate wall thickness ( .030 or .035 for deer, elk & pigs) to use and asking for load help is a good idea, thanks. :grin:
Wow, thanks bullet for the info on Hawk bullets. I've only heard of them and know no one with any first hand knowledge of their performance. After reading your post I immediately looked them up online and plan on giving them a call to order some to try later this week....Dan :grin:
Man, walk away for a couple of days and look at all the traffic :mrgreen: I think as soon as you confirm your testing and I get a chance, I'll try your load Bullet and see how well my gun likes it, maybe I could make it my out of state load. But as for me and thanks to my high minded...
Good job Bullet, there is nothing quite as satisfying as a good day at the range and discovering such promise. :?: Is that a PVM chrono that you're using,I have a damaged one and am waiting for replacement parts, but I like them. Also, did you get any pressure signs with your load and finally...
Well Bullet, I had a hard time trying to reduce the view size, format and upload of my little spreadsheet. Before I try doing anymore I think I'll try -edgeamicating- myself somemore before trying to upload anymore....woooooh :oops: :lol:
As for your test tomorrow, Good Luck & Good...
I'm interested the your results with IMR7828 as I don't have much experience with it. Here is part of my finish up with the 200gr tsx and since I had a few primed cases left over I loaded some 250gr Woodleighs. I had bought a box of Dbl-Tap 250gr Wooedleighs advertised at 2800fps w/a 26" barrel...
I'm excited about the test out doing and can't wait to see the results as the 8mmRM is one of my favorite cartridges. I tried the Accubonds once but didn't have much success I forget the powder I tried. I use to shoot 220gr GK's behind RL-22 at about 2900fps but only obtained 1-1.5 MOA...
Hi Elkman, I have nothing against RL19 but I think there are powders more appropriate for the 7STW in 160gr- 175gr bullet range. I would look at using RL 25, H1000 or the powder I'm using at the moment VVN-570. I'm shooting a Ruger #1B 26" barreled rifle and am consistently grouping 1.75" at my...
Oh yea I forgot, I'm using a Leupold 2.5-8 VXIII scope with a Boone & Crocket reticle and the trajectory matches the reticle very closely all the way out to 500 yds. Hope this helps.
I have a 7x57 Ruger #1 Int. 20" barrel rifle and although my load is with a 139gr Hornady GMX I think it would be similar for a 140gr Accubond or E-Tip. My load was worked up with Quik Load which over all is fairly accurate. Mine is 48.0gr Norma URP @ 3.11" OAL, R-P brass & Wolf primers...
For what it's worth, I would purchase a box each of Noslers loaded ammo in BT's. Accubonds & Partitions. You should get some base MV's and maybe a preference for one over the other. My favorite hunting rifle is my 8X57 Remintgon Classic. I've used 180gr Nosler BT's on deer and pronghorn out to...
I ran the numbers for the powders you listed. The parameters are 7 WSM, 168gr VLD @ 2.86 OAL, up to Max Pressure 64500psi, up to 100% fill of powder.
powder____gr_____% fill__est vel___est Pmax psi___est propellent burnt
RL-17____58.8____85____2940_____64474__________100
RL-25____65.4 ___...