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This might not be where the issue lies, but it's something to always remember... I was given a couple hundred pieces of 6mm Remington brass a few years ago. I tucked it away. When I decided to see about prepping it, I checked headstamps. It was all R-P, but I noticed subtle differences in the...

...and NO, you cannot run QL on an iPad.

QL is a great tool and a good toy for acquiring new knowledge via the "what if" games that can be played with it. However, QL does N-O-T generate loading data as we generally use the term. I say that because bonafide, published loading data is pressure tested and QL outputs are mere...

Can't offer any experience with Varget in this case, but I know Benchmark will work with 50s. You'll get that done with ease.

I think I'm jealous, Scotty. Wait, no...I AM jealous! Should be a sweet rifle! Nothing like a seven year-old thread to shine the light on change. I'm now using LT-32 in my junky old 788, but still shooting 50-grain V-Max. The LT-32 won't get anywhere near the velocities X-Terminator give, but...

BTW, I had been waiting for months to get my hands on more 70 ABs from SPS...when I finally saw them the other night I tried to buy 500 more, but could only get 450. I guess I got the last of them! I bet it'll be another year before we see them again.

PS, I've played with the 70 AB in my hogslayer ARs, which I believe are 1:8s (both are LaRue barrels). I chose AR-Comp because I have a lot of it on hand and it was not slated for any other use...I had no trouble getting near-MOA performance using 23.0 grains of the stuff. I'm still not very...

Follow up: I used QuickLOAD and compared its output with available data for bullets in the 69-grain to 77-grain range, and loaded up trial loads ranging from 22.3 to 23.5 grains of AR-Comp. I shot them in two nearly identical rifles with 18-inch LaRue barrels. I could tell immediately that the...

I was looking for .223 Rem data, shooting an AR. The data shown on the site is for the 70-grain RDF...which is obviously better than a WAG, but data specific to the Accubond would be nice. I have, and run QuickLOAD and that's better than a WAG also. I still would like to see published data, though.

I have been unable to find any loading data for this new bullet. I have managed to find some of the bullets to try out, but I'm puzzled as to why Nosler has not published any data at all---at least, not that I have been able to find. Am I just looking in the wrong places?

I'd take the opposite approach and do load development when temperatures are 95 to 100 degrees F. That way I could be confident that the load would not act up on me if I was to shoot it at---you guessed it, 95 to 100 degrees. At 70 or 50 or 30 degrees, no sweat. Pun fully intended.

...or, can be edited to leave clutter out: Cartridge : .280 Rem. Bullet : .284, 150, Nosler PART SP 16326 Useable Case Capaci: 61.025 grain H2O = 3.962 cm³ Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.330 inch = 84.58 mm Barrel Length : 22.0 inch = 558.8 mm Predicted Data for Indicated...

When posted correctly: Cartridge : .280 Rem. Bullet : .284, 150, Nosler PART SP 16326 Useable Case Capaci: 61.025 grain H2O = 3.962 cm³ Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.330 inch = 84.58 mm Barrel Length : 22.0 inch = 558.8 mm Predicted Data for Indicated Charges of the...

One of the things I noticed about the Whelen during load development is that as the powder charge was increased, velocity gains were very modest. That made it easier to resist the temptation to try wringing "just a little more" out of it and just focus on accuracy. I found 225 ABs and Re15 to be...

Oops. Missed the barrel length comment.

I'd guess you're at 62k.

I'm using Re26 in a couple of cartridges and it has never given me any kind of grief. I do tend to go with the milder charge given two different accuracy nodes. Just found a good one for my 6mm Remington...a 95 Partition at about 3100. My .280 likes the 3000 fps charge with a 150 Partition.

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IMO, Re17 is too slow a burner for the Whelen. Varget or Re15 are much more suitable...i never tried anything else in mine, so I think CFE233 might be worth a try. I have tried Re17 in other cartridges though. Sometimes it's the velocity champ, but top loads can get squirrelly when fired in...

My money's on a broken scope too. Or maybe loose mounts. Always hedge!