Well, my partner and I just came back from the range. It was a balmy 29 degrees here. Not as cold as some others, but it was a little cold for really good range shooting conditions. I took my 25-06, 22-250 and 45-70. I had some 350gr Hornady FP's loaded with H4198. I only shot 4 of them, and since they were about 9" low, I didn't have anything to take pictures. They did chrono at 2025 AVG with 52gr of H4198. I have some other loads and will mess with them later on in the Spring or something!
The good thing was I found two good shooting 60gr PT loads for my 22-250. They really show alot of promise with H4895 and RL15. Here are some targets.
34gr RL15 (3456, 3420, 3440)
35gr RL15 (3487, 3502, 3486)
34gr H4895 (3632, 3640, 3610, 3599)
35gr H4895 (3745, 3721, 3717, 3732)
RL15 at 35gr's looks really good as does 34gr's of H4895. I am pretty sure I will go with the RL15 and load a bunch for coyotes. 3500 is pretty quick and seems to be pretty accurate for yotes. H4895 looks great for speed though. Running out of time for load work, so I might mess with these more in the Spring. I did put the PT's .010" off the lands and that seems to really help accuracy alot.
The 25-06 shot about the same groups as previously done with the 59.5 and 60gr (Retumbo) loads at 3.250. I didn't take pictures of them again, but ran them across the chrono. The 59.5's ran 3101, 3084, 3097. The 60.0's ran 3236, 3213, 3222! Not sure how .5gr made so much difference. Maybe it is the anomaly Guy Miner was talking about. That is smoking and alot faster than Hodgdon states in their loads? Not sure what the deal was.
I also load some .010 off the lands, and they dropped to 3170, 3136, 3111 and 3159. The groups also opened up?
Here are the results of the 110gr AB's seated just off the lands. 58gr's were 3067, 3003, 3012. Groups were in the 3" range and the cases weren't sealing well at all. Same with 59gr's (3096, 3082, 3120). 60gr's netted me decent accuracy in the 2" range with great speed at 3194, 3161, and 3221? I am not sure if the rifle really likes AB's though. None of the groups were really great. I don't really care too much about the AB's as I would like to shoot the 115gr PT's anyhow.
The 300 Win Mag did okay with RL25. I loaded 76, 76.5 and 77 gr's and shot two groups of three with each load.
76gr's (2820 AVG)
76.5's (2850 AVG)
77gr's (2875 AVG)
Nothing really great, about 1.25 for 76.5 and good speed. I think as the barrel breaks in, it will get better though. I am thinking maybe a primer change may assist also. Anyhow, it was a good day at the range, but I wanted to show you all the results. The 300 Win Mag is going to get better, this is only about the 40th round down the tube and needs a good cleaning. Wouldn't be surprised with a solid MOA shooter and over 2900 with some more load work with the PT's. Scotty
The good thing was I found two good shooting 60gr PT loads for my 22-250. They really show alot of promise with H4895 and RL15. Here are some targets.
34gr RL15 (3456, 3420, 3440)
35gr RL15 (3487, 3502, 3486)
34gr H4895 (3632, 3640, 3610, 3599)
35gr H4895 (3745, 3721, 3717, 3732)
RL15 at 35gr's looks really good as does 34gr's of H4895. I am pretty sure I will go with the RL15 and load a bunch for coyotes. 3500 is pretty quick and seems to be pretty accurate for yotes. H4895 looks great for speed though. Running out of time for load work, so I might mess with these more in the Spring. I did put the PT's .010" off the lands and that seems to really help accuracy alot.
The 25-06 shot about the same groups as previously done with the 59.5 and 60gr (Retumbo) loads at 3.250. I didn't take pictures of them again, but ran them across the chrono. The 59.5's ran 3101, 3084, 3097. The 60.0's ran 3236, 3213, 3222! Not sure how .5gr made so much difference. Maybe it is the anomaly Guy Miner was talking about. That is smoking and alot faster than Hodgdon states in their loads? Not sure what the deal was.
I also load some .010 off the lands, and they dropped to 3170, 3136, 3111 and 3159. The groups also opened up?
Here are the results of the 110gr AB's seated just off the lands. 58gr's were 3067, 3003, 3012. Groups were in the 3" range and the cases weren't sealing well at all. Same with 59gr's (3096, 3082, 3120). 60gr's netted me decent accuracy in the 2" range with great speed at 3194, 3161, and 3221? I am not sure if the rifle really likes AB's though. None of the groups were really great. I don't really care too much about the AB's as I would like to shoot the 115gr PT's anyhow.
The 300 Win Mag did okay with RL25. I loaded 76, 76.5 and 77 gr's and shot two groups of three with each load.
76gr's (2820 AVG)
76.5's (2850 AVG)
77gr's (2875 AVG)
Nothing really great, about 1.25 for 76.5 and good speed. I think as the barrel breaks in, it will get better though. I am thinking maybe a primer change may assist also. Anyhow, it was a good day at the range, but I wanted to show you all the results. The 300 Win Mag is going to get better, this is only about the 40th round down the tube and needs a good cleaning. Wouldn't be surprised with a solid MOA shooter and over 2900 with some more load work with the PT's. Scotty
