28gaugewaterswatter
Beginner
- Oct 6, 2025
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I am trying to come up with a load for my 28 Nosler, Christensen Ridgeline with 26 inch barrel.
I am using 150 Grain TTSX bullets, CA resident so non lead is required but I also really like the termninal ballistics of the bullet.
Currently using H1000 powder as I had it available at my local shop.
2.83 inches base to OGIVE, 50 thousands from the lands, the gun has a long throat.
I shot a ladder test and found nodes around 79.3 and 80.2 grains. I went with the lower charge to hopefully preserve barrel life as best as possible.
I loaded up 4 round groups of 79.3, 79.4 and 79.2 and shot them round robin, 79.3 had the best es and standard deviation at 6.85 with an average of around 3180.
I loaded up a few more and shot them a few days later,similar weather and conditions. My average velocity jumped up to 3220 and my STD went to 12.52, with an es of 34. including a cold bore shot.
I was double measuring all my loads, so i do not think that I had a change in my powder load.
I have cleaned the bore out after every shooting session and shot a few foulers before each testing session.
I remeasured the bore depth, and found that it is now 12 thousands deeper than I had initially measured, I am not planning on chasing the lands unless necessary.
What am I doing wrong here? Any suggestions on powder change.
I am using 150 Grain TTSX bullets, CA resident so non lead is required but I also really like the termninal ballistics of the bullet.
Currently using H1000 powder as I had it available at my local shop.
2.83 inches base to OGIVE, 50 thousands from the lands, the gun has a long throat.
I shot a ladder test and found nodes around 79.3 and 80.2 grains. I went with the lower charge to hopefully preserve barrel life as best as possible.
I loaded up 4 round groups of 79.3, 79.4 and 79.2 and shot them round robin, 79.3 had the best es and standard deviation at 6.85 with an average of around 3180.
I loaded up a few more and shot them a few days later,similar weather and conditions. My average velocity jumped up to 3220 and my STD went to 12.52, with an es of 34. including a cold bore shot.
I was double measuring all my loads, so i do not think that I had a change in my powder load.
I have cleaned the bore out after every shooting session and shot a few foulers before each testing session.
I remeasured the bore depth, and found that it is now 12 thousands deeper than I had initially measured, I am not planning on chasing the lands unless necessary.
What am I doing wrong here? Any suggestions on powder change.