nhenry
Handloader
- Feb 7, 2022
- 609
- 1,060
For this season’s muley hunt, I decided to work up a load with the new 132gr HHT, courtesy of @AFG270’s kindness.
I chose:
- Hybrid 100V as the powder.
- Remington 9 1/2 LR primers.
- Peterson 280 AI brass, once fired.
I started working up from 55gr to 57gr in .5gr increments. Never hit pressure (except for a slight cratering in the with 2 of the 57gr loads). All of the loads shot under an inch, but I chose the 56.5gr load because I can. It cruises along around 3150 fps
The target:
For the 55gr load, there were a couple fellas next to me sighting in a 6.5 PRC. They accidentally shot my target, which is the furthest right hole in that target.
In the 55.5gr load, I accidentally bumped the elevation target down a click, so I subtracted .25” from that group.
Tonight I loaded up the rest of the empty once fired brass I had (27) and I’ll do a final sight in this weekend before the season starts on the 29th. I obviously won’t use them all, so I’ll mess around with crimping in the off season to see if I can get groups to tighten up
Obligatory pic of my rifle, which I replaced the bolt shroud on a few days ago:
I chose:
- Hybrid 100V as the powder.
- Remington 9 1/2 LR primers.
- Peterson 280 AI brass, once fired.
I started working up from 55gr to 57gr in .5gr increments. Never hit pressure (except for a slight cratering in the with 2 of the 57gr loads). All of the loads shot under an inch, but I chose the 56.5gr load because I can. It cruises along around 3150 fps
The target:
For the 55gr load, there were a couple fellas next to me sighting in a 6.5 PRC. They accidentally shot my target, which is the furthest right hole in that target.
In the 55.5gr load, I accidentally bumped the elevation target down a click, so I subtracted .25” from that group.
Tonight I loaded up the rest of the empty once fired brass I had (27) and I’ll do a final sight in this weekend before the season starts on the 29th. I obviously won’t use them all, so I’ll mess around with crimping in the off season to see if I can get groups to tighten up
Obligatory pic of my rifle, which I replaced the bolt shroud on a few days ago:
