Well, I loaded some loads for my new WBY last night. I received my 4 bags of 50, 160gr Accubonds and loaded them with R22 and CCI 250's. I loaded 5 at 61, 5 at 62, and 5 at 63. I am pretty stoked to see how they shoot. Hopefully load development will be easy with this new rife. I am still working on a accurate load for the M70 7mm Rem MAg. Either way, I will let you know how they work. They look pretty awesome with the Red Tips on them also. If I get to the range shortly, I may take it to Idaho with me for bear. Scotty
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Sounds great. BTW in some of my 7mm rem mags I had to go to 66 gr RL 22 to get to Nosler's max.
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63.0 grains RL-22 is Nosler's max with the 160 grainers and that is where my M70 shoots the partitions the best and 62.5 grains with the accubonds.
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YS, I am hoping that one of those three shoots well, I would like to take this rifle as a back up with me to Idaho this year for bear. I would like to use my 358 as the primary, but it would be cool to draw blood with the new 7mm Rem Mag. Those 160gr Accubonds look pretty nasty, especially with the RED tips! Scotty
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Heres a 5 shot group with a 160 Partition at 100 yards in the M70.
http://noslerreloading.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 81&start=0
The 3 shot group is with a 140 B-Tip using 63.5 IMR4350.
Both bullets were seated to SAAMI OAL of 3.290 and all with Fed215M primers. Good luck with your rifle. Standing by for a range report!
http://noslerreloading.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 81&start=0
The 3 shot group is with a 140 B-Tip using 63.5 IMR4350.
Both bullets were seated to SAAMI OAL of 3.290 and all with Fed215M primers. Good luck with your rifle. Standing by for a range report!
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Please post your results when they are ready.
Heres a 100 yard group from my #1 with 66 grains of RL22 ,160 AB's and CCI 250 primers. I will be taking this to Idaho this year.
http://noslerreloading.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 7466#57466
http://noslerreloading.com/phpBB2/viewt ... 7466#57466
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Well, I will try it out if none of these other three pan out. Looking at the QL POP did for yours, you can about a 100FPS for the extra 3 grains. Not that I am crying about it, but if the 63gr load shoots well, I will probably stick with it for this year at least.
I will post up any results I get once I get to the range. Scotty
I will post up any results I get once I get to the range. Scotty
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beretzs":17ycqqiu said:
Correct! Again pending on the rifle!!!!! I have never, ever gotten 3000 fps with any 160 bullet in any 7mm rem mag with just 63 gr of rl22.
Cartridge : 7 mm Rem. Mag.
Bullet : .284, 160, Nosler AccuBond 54932
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.290 inch or 83.57 mm
Barrel Length : 24.0 inch or 609.6 mm
Powder : Alliant Reloder-22
Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 3.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !
Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms
-30.0 69 46.20 2098 1564 22116 8737 84.1 1.837
-27.0 72 48.18 2187 1700 24411 9298 86.5 1.769
-24.0 74 50.16 2277 1842 26945 9848 88.8 1.705
-21.0 77 52.14 2367 1991 29741 10381 90.9 1.642
-18.0 80 54.12 2458 2147 32830 10892 92.8 1.582
-15.0 83 56.10 2549 2309 36246 11376 94.5 1.524
-12.0 86 58.08 2641 2477 40027 11828 96.0 1.454
-09.0 89 60.06 2732 2651 44166 12242 97.3 1.388
-06.0 92 62.04 2822 2830 48688 12615 98.3 1.325
-03.0 95 64.02 2913 3014 53663 12941 99.1 1.266 ! Near Maximum !
+00.0 98 66.00 3002 3202 59144 13217 99.6 1.211 ! Near Maximum !
+03.0 101 67.98 3091 3394 65190 13439 99.9 1.158 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+06.0 104 69.96 3178 3589 71870 13605 100.0 1.108 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+09.0 107 71.94 3265 3787 79267 13751 100.0 1.061 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+12.0 110 73.92 3351 3989 87477 13887 100.0 1.016 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+15.0 113 75.90 3436 4194 96618 14013 100.0 0.973 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Results caused by ± 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba 98 66.00 3134 3488 71226 12759 100.0 1.118 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba 98 66.00 2814 2813 47344 13050 95.1 1.333
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Good deal, thanks for the tip POP. If I have time I will continue to push upwards. 63gr's shot pretty well, so I will see if I can continue pushing upwards and see what it does. With the bear hunt right around the corner, I might stick with the 63gr load and see how it works. I can't see much trouble, it is still probably around 2850-2900. Until I can get a day to set the chrono up, I will just be guessing. Scotty
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Some years back the guys at Sierra suggested that I work up to 65 grains of Reloader 22 with their 160 gr bullet for my 7mm Rem mag.
Did that - and wow! :grin: Over 3,000 fps and nice tight little groups. When switching to a different bullet, I'd do the work up again. What I learned though was that a healthy charge of Reloader 22, and a bullet of around 160 grains, works really well from the 7mm Rem mag.
Right now I'm messing with Reloader 22 and 168 Bergers from my 7mm Ruger Number One. Quite nice so far - velocity is hovering around 2945 fps with good accuracy.
I need to try some 160 Accubonds. Keep hearing that they're The Bullet for a general purpose mule deer, black bear and elk load for the 7mm RM. I've got a warm regard for the long & lethal 175 Nosler Partition for sure - that bullet got me one heck of a bull elk several years ago.
Did that - and wow! :grin: Over 3,000 fps and nice tight little groups. When switching to a different bullet, I'd do the work up again. What I learned though was that a healthy charge of Reloader 22, and a bullet of around 160 grains, works really well from the 7mm Rem mag.
Right now I'm messing with Reloader 22 and 168 Bergers from my 7mm Ruger Number One. Quite nice so far - velocity is hovering around 2945 fps with good accuracy.
I need to try some 160 Accubonds. Keep hearing that they're The Bullet for a general purpose mule deer, black bear and elk load for the 7mm RM. I've got a warm regard for the long & lethal 175 Nosler Partition for sure - that bullet got me one heck of a bull elk several years ago.
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Guy Miner
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Yeah - I'm not real worried about getting the highest possible velocity, I just want my rifles to shoot well. That said, I own a "magnum" for the high velocity performance. That's why they were invented, so I don't see any reason to load my 7mm Rem mag down to .308 Win levels of performance, like I see in some load manuals. Cracks me up, a 160 w/muzzle velocity of around 2700 - 2800 fps from a 7mm Rem mag... My .308 Win shoots a 168 gr factory load at 2730 fps, and I handload it to the same velocity level.
If that's all I wanted, I'd just stick with it, but I want about 3000 fps from a 160. Why? I dunno... :grin: Deer seem to fall over no matter what I hit 'em with from .223 - .45/70 and even the .50 cal muzzle loader...
If that's all I wanted, I'd just stick with it, but I want about 3000 fps from a 160. Why? I dunno... :grin: Deer seem to fall over no matter what I hit 'em with from .223 - .45/70 and even the .50 cal muzzle loader...
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That is a great point. I have hit up some other sites and my books and most of them push the 160 with 65-66gr of R22 also. So, as with anything else, experimenting is part of the deal. Your right, I own them for a reason and I want them to shoot like that. Hopefully the accuracy keeps as I continue to push the load. Scotty
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Guy Miner":2tbyxtat said:
Precisely!
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I am going to load up some 64, 65, and 66gr loads today with the Accubonds and get them out to the range and see how they do. Thanks for all of the tips. I have been shooting so much I am wearing out brushes cleaning rifles (just kidding). I am kind of anxious to get started with my 338. I am still looking for something that shoots well in my 300 Win Mag. I don't think the 165 Interbonds are clicking with it. I will save the rest for my wifes 308. They would make an excellent elk bullet out of the 308 Win. I am going to try some 180-200gr bullets out of the 300 Win and see what they do. Scotty
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I would think the 180 and/or the 200 grain bullets were just made for the 300 WM. I'm even impressed with the velocities and accuracy of the 200 grain AB in my .300 WSM.
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It's not a Nosler bullets but I load for a friends .300 Win Mag and the 190gr BTSP Hornady over 73grs of H4831 is outstanding, simply outstanding in is Encore. I used Win Brass and a CCI 250 Primer.
