Bullet test

buckfever · Aug 11, 2008

I just got back from the range and tried the milk jug test with my 25 06 and 120 gr pt over 49 gr of IMR 4350 and Fed 210. I set the milk jugs at about 20 yards. I found the bullet in the 5th jug but there was a small hole in the sixth jug impact velocity was just over 3000. The bullet mushroomed perfectly and weighed 82 grs the little bullet did quit well.

DrMike · Aug 11, 2008

POP, I'm envious. My personal best is 0.10 inch on a 22-250 load. On many of the new rifles for which I work up loads, 0.25" is common. These rifles will have just been broken in. With a few more rounds, they will only produce tighter groups. On the whole, these are well-built rifles that are a joy to shoot and easy to load for.

Adjusting seating depth with the Winchester magazines works wonders for rifles that otherwise are so-so for rounds. On my 7mm WSM, the first twelve loads were a bust, but adjusting seating depth on a load using AccuBonds so that they were 0.020" off the lands was the sweet spot that yields consistent 0.25" groups. Undoubtedly, I could achieve tighter groups, but this is a hunting rifle and I don't want to risk a jam or unseating a bullet when in the field.