Got out on Sunday to do some steel shooting and to test a few loads out. I had most of a box of 140gr Berger VLD's so I put together a couple of combinations. This one turned in a good group. Velocity is lower than I'd like to see though.
I also have a couple of bags of 140gr nosler Partition blems that are probably 15 years old and wanted to see if I could develope a good hunting load for this rifle should I ever want to use it for bear or elk. I only used IMR7828 for the initial test. 46 grains turned in a pretty good group. I'm sure I can play with seating depth and tighten it up a little. I need to give H4350 a try with these as well.
I've got my ballistic program pretty well calibrated to my load with the 140 Amax. I set out a steel 66% IPSC target (19"x12") at 1000 yards and put the first round on target which made me happy (it was the one in the upper right shoulder looking at the target). Then I put the next 4 (5 round mag) on target as well. Dope was 8.5 mils of elevation and .7 mils of windage. Had a 4-9 mph wind from 3 o'clock. This was the result of 3 different shooters putting rounds through my rifle. It was fun getting 2 friends to get hits at 1000 when they've never shot over 400 before!
I also have a couple of bags of 140gr nosler Partition blems that are probably 15 years old and wanted to see if I could develope a good hunting load for this rifle should I ever want to use it for bear or elk. I only used IMR7828 for the initial test. 46 grains turned in a pretty good group. I'm sure I can play with seating depth and tighten it up a little. I need to give H4350 a try with these as well.
I've got my ballistic program pretty well calibrated to my load with the 140 Amax. I set out a steel 66% IPSC target (19"x12") at 1000 yards and put the first round on target which made me happy (it was the one in the upper right shoulder looking at the target). Then I put the next 4 (5 round mag) on target as well. Dope was 8.5 mils of elevation and .7 mils of windage. Had a 4-9 mph wind from 3 o'clock. This was the result of 3 different shooters putting rounds through my rifle. It was fun getting 2 friends to get hits at 1000 when they've never shot over 400 before!
Looks like the Partitions will group tight too, so between the A max and them you will have a lot of shooting and hunting covered.
