Well, I was finally able to get out to the range. What I didn't mention in my other post was the Talley's didn't show up till this afternoon, but I had a 20 MOA EGW rail and some Leupold QRW's laying around the house, so I mounted everything up and threw the 2-10 Minox on there and headed to the range..
First three shot group after boresighting the rifle. I was using some old loads I had made up for my other 338 Win Mag, 76.5 RL19, CCI250's and the 200 AB. That load shot really well in my old rifle.
Top group is the first one. The first two were right on top of one another and the 3rd was out there. Same thing for the lower group. I am thinking it is barrel heat. I let the barrel cool 2 minutes between shots, but it has a very slender profile. I am thinking if I let it cool back to ambient temp, it would lay them in there. I am okay with it being a good 2 shot rifle as long as it is consistent..
Those did average right at 3000FPS outta the rifle though. I am thinking it would be a good backup load if I didn't do much more load development.
I then tried some 210's with 75.5 grains of RL19. They came out about 2975 avg, but nothing to write home about. Decent, but not great.
I tried 76 and 76.5, but both of those opened up alot and weren't worth keeping. Thinking it likes something different than RL19 for the 210 PT's at least.
I then tried 72.5 grains of IMR4350. Speeds averaged right at 3090, but I slightly sticky extraction. Nothing super serious, but I think I could knock it back a grain and work it. It put the first two touching, and again, blew the 3rd out into left field.
I am thinking I will load up some more and see where they get me. They look good and I just may have to shoot much slower..
I had some old loads with the 250 AB's and RL19. Those were nail drivers in the old 338, but this one didn't care for them all too much. I am pretty sure I could work with them, but that will be a little later I think.
They did come out at 2740.
So overall, I am very happy. It does seem to really wanna shoot the 200 AB and the 210 PT, so I am going to load some more of those and try em.. Should have an elk load pretty quickly, if not already.
The rifle isn't too bad off the bench. It is actually a pretty light rifle/scope combo. I bet it doesn't go more than 8.5lbs and it shows on the bench..
First three shot group after boresighting the rifle. I was using some old loads I had made up for my other 338 Win Mag, 76.5 RL19, CCI250's and the 200 AB. That load shot really well in my old rifle.
Top group is the first one. The first two were right on top of one another and the 3rd was out there. Same thing for the lower group. I am thinking it is barrel heat. I let the barrel cool 2 minutes between shots, but it has a very slender profile. I am thinking if I let it cool back to ambient temp, it would lay them in there. I am okay with it being a good 2 shot rifle as long as it is consistent..
Those did average right at 3000FPS outta the rifle though. I am thinking it would be a good backup load if I didn't do much more load development.
I then tried some 210's with 75.5 grains of RL19. They came out about 2975 avg, but nothing to write home about. Decent, but not great.
I tried 76 and 76.5, but both of those opened up alot and weren't worth keeping. Thinking it likes something different than RL19 for the 210 PT's at least.
I then tried 72.5 grains of IMR4350. Speeds averaged right at 3090, but I slightly sticky extraction. Nothing super serious, but I think I could knock it back a grain and work it. It put the first two touching, and again, blew the 3rd out into left field.
I am thinking I will load up some more and see where they get me. They look good and I just may have to shoot much slower..
I had some old loads with the 250 AB's and RL19. Those were nail drivers in the old 338, but this one didn't care for them all too much. I am pretty sure I could work with them, but that will be a little later I think.
They did come out at 2740.
So overall, I am very happy. It does seem to really wanna shoot the 200 AB and the 210 PT, so I am going to load some more of those and try em.. Should have an elk load pretty quickly, if not already.
The rifle isn't too bad off the bench. It is actually a pretty light rifle/scope combo. I bet it doesn't go more than 8.5lbs and it shows on the bench..
