Northwoods Hunter
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- Aug 2, 2005
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Longwinters and I made final preparations for Michigan Firearm season today. I traded him my new Rem 700 LV .22-250 for (my original) Rem 700 CDL 7MM08.
Don't ask why we often trade back and forth... :roll: :lol:
Long had several 140 Accubonds loaded up but they were around MOA (at best)for me...(they shot 0.50" for him
)...so I decided to try a few other bullet choices. That rifle really liked large doses of H 4350...like 48-48.5grs...pushing very close to 3,000 fps :twisted:
I loaded 5 each of; Hornady 139 SST, Hornady 139 INTL , Sierra SPT , 140 Accubonds and lastly, an old favorite the 140gr Nosler Solid base...
The 100yd results...all with 48.5gr of H 4350 and seated at SAMMI C.O.A.L. specs...
139 SSTs.... 1.89"
139 Intls..... 0.78" :grin:
140 SBTs.... 0.85"
140 Nacc.... 1.08"
140 Solid Base... 0.233" :shock: 8)
The wonderful Nosler Solid Base was really overshadowed with the advent of the Partition but is a superb bullet with the proper grain weight and application...that downed scores of game. I will shoot a whitetail with this rig in November and report the results...Nosler brought them back recently but I don't see anyone PRing their value. They are very similar in excellent flight/accuracy characteristics to a Sierra SBT with(I believe) better weight retention.
Right now they are closing out at the Shooter's Pro Shop for peanuts :wink:
Don't ask why we often trade back and forth... :roll: :lol:
Long had several 140 Accubonds loaded up but they were around MOA (at best)for me...(they shot 0.50" for him
)...so I decided to try a few other bullet choices. That rifle really liked large doses of H 4350...like 48-48.5grs...pushing very close to 3,000 fps :twisted: I loaded 5 each of; Hornady 139 SST, Hornady 139 INTL , Sierra SPT , 140 Accubonds and lastly, an old favorite the 140gr Nosler Solid base...
The 100yd results...all with 48.5gr of H 4350 and seated at SAMMI C.O.A.L. specs...
139 SSTs.... 1.89"
139 Intls..... 0.78" :grin:
140 SBTs.... 0.85"
140 Nacc.... 1.08"
140 Solid Base... 0.233" :shock: 8)
The wonderful Nosler Solid Base was really overshadowed with the advent of the Partition but is a superb bullet with the proper grain weight and application...that downed scores of game. I will shoot a whitetail with this rig in November and report the results...Nosler brought them back recently but I don't see anyone PRing their value. They are very similar in excellent flight/accuracy characteristics to a Sierra SBT with(I believe) better weight retention.
Right now they are closing out at the Shooter's Pro Shop for peanuts :wink:
