lefty315
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Yup, I know this is a Nosler forum but sometimes you just stray a bit. Anyone have a Sierra manual they’d screenshot and post for the .308 Win using a 165 Sierra Game King bullet?
Sierra load info
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All you need is Varget
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lefty315
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Never used it. I’ve been able to whittle my rifle powder down to 4895 and 4350 for around 12 or so rifles I load for.
then again the loads are for ar's
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lefty315
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Thank you, very much appreciated. I figured I’d start with some H4895 today and see how they shoot. It’s a Tikka compact with a 20 inch barrel so I’m not expecting max speeds, just hoping for some decent accuracy.
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Varget, IMR4895, TAC, CFE223, H4895 and RL15(both hard to find) IMR4064 all good. What you have is good start. Dan.
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lefty315
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So I ran some H4895 today. 42.5 grains yielded a .63 inch group for 4 shots. 43 had 3 shots just a smidge tighter but the 4th shot opened up a bit and ran 40 fps faster for that final shot. Going back this weekend with some more at 43 and some at 43.5.
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There you go. Sounds good.
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lefty315
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…and I’m done. 43 grains held 4 shots right at an inch, 43.5 opened up a bit and printed 1.5 inches higher. I cut my targets up and did an overlay of all my shots with 42, 42.5 and 43 grains. I threw out the farthest 2 shots and 14 hit within 1.2 inches with the different powder charges. I decided to load several more and split the difference using 42.8 and went out to 200 yards. Off the bags 3 shots measured right at 1.5 inches. I did something I rarely do and attached a bipod out of curiosity. Those 3 shots were just a touch lower, I assume due to mounting the gun differently as it’s a taller bipod and I’m more directly behind it, but still grouped at 1.75 inches. Considering the crosshairs probably cover 3/4ths of an inch at 100 and I’m not trying to chase extreme accuracy in a hunting gun, I’m more than happy with this load.
