- Oct 30, 2004
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Way to go Trey
The 250 Savage at the range- Cloverleaf! Well almost..UPDATE
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The Rem700 short action got a barrel only 20" long... that is cutting a lot off the barrel blank..cloverleaf":2fzzflqw said:
My notes from Oct 18, 2020, 900 miles from home, alone in the sage brush:
1) The 250 sav is a Rem 700, Lilja 10" twist 3g, trigger tech trigger, PTG bolt, PTG recoil lug, Talley rings with bases, SWFA ultralight BCD scope
115 gr Nos bal tip naked 2.515" 65kpsi per quickload with 37 gr cfe223
Chronograph:
2693 fps
2715
2731
2694
Hit the 1/2" bullseye at 200y and is sighted in for hunting
I did shoot a deer with that rifle, in the freezer now.
Speaking of cold, CFE223 is temp sensitive. When I was chronographing the weather was freezing. I would expect 100 fps more on a hot day.
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cloverleaf
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- Sep 10, 2006
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Wow - that 115 gr load is really smoking! Thats close to the factory 100gr loads. Seems that the Data for the 250 is really all over the place. Is quick load more accurate/safer? CL
I got Quickload nearly 20 years ago.
It is right on the money for some powders, but my 8lb jug of H4350 needs 4% more powder than QL says it will. Some powders, like my jug of Varget, are better than 1% for predicting what the chrono will say.
For the past couple years I have been using anti Copper fouling powders IMR-4166, IMR-4451, Re23, and CFE223. It seems to work well with those.
If I work up a hot load until a 250 Sav like case head reaches the threshold of shorter brass life with some lose primer pockets, QL will be calling that ~~72 kpsi. I am just loading conservative 65 kpsi, because I load the ammo and then drive 900 miles to shoot it.
It is right on the money for some powders, but my 8lb jug of H4350 needs 4% more powder than QL says it will. Some powders, like my jug of Varget, are better than 1% for predicting what the chrono will say.
For the past couple years I have been using anti Copper fouling powders IMR-4166, IMR-4451, Re23, and CFE223. It seems to work well with those.
If I work up a hot load until a 250 Sav like case head reaches the threshold of shorter brass life with some lose primer pockets, QL will be calling that ~~72 kpsi. I am just loading conservative 65 kpsi, because I load the ammo and then drive 900 miles to shoot it.
