pharmseller
Handloader
- Feb 13, 2012
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I had a pretty good day at the range with my dad. The primary goal was to see what his Superlite .223 thought of my 50 gr TTSX load. The stars aligned, his rifle loved them!
The secondary goal was to see what my T3 and Superlite thought of my 120 Ballistic Tip load, and if primer choice made a difference. I was particularly interested in the SL, since I haven't shot it much and haven't settled on a load for it.
The load (disclaimer, safe in my rifle, not yours, start low and work up) is half a grain below Nosler #8 max of Big Game, 51.5 grains. All cartridges were 2.806" OAL. Half had CCI 200 primers, the other half WLRM.
The results were very encouraging. The first rifle up was the SL, shooting the CCI loads. Not too shabby.
Then I tried my T3. You'll have to forgive the extra hole, a wayward .223.
The lower right hole is two shots. So far so good.
Then back to the SL, but with WLRM primers. Almost the same group, but I gained 65 fps.
Finally, the T3 with WLRM. I'm not going to argue over group size but the magnum primer got me 89 fps.
I was thinking about moving the SL down the road but it shoots 140 VLD and 120 NBT under half an inch. I think I'll keep both of them.
P
The secondary goal was to see what my T3 and Superlite thought of my 120 Ballistic Tip load, and if primer choice made a difference. I was particularly interested in the SL, since I haven't shot it much and haven't settled on a load for it.
The load (disclaimer, safe in my rifle, not yours, start low and work up) is half a grain below Nosler #8 max of Big Game, 51.5 grains. All cartridges were 2.806" OAL. Half had CCI 200 primers, the other half WLRM.
The results were very encouraging. The first rifle up was the SL, shooting the CCI loads. Not too shabby.
Then I tried my T3. You'll have to forgive the extra hole, a wayward .223.
The lower right hole is two shots. So far so good.
Then back to the SL, but with WLRM primers. Almost the same group, but I gained 65 fps.
Finally, the T3 with WLRM. I'm not going to argue over group size but the magnum primer got me 89 fps.
I was thinking about moving the SL down the road but it shoots 140 VLD and 120 NBT under half an inch. I think I'll keep both of them.
P
