Yea or Nay?

[TackDriver284]

Before going to bed last night ( was bored ) and my mind was running 100 mph to decide what hunting bullet to use for my new .308 Crusader with 26 inch barrel I just got on Thursday. The assortment of bullets I had in the garage was Nosler BT, Hornday AMax and Sierra GameKing. So I had decided on 165 Nosler Ballistic Tips for deer season so I warmed up the scales and prepped 12 pieces of Lapua brass with Fed 210 and filled with three round charges of 42.7, 43.1, 43.5 and 43.9 grains of Varget. Seated .020 off the lands to fit the magazine of the Crusader. This morning I hit the range and wind was pretty calm. Sucks when I prepped the Oehler to check SD/ ES and the stupid battery went dead. So the first 3 three round groups varied from .6 to .4 and last charge of 43.9 printed a nice group. When shooting the last round, it drifted a little to the right when a little 10 -12 mph draft hit from the west. Book and box closed.

http://imgur.com/a/q5wp3
http://imgur.com/a/1tXQY

 

[DrMike]

Oh, yeah; that'll do! Satisfying in every respect.

 

[Guy Miner]

Great shooting and a fine looking rifle. Am a big fan of the Ballistic Tips. Accuracy is one reason.

 

[6mm Remington]

That should work very well. Congratulations on an outstanding rifle!!

 

[salmonchaser]

Yep, that will work


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[HAWKEYESATX]

That will most definitely work! Great group, and awesome looking rifle!

HawkeyeSATX a.k.a. Bryce

 

[TackDriver284]

Thanks folks, did not take me long to find a hunting load. Used 21 rounds to break in the rifle after following GA Precision's break in procedure, fire one, clean, fire one, clean 10 times or until you see no more copper fouling, then five shots, clean, 4 times. I used Bore Eliminator to clean with, works well. For me , the copper stopped fouling after the 6th round, then started shooting the 5 shot groups three times. Total fired was 33 rounds in this baby. The .308 is indeed an easy round to find a good load for.

 

[Guy Miner]

Yes it is - and you're using all the right components.

 

[DrMike]

I've always found it to be a quick process to find a load for a .308.