230 A Tip in 1:10 WM
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Hornady video states 1:9 twist, maybe 1:10. https://www.hornady.com/bullets/rifle/30-cal-308-230-gr-a-tip-match#!/
I'm back ordered as well. Talked to Hornady today and they said they are in production and the first batches shipped yesterday to Midsouth and Grafs. I have the special seater coming. I see several places have the 110s 135s and 153s available. So they should be shipping out to guys soon.
I have the 230's back ordered at 3 places....we'll see who gets and ships them first. I already have the new seater for them.
I'm sure you will win that race....unfortunately. I'm currently salivating over my barreled action.....sans chassis or scope. the J Allen Stock will be ordered very soon when I have the funds, and the Vortex just needs a nice Spuhr mount to go into....
So...I can dry fire without a stock...and that's about all right now. It sucks being a 'normal' person trying to play in the rich person sport of ELR...but I've given up luxuries like eating and paying my bills...so I can afford to play a game I love.
Curious to see what you find out. I ran the 225s in a 1:8 which was probably overkill, but it did the job well. I figured 1:10 would be right on the edge, similar to using a 1:9 .223 barrel for 69-75gr loads.
Did you check the weights in order?...I'm not trying to be funny...just thinking that is how I will weigh mine tomorrow when I get them. Did you take any measurements of the ogive? meplat diameters? Boattail measurements? I was going to get all nerdy on mine.
Well I'm not sure the order that they were placed into the packages. But yes I started at the front and went left to right. As far as overall length they only deviate. 0005 from 1.769. .905 to ogive. Boat tail is .228.
Got mine in today... everything measured great....my weights were a tiny bit off...
I had :
229.9 qty 4
230.0 qty 16
230.1 qty 12
230.2 qty 24
230.3 qty 32
230.4 qty 8
230.5 qty 4
Guess I could cull the 229.9, 230.4 and the 230.5 and call it good with only losing 16 out of 100...but I'll actually test and see if....with my skill set...if I can notice a difference between the weights...or if my own error factor as a shooter is greater than what the weights show.
I had :
229.9 qty 4
230.0 qty 16
230.1 qty 12
230.2 qty 24
230.3 qty 32
230.4 qty 8
230.5 qty 4
Guess I could cull the 229.9, 230.4 and the 230.5 and call it good with only losing 16 out of 100...but I'll actually test and see if....with my skill set...if I can notice a difference between the weights...or if my own error factor as a shooter is greater than what the weights show.
First off, I don't know if I would trust that scale... I have the same and it drifts like no other when weighing anything. But definitely looking forward to these bullets and their performance.
My scale i had like that drifted a substantial amount as well. The day i threw it away and bought a chargemaster was when it was calibrated, I continued to weigh less than 10 powder charges and noticed a swing of .7 grains on the scale.. i recalibrated it, weighed the same charges and there was a swing of only .3 grains.. That was with a fresh battery. I took the battery out and trashed it.
There is supposedly some lube on the bullets and that can cause them to attract dust/debris and it needs to be removed.
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Friendly reminder that you can always check gyro stability in 4DOF and the prediction is based off of a mass model, not a miller or other approximate equation (it's extremely accurate is what I'm saying). Also, velocity decay is faster than rotational decay so SG increases down range.
1.3 SG with 230s in a 10" twist at 2700fps at my location. May degrade at very low temps. Should work just fine, likely will experience some small increase in drag vs. >1.5.
1.3 SG with 230s in a 10" twist at 2700fps at my location. May degrade at very low temps. Should work just fine, likely will experience some small increase in drag vs. >1.5.
