Hey guys I have been trying to work a load up with Berger 185 hunting VLD bullets for my Savage 300 WM with a 26" barrel. I have tried a few different powders and I last used H1000. So I started with 79 going up .5 after 5 rounds. Last week at 81g, I had a very good group on it at 100yds. So I thought I would adjust and try to tweak it and then 81g was not as good as last week but 80.3 had 4 out of 5 rnds touching. So I walked inside and reloaded 5 more rounds @ 80.3 thinking the group would still come out good. But wasnt even close. I did everything exactly like I did when reloading last week. OAL was the same and everything. Any hints on why the group would not continue to be the same? Thanks for any helpful advice.
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Re: 300 WM load question?
How many firings on the brass?
How many firings on the brass?
Re: 300 WM load question?
The brass I have been using is FC and has under 5-6 firing on the brass. Also using CCI magnum primers.
The brass I have been using is FC and has under 5-6 firing on the brass. Also using CCI magnum primers.
Re: 300 WM load question?
well.. that could be it than. Try annealing it after 3 firings, it should fix your problem.
well.. that could be it than. Try annealing it after 3 firings, it should fix your problem.
Re: 300 WM load question?
Okay thanks Ill try that tonight or tomorrow and see how it works.
Okay thanks Ill try that tonight or tomorrow and see how it works.
Re: 300 WM load question?
Hey Swagger,
I still had some new brass that was in my cabinet and used that but changed the load and went with 180gr Interbond with 76.3gns of RL22 being the best. I started down at 75.0 and worked up. 76.0 was the best so I went .3 up and down. 76.3 3 sht group was very tight. So I reloaded the now once fired brass and had the exact same group. So Im a happy camper. Thanks for the input on annealing the other brass. I will start to work on that with in the next few days. Just trying to get a good load worked up for Elk season coming up quickly.
Hey Swagger,
I still had some new brass that was in my cabinet and used that but changed the load and went with 180gr Interbond with 76.3gns of RL22 being the best. I started down at 75.0 and worked up. 76.0 was the best so I went .3 up and down. 76.3 3 sht group was very tight. So I reloaded the now once fired brass and had the exact same group. So Im a happy camper. Thanks for the input on annealing the other brass. I will start to work on that with in the next few days. Just trying to get a good load worked up for Elk season coming up quickly.
Re: 300 WM load question?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pjosh6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey Swagger,
I still had some new brass that was in my cabinet and used that but changed the load and went with 180gr Interbond with 76.3gns of RL22 being the best. I started down at 75.0 and worked up. 76.0 was the best so I went .3 up and down. 76.3 3 sht group was very tight. So I reloaded the now once fired brass and had the exact same group. So Im a happy camper. Thanks for the input on annealing the other brass. I will start to work on that with in the next few days. Just trying to get a good load worked up for Elk season coming up quickly. </div></div>
No problem bud.. Glad it worked out for you.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pjosh6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey Swagger,
I still had some new brass that was in my cabinet and used that but changed the load and went with 180gr Interbond with 76.3gns of RL22 being the best. I started down at 75.0 and worked up. 76.0 was the best so I went .3 up and down. 76.3 3 sht group was very tight. So I reloaded the now once fired brass and had the exact same group. So Im a happy camper. Thanks for the input on annealing the other brass. I will start to work on that with in the next few days. Just trying to get a good load worked up for Elk season coming up quickly. </div></div>
No problem bud.. Glad it worked out for you.
