208 amax jump?

[30/50]

can anyone give some feedback on what they have found to be their sweet spot for the 208 gr amax?
on the lands vs. off the lands if so how far

 

[bohem]

Re: 208 amax jump?

0.020" jump works REALLY well for a lot of guys.

 

[Ornery]

Re: 208 amax jump?

Remington 700 PS in 300 WM

0.015 jump works best (so far ) in my rifle.

300 WM COL: 3.600"

Orney

 

[djtjr]

Re: 208 amax jump?

my 30 Hart (300 wby Imp) likes them right on the lands a lot. i do load them in a few guns and while each one has a sweet spot its a fairly forgiving bullet.

 

[rcamuglia]

Re: 208 amax jump?

I'm sure it will vary with the rifle, but I would start into the lands and work charge up slowly.

The Factory 140 A-Max Creedmoor ammo is JAMMED. I can feel it stick when trying to extract a live round and the ogive is marked well at least a 1/16". I matched the OAL to the ogive for my Creedmoor and it shoots great JAMMED.

I'm loading the 208 in my .300 WM and just redeveloped the load at a length that scratches up the ogive as well. It shoots well; .8" 5-shot group at 200

 

[KE5MUJ]

Re: 208 amax jump?

0.026" Works well for me. Better groups than 0.010" for me.

 

[30/50]

Re: 208 amax jump?

I started my load development on the lands and found 69.8 gr of H4831sc to give me some good results. From there I started backing off the lands in .005 increments and found a sweet spot between .020 and .025 off the lands. I,m looking forward to getting out and doing some fine tuning.

 

[colt933]

Re: 208 amax jump?

Rem 700P factory un-molested rifle, 26" barrel, .300WM.

I started jammed .010" and got to 5 shots 1.3" @ 200 with 78.9 H1000 at 2900fps.

I ended up jumping .020" and got to 5 shots 1.3" @200 with 78.5 H1000 2900fps.

3-shot groups are 1" at 200 with both of these loads.