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The sweet spot in the 24" I have was at 76.0 gr but with a 200gr accubond at 2860fps.
It shot at .5" moa and I never messed with it after that just hunted with it.
That was in new Nosler brass, GM215M and H-1000.
It shot at .5" moa and I never messed with it after that just hunted with it.
That was in new Nosler brass, GM215M and H-1000.
The only consistency I'm seeing is the 76.4 to 76.8. What distance are you shooting? (need to double check)
77 was my old H1000 load in my .300win with 210gr Berger LR-HPBT (discontinued) I used BR2 primers
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75.8 grains and adjust seating depth to tighten up group.
For whatever reason I could never get 208 eldm or 212 eldx to shoot great out of my bergara 300wm i tried a bunch of different seating depth never got it below an 1"
I loaded up some 205 berger elite hunters to try last night and was at .6" group first
I loaded up some 205 berger elite hunters to try last night and was at .6" group first
That 77- 77.4 region looks pretty good to me If you drop that one odd one that shot 2993 at 77.4 that seems to be a nice area with low ES if you stick to the lower end of that node Did you see any pressure signs up that high?
Could that have been charge weight issue? What are you throwing your charges with?
Is this new brass? what kind?
I have struggled to get consistently less then 20 es with 300wm with new nosler brass
I need to rework my charge weights, So nice to see all your data thanks for sharing its a nice comparison I did all my load development at 40 degrees this spring and never saw any pressure signs. But at 80 degrees yesterday I had big pressure at my higher test charges and 60 fps difference wich supprised me for such a "temp stable" powder
Could that have been charge weight issue? What are you throwing your charges with?
Is this new brass? what kind?
I have struggled to get consistently less then 20 es with 300wm with new nosler brass
I need to rework my charge weights, So nice to see all your data thanks for sharing its a nice comparison I did all my load development at 40 degrees this spring and never saw any pressure signs. But at 80 degrees yesterday I had big pressure at my higher test charges and 60 fps difference wich supprised me for such a "temp stable" powder
That’s the good thing about Hawaii, basically 80 degrees average.. every day. I use a RCBS Chargemaster Lite, once fired hornady brass, i also annealed them with the Annealeez annealer. I hope I can get the 208 to run good with my rifle seeing as someone was selling 500 of them here and I picked them up lol, was just thinking about how hard it is to find bullets now, I just jumped on it
Your velocity numbers seemed pretty consistent to me. I would maybe try seating them back further I have a few guns that have liked those eld-m with a longer jump. I have some set with .080 off and they shot way better then close.
so i loaded a seating depth test yesterday and first 2 rounds at .010 cracked the case, i stopped testing and pulled all the rest of the bullets, gonna load the lower node at either 75.7 or 75.8, this is only the first reload on this brass, but just wondering on your guys thoughts on this and should i go with 75.8? or go lower seeing that the velocity kind of jumps up after 75.8
That proabab;ly not from loading the high node. That generally happens when brass is getting sized too much. How much are you bumping shoulders? How much is your brass growing on the first firing?
i haven't measured the unfired brass and fired brass, ill do that when i get home today, last night i did measure the fired brass to my resize, and im pushing the shoulder back around .004, also did a lot of research on why that could happen and i learned a lot about reloading belted cases, i did order the new peterson long magnum brass and the collet sizing die for above the belt, hopefully that helps.. just never thought that only one reload could cause separation
Not usually. Unless you have a really loose chamber, or pushed your shoulder way back.
took some measurements,
Unfired Hornady - 2.2665"
Fired Hornady - 2.2790"
Re-Sized Hornady - 2.2765"
the differences comes out to
Unfired -> Fired = +0.0125"
Fired -> Resized = -0.0025"
so im bumping the shoulder back 0.0025 which i don't think is too bad.. is that .0005" extra from the .002" bump a big difference?
Unfired Hornady - 2.2665"
Fired Hornady - 2.2790"
Re-Sized Hornady - 2.2765"
the differences comes out to
Unfired -> Fired = +0.0125"
Fired -> Resized = -0.0025"
so im bumping the shoulder back 0.0025 which i don't think is too bad.. is that .0005" extra from the .002" bump a big difference?
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Not in my opinion
How are you finding your lands? Its possible you are closer or even in the lands and not realize it causing a pressure spiike. The case is weakest and has been worked just above the belt. Annealing obviously will not effect this area.
So Bergara said to try 185 Bergers, did another load with Peterson Long Brass, Federal Magnum Match Primers, H1000, seems to me like my rifle likes this bullet better... im still new at reading this data so just wanted to know everyones opinion on what charge i should do a seating depth test. what velocity should i be looking for? im thinking 76.3 is good?
Bergara .300WMs have 26" barrels
what twist is your barrel?
I have the same rifle, they are 1/10 twist, stainless. I was following k3k0a808's progress but I couldn't find anymore posts.
Best I managed so far was about 1.25" groups at 100 yd with Sig 190gr OTM - the same factory ammo that Bergara recommends. I'm using an Omega 300 to get that result. With my Thunderbeast Magnus, it's about 1.75" and YHM Resonator R2 is over 2"
The barrel/gun is still quite new (about 60 rd) and I thoroughly clean it before shooting. I plan to experiment with the action screw torque and try some different ammo as well.
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