Hey guys I was out at the range today trying to work up a load for my desert tech. 22.5" barrel, 1-8 twist, virgin Nosler LRP brass, RL17, 140gr eld, fio primers
Started load at 40.0, worked my way up in .3 incriminates up to 43 (.6 above Sierra manual).
Never really had any bolt lift issues but random primers smoking (not flat, not pushing out) at 42.1 and 41.8. By 42.7 it just blew a primer out. But the other 4 shots don't look bad. Then at 43, 2 blow outs. But the other 3 don't look bad.
Should I assume it's the Nosler brass, the primer or my gun causing this? No matter what powder I try this seems to be an issue. I have srp Lapua brass but am trying to save my srp for other calibers. Bite it and chuck the Nosler and just use Lapua? Thanks guys
Started load at 40.0, worked my way up in .3 incriminates up to 43 (.6 above Sierra manual).
Never really had any bolt lift issues but random primers smoking (not flat, not pushing out) at 42.1 and 41.8. By 42.7 it just blew a primer out. But the other 4 shots don't look bad. Then at 43, 2 blow outs. But the other 3 don't look bad.
Should I assume it's the Nosler brass, the primer or my gun causing this? No matter what powder I try this seems to be an issue. I have srp Lapua brass but am trying to save my srp for other calibers. Bite it and chuck the Nosler and just use Lapua? Thanks guys
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