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Re: Funky Widener 168 gr. BTHP's
I bought some of them once... tried shooting them and so... they're still sitting under my bench... never to be loaded again.
I bought some of them once... tried shooting them and so... they're still sitting under my bench... never to be loaded again.
Re: Funky Widener 168 gr. BTHP's
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cstmwrks</div><div class="ubbcode-body">OK I leaped before I looked. Long time ago I bought a 1K bag of Widener's 168 gr Match bullets. Turns out lots of folks find them to be some thing short of Match grade by a long shot.
I had a pretty good load worked up for my .308 and was going for better groups when my normal supply ran dry and I broke into my Wideners... Anyhow to make a long winded story short I found the Widener bullets have more of a cone shaped bearing surface. .308 at the base and .305 some .100" up from the base.
My only question is to get the best one can hope for load them long? Touching the lands or maybe even jambed by .005" or .010"?
They go in a bolt gun so single feeding is not an issue. </div></div>
I wouldn't worry about jamming the lands, although you could load up a few and see.
Here's what I'd do...load some of them up for 'other' people to shoot, so you don't blow your good shit. Maybe you take a buddy shooting and he can use these loads?
Sell the rest to somebody wanting a plinking bullet.
Chris
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cstmwrks</div><div class="ubbcode-body">OK I leaped before I looked. Long time ago I bought a 1K bag of Widener's 168 gr Match bullets. Turns out lots of folks find them to be some thing short of Match grade by a long shot.
I had a pretty good load worked up for my .308 and was going for better groups when my normal supply ran dry and I broke into my Wideners... Anyhow to make a long winded story short I found the Widener bullets have more of a cone shaped bearing surface. .308 at the base and .305 some .100" up from the base.
My only question is to get the best one can hope for load them long? Touching the lands or maybe even jambed by .005" or .010"?
They go in a bolt gun so single feeding is not an issue. </div></div>
I wouldn't worry about jamming the lands, although you could load up a few and see.
Here's what I'd do...load some of them up for 'other' people to shoot, so you don't blow your good shit. Maybe you take a buddy shooting and he can use these loads?
Sell the rest to somebody wanting a plinking bullet.
Chris
Re: Funky Widener 168 gr. BTHP's
I got a bag of 1,000 of those once myself. You get what you pay for, a lesson I keep learning all over again. Right now I'm processing a boatload of old once-fired brass I've accumulated over the years. I plan on finally using those bullets by loading them up in the odd lot brass I know I'll end up with. That ought to fix me up for plinkers, loaners, SHTF ammo, or whatever you want to call third-rate ammo.
I got a bag of 1,000 of those once myself. You get what you pay for, a lesson I keep learning all over again. Right now I'm processing a boatload of old once-fired brass I've accumulated over the years. I plan on finally using those bullets by loading them up in the odd lot brass I know I'll end up with. That ought to fix me up for plinkers, loaners, SHTF ammo, or whatever you want to call third-rate ammo.
Re: Funky Widener 168 gr. BTHP's
those are some of the best bullets around... for the price.
if you scroll 1/3 of the way down you will see my 16 shot group at 500y with these bullets , i had less then 3 inchs of vertical spread from my 24in AR.
how can that be bad ?
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthre...108#Post2632108
( though , i agree these are no SMK's, which is why i like them , they aren't priced like SMK's)
those are some of the best bullets around... for the price.
if you scroll 1/3 of the way down you will see my 16 shot group at 500y with these bullets , i had less then 3 inchs of vertical spread from my 24in AR.
how can that be bad ?
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthre...108#Post2632108
( though , i agree these are no SMK's, which is why i like them , they aren't priced like SMK's)
Re: Funky Widener 168 gr. BTHP's
I have nothing but good to say about Widener's and their bullets. So far, their 145 gr .308 FMJs have grouped as good or better than the 168gr Nosler match bullets in my Bushmaster BAR10. I went through a few of the Widener's and seperated them by weight which varied from 144.7 to 146.1 grains. This seemed (at least in my mind) to help during my testing.
I must also state that I've only just begun my testing with the Nosler match bullets, but the results so far lean in favor of the cheap stuff.
I have nothing but good to say about Widener's and their bullets. So far, their 145 gr .308 FMJs have grouped as good or better than the 168gr Nosler match bullets in my Bushmaster BAR10. I went through a few of the Widener's and seperated them by weight which varied from 144.7 to 146.1 grains. This seemed (at least in my mind) to help during my testing.
I must also state that I've only just begun my testing with the Nosler match bullets, but the results so far lean in favor of the cheap stuff.
