Bought a box the other day to give them a try.First group under .5 moa at 100 yds out of my 308.Second group 1.25 moa.So I pulled out my reloads to see what was going on.Finished out the day with my reloads all shooting under .5,so when I got home I pulled the rest of the FGMM and weighed powder charges.It ranged from 41.7 grains to 42.5 grains of powder.Did I get a bad batch or has anyone else experienced this?
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- Thread starter Brux
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That sounds like a bad batch of powder. It's supposed to be 41.7 or 41.8--or so it would seem. Those higher charges are going to take you onto the scatter node, and yes, throw flyers...
Load the brass back with 41.8 grains and 175's and it'll probably shoot great.
Load the brass back with 41.8 grains and 175's and it'll probably shoot great.
I have heard FGMM is good ammo.I was just surprised when I got home and pulled the rest of the bullets that I had not shot from that same box and got such different powder charges.I reload all mine but picked up a box the other day to see how they shoot.
FGMM is good stuff, I have shot a bunch of it with very good result. However, there are always fliers. I have pulled some FGMM and found the powder charges can vary some, but I have also seen a variance in the weight of the SMKs loaded, I guess this is why we reload. Mass produced ammo can be very good but the nature of anything mass produced is a wider range of tolerances and this is what we can control by reloading.
