Shooting a Rem 700 SPS Tactical in .308 w/ 20" barrel.
I have been shooting the 168gr SMK's with good results but also haven't tried much else. They are a light load (42gr varget) so no matter what I need to work it up some. I want to eventually get out to 1000 and maybe a bit further with confidence. I started working up some 175smk's and only tested out to 300 with them but they seem to make my rifle just as happy with 44gr of varget. What I notice is that ever with both loads I am at roughly the same drop at 300 yards. Running ballistics charts it appears the are very similar out to just past 600 where the 175 obviously stays faster and doesn't drop off the chart. Is there any other advantage to the 175? Should I focus on them more than the 168 or should I work on loading the 168 to max and see how fast I can fling those down range? I'm not sure which way to go.
And brass, I was talking with a gentleman at the range who I trust and is a wealth of knowledge in long range precision shooting. He says to buy brass in large quantity to get the same lot just like powder. I uses Lapua brass which he admits is spendy but says he wouldn't shy too much away from any other decent brass as long as it all matched. Any opinions and is there a good place to buy good brass online? I looked at the Lapua stuff and it is spendy but if that is the best option I'll pick up a couple hundred of them to get goin.
I have been shooting the 168gr SMK's with good results but also haven't tried much else. They are a light load (42gr varget) so no matter what I need to work it up some. I want to eventually get out to 1000 and maybe a bit further with confidence. I started working up some 175smk's and only tested out to 300 with them but they seem to make my rifle just as happy with 44gr of varget. What I notice is that ever with both loads I am at roughly the same drop at 300 yards. Running ballistics charts it appears the are very similar out to just past 600 where the 175 obviously stays faster and doesn't drop off the chart. Is there any other advantage to the 175? Should I focus on them more than the 168 or should I work on loading the 168 to max and see how fast I can fling those down range? I'm not sure which way to go.
And brass, I was talking with a gentleman at the range who I trust and is a wealth of knowledge in long range precision shooting. He says to buy brass in large quantity to get the same lot just like powder. I uses Lapua brass which he admits is spendy but says he wouldn't shy too much away from any other decent brass as long as it all matched. Any opinions and is there a good place to buy good brass online? I looked at the Lapua stuff and it is spendy but if that is the best option I'll pick up a couple hundred of them to get goin.
