I recently switched from Hornady to berger so i needed to start my load development over again. had a pretty good recipe for the hornadys but they were becoming difficult to find and I happen to live close to bruno's shooting supply and they had boxes and boxes of bergers. I performed a ladder test to start getting a load. but not sure of the results.
Heres the particulars.
Rifle: Remington 700 Sendero II in 300 WinMag.
round: Berger 210 vld seated .005 off the lands using Forster Ultra micrometer seating die.
H1000 powder
Range: 420 yards. slightly down hill. approx 105 degrees and fairly breezy
the tests were performed individually, not round robin style. A spotter marked each shot so everything is accurate.
The mistake im thinking i made is that i may not have gone high enough in my charges. my research showed that max charge for 210 vld is 76gr. I went one higher on my increments but never saw pressure signs. so im worried i may have left my upper node somewhere above 76gr.
heres the pics. what do you think? the best i can get from this is that im probably around 75.5-76.0
Heres the particulars.
Rifle: Remington 700 Sendero II in 300 WinMag.
round: Berger 210 vld seated .005 off the lands using Forster Ultra micrometer seating die.
H1000 powder
Range: 420 yards. slightly down hill. approx 105 degrees and fairly breezy
the tests were performed individually, not round robin style. A spotter marked each shot so everything is accurate.
The mistake im thinking i made is that i may not have gone high enough in my charges. my research showed that max charge for 210 vld is 76gr. I went one higher on my increments but never saw pressure signs. so im worried i may have left my upper node somewhere above 76gr.
heres the pics. what do you think? the best i can get from this is that im probably around 75.5-76.0
