Hey guys I been tinkering around with some different loads to a) establish what my rifle likes best @100y (I have that pet load and works well) . B) find my best 200 yard load (also all set ) and then develop a sufficient long range loading . Hoping i would have been in the 1.5 / 2.0 moa area at 700 I played with 175s and started to make some headway at that distance . No sooner did I get my numbers worked out did I gain access to a piece of private property where I was able to mark off 1000y and put a piece of plate out. We'll after a night on bench basing my loads on what my target velocity was and some research I figured on using my 155 sierra palma match bullet with varget and br2 primer . I also had 175smks from my pet data list . the 175s I believe we're transitioning to transonic as they were very inconsistent on target end . . The 155s had enough ass to get their but my 700 aac sd 308 didn't shoot them particularly well. After doing some reading I saw the .308 guys using 20" 1/10t at 1000y were all using loads that were around 2800fps at muzzle or faster some more serious higher end owners where in the 3k- 3100fps range. I was having issues getting velocities even on 2650 side . I played with the palma match 155 w/46.1g varget in lapua brass and was kind or disappointed . Wondering what's the fastest you guys are pushing your 308 bullets in 20" barrel . with 46.1g of varget and lapua brass / 155palma i was getting such tough extraction i was having to palm stamp the bolt open to eject the case. primer had signs of "higher" pressure . anyway my target goal was originally 2800 fps but am curious what you guys are using for a long range load and what the velocities are
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