308, Staball Match, & 177SMK. Shot a ladder looking for a powder charge. Just 3 shots each for these.
45.0 gr appears to be where the magic happens with this powder in my gun. It oddly does the same with both 168 & 177's.
26" PVA Osprey 10T
177smk oal 2.882 cbto 2.229 = .021 jump, GM210 primers, RWS Brass.
Staball Match
44.1 = 2677 SD 10.3 .555"
44.4 = 2699 SD 11.1 .484"
44.7 = 2729 SD 9.6 .753"
45.0 = 2730 SD 1.7 ** Small
No hard bolt & cant really see any pressure signs. Primers might be a touch flat, but no cratering. I'd love to know where I'm at with pressure.
Brass is the 3 from the 45.0 load. I can see the tooling marks from the CDG bolt face on the primer.
Going to try again with 5 rounds each 44.8 - 45.2 in .2 steps.
Picked .021 jump for the 177 because the 169's shot very well there.
My gas gun was similar with Staball Match & 168's in that it shot better at the upper end loads.
1x fired RWS brass measured on the FX 120 & h20 volume was 56.06 avg.
Staball Match & 168TMK shot during same range session.
I chose the GM210 primer for all this testing, hoping it would show pressure if I hit any, quicker than a cci#34 of GM215 anyway.
Same brass, primers, environmental's etc.
44.7 = 2747 SD 8.3 .712"
45.0 = 2765 SD 2.4 .207"
45.3 = 2788 SD 16.5 .902"
45.6 = 2797 SD 27.6 .850"
45.9 = 2842 This was a single shot & no pressure signs. Primer pocket still tight.
Another interesting point of information is that, just like the 177's 45.0 was low SD & best group.