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<blockquote data-quote="diggler1833" data-source="post: 3974701" data-attributes="member: 48072"><p>So to answer your question: No, nobody here has any experience with the 73s at distance...but we'll recommend every other bullet under the sun instead <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😄" title="😄" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f604.png" />.</p><p></p><p>Now, I'm a bit torn on this; I've had really good accuracy experience before with the 69gr SMK. Back when I shot service rifle competition, I'm pretty sure the USAMU guys were using the 69gr SMK at least at the 2, 3, and 500 yard lines.</p><p></p><p>The downsides are that (1) Hornady bullets are going to be less expensive and typically will shoot just as well as long as you're willing to play with seating depth. And (2), my last batch of 69gr SMKs had absolute horrible variance in bullet OAL...like .017 in just the 20 or so I measured. Less critical in a bolt gun, but potentially extremely critical in a magazine fed gas gun.</p><p></p><p>However, once you get into that 68-69gr range, you can expect whichever match bullet you use to be decent out to 550. Some are better than others still.</p><p></p><p>For N135, I know you can load up to the 77ish realm, but that powder has definitely served me better across the board underneath 62 - 69 gr pills.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diggler1833, post: 3974701, member: 48072"] So to answer your question: No, nobody here has any experience with the 73s at distance...but we'll recommend every other bullet under the sun instead 😄. Now, I'm a bit torn on this; I've had really good accuracy experience before with the 69gr SMK. Back when I shot service rifle competition, I'm pretty sure the USAMU guys were using the 69gr SMK at least at the 2, 3, and 500 yard lines. The downsides are that (1) Hornady bullets are going to be less expensive and typically will shoot just as well as long as you're willing to play with seating depth. And (2), my last batch of 69gr SMKs had absolute horrible variance in bullet OAL...like .017 in just the 20 or so I measured. Less critical in a bolt gun, but potentially extremely critical in a magazine fed gas gun. However, once you get into that 68-69gr range, you can expect whichever match bullet you use to be decent out to 550. Some are better than others still. For N135, I know you can load up to the 77ish realm, but that powder has definitely served me better across the board underneath 62 - 69 gr pills. [/QUOTE]
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