Mine is 7828ssc with 150 gr bullets.
I just switched over to SC from 4831 to try. It meters a lot better. Just need to get more bench time. I need to find some more ballistic silvertips cause I think they look better with the nickle cases and I'm sure the lubalox coating gives them an extra 50fps!
Great choice of powder I prefer 140 grain projectiles More accurate in my Tikka
Didn‘t do anything in the reloading room but sighted in my newly acquired Ruger Gunsite Scout 308. FGMM shot 1/2” groups. Decided to throw in some of my reloads I built for my Springfield Waypoint, 178 gr Eld-X, and was pleased to see they shot sub 3/4” groups. I think I am just going to go with that rather than develop a whole new load. Keep it simple that way.
Just a FYI, mine seems better closer to max charges.
This is what a buddy loaded for me to play with on my old savage 110 years ago:
And from an old Hornaday reload manual before they bowed down to all the ambulance chasers:
Just know this was before imr and hodgdon both had 4831 so figuring out which one they used is anyone's guess. I just know that the loads my buddy did were compressed so proceed with caution! Eyebrows are a precious commodity!
These all copper bullets I think are my problem. I shot some hornady 143 ELD-X’s factory loads today and did better. I’m still learning this reloading stuff. I started at 55grs of H4831sc because the Nosler book said that was the best results.Just a FYI, mine seems better closer to max charges.
This is what a buddy loaded for me to play with on my old savage 110 years ago:
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And from an old Hornaday reload manual before they bowed down to all the ambulance chasers:
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Just know this was before imr and hodgdon both had 4831 so figuring out which one they used is anyone's guess. I just know that the loads my buddy did were compressed so proceed with caution! Eyebrows are a precious commodity!
Thank for the help.
Corn cob ain’t cutting it on this .40s&w brass I got the other day.
Broke out the FART for the first time in a long time and managed to get the lid to seal the first time! Love wet tumbled brass.
Broke out the FART for the first time in a long time and managed to get the lid to seal the first time! Love wet tumbled brass.
I'm still a newbie myself and it erks me to no end that every load book has different max charges and bounce back and forth between cup and psi so nearly impossible to compare apples to oranges, but it keeps me outta the misses' hair so I guess that's good. I guess...
