Working on a good hunting load with .308 165 grain Sierra HPBT's.
I shot 5 per group and these are the picks of the litter.
The CTC is referring to group size minus the bore diameter( just learned that one )
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I started near max for both powders.
Referencing Sierra, Lyman and Nosler gave me the two powders that I expected the best balance of speed and accuracy from.
I picked from the best of three charges one group per.
The 4064 group is max(by the book) and the BLC2 is .5g under listed max.
The max load with BLC2 sounded decidedly snottier and produced more felt recoil but showed no signs of dangerous pressure.
It was rather windy today with gusts to 20mph.
I think that is why the 4064 group is actually two groups.
Shot at 100 yards with:
Remington 700 LTR
Bausch and Lomb 6-24
lots of luck
Harris bipod
ammo:
Fed brass
210M primer
fireformed, deburred, cut to length, neck-sized .2"
case neck polished with 000 steel wool
I'm looking forward to some long range evaluations.
(edited because I put two of the same pics in photoshop by accident instead of my 6mm group and am uploading from another location, sorry for being redundant all you dial uppers.