Hi everyone! Trying to find a load that works for someone as my general .308 load doesn’t group well at all. Federal Gold Medal Match Grade produces about 1/2 inch groups at 100 yds and I’m not getting that off of my handloads. Just thought someone on here might own one and has a recipe that works for them. Thanks in advance.
Anyone have a preferred hand load for Savage Stealth in .308?
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i rather have them in 22 or 24 inch barrel for the 308 like the creedmoor why only 20 inch ?limit's slower burning powder options
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The military cartridge which became the 7.62 Nato and the 308 Win was originally developed with IMR 4895 as the propellant. Therefore IMR 4895/H4895/AA2495, all basically copies of each other, are excellent choices for testing loads.
I shot kegs of IMR 4895 and AA2495 (accurate arms copy of IMR 4895) in NRA competition and found the cartridge was not that sensitive to the amount of powder. I used this load at 100 yard reduced matches and for 200 yard standing and sitting RF.
The further I went out the more powder I put in the case. Most of my 308 loads were in LC cases and a staple of M1a shooters was 41.5 grs IMR 4895 with a 168 Match bullet. Any charge between 40.5 grains and 41.5 grains ought to produce MOA or sub MOA accuracy with a 168 grain Match bullet. I shot Hornady, Sierra, Nosler, and Sierra and they were all good. I shot more Nosler because they were cheaper, Sierra was always the standard. Sierra bullets have been very consistent even between decades old boxes and modern production.
You might not be able to create a handload more accurate than Federal Gold Medal Match. That ammunition is a standard by itself, and very hard to improve on.
I shot kegs of IMR 4895 and AA2495 (accurate arms copy of IMR 4895) in NRA competition and found the cartridge was not that sensitive to the amount of powder. I used this load at 100 yard reduced matches and for 200 yard standing and sitting RF.
The further I went out the more powder I put in the case. Most of my 308 loads were in LC cases and a staple of M1a shooters was 41.5 grs IMR 4895 with a 168 Match bullet. Any charge between 40.5 grains and 41.5 grains ought to produce MOA or sub MOA accuracy with a 168 grain Match bullet. I shot Hornady, Sierra, Nosler, and Sierra and they were all good. I shot more Nosler because they were cheaper, Sierra was always the standard. Sierra bullets have been very consistent even between decades old boxes and modern production.
You might not be able to create a handload more accurate than Federal Gold Medal Match. That ammunition is a standard by itself, and very hard to improve on.
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Each gun will be different, I like 43 grains 4064 with the 165 Sierra game king hp. Using lake city brass. Don't know the fps but it's 1/4 moa from my custom mili spec.
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4064 is in it
what powder charge in thosepull a bullet weigh it find out what the charge is
Nothing wrong with pulling a bullet and looking to see what is inside, but the charge weight won't help in duplicating the load. Ammunition companies buy "unblended" powder, something that is not available to us unless we buy pulled surplus powders. The powders we buy over the shelf have been blended with faster and slower lots to produce a consistent pressure curve, by weight. Which is why reloading data is by weight, not volume, because they don't control the pressure curve by density, it is controlled by weight.
Once you research this, it is surprising how many products, particularly food and drink products, are blended to a standard. There are taster's whose job is to ensure the "brand" taste is maintained. Mother nature varies in so many ways, and gunpowder varies each and every lot because the ingredients and processes are all a little different each and every lot. So, for the powders we buy, they are blended.
An ammunition maker has their own pressure and chronograph gages. I have been told the instrumentation on primer testing is beyond my comprehension, they measure flame temperature, duration, mass ejected, etc. So the ammunition maker will buy cheaper un blended lots that are within his specifications, then find the correct charge weight with his gages.
Pulling the bullet on commercial ammunition and weighing the charge won't produce duplicable information as you don't know the burn characteristics of the propellant inside the case.
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yeah i found that out using wc 844 military pulled powder not supposed to be used in a large case like 30-06 maybe wc 846/blc but the results are good check out the 2nd shot using 155 amax rounds load 50 grains of wc 844
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