crimsoncomet
Member
Hey guys,
I had some time to go out and shoot my remington 700 LTR in 308 this weekend. Had a blast. It's been way to long since I have been to the bench. This was a load development session. I found a sweet load. I was working up using varget and 150 TTSX that I plan on hunting with. Best load i found was 46.5gr of varget in Lapua brass, with a 210m primer. It was running over the chrony at a 5 shot average of 2742 fps with a SD of 8.54. Not to bad from a 20" tube. You could cover the group with a nickel, minus one flyer i decided to pull. I always seem to do that. I worked all the up to 48gr of varget. I checked all the brass for extracter marks and they looked good. One thing i forgot to do is check for bolt lift. How impotant is this? Should i shoot a factory round to see how that feels and then my load? I know that i will get mixed oppinions. I plan on loading the best two or three loads and heading back to the bench. Anyway, I am very very happy with the load, and did not expect to yield that velocity from the short barrel.
I had some time to go out and shoot my remington 700 LTR in 308 this weekend. Had a blast. It's been way to long since I have been to the bench. This was a load development session. I found a sweet load. I was working up using varget and 150 TTSX that I plan on hunting with. Best load i found was 46.5gr of varget in Lapua brass, with a 210m primer. It was running over the chrony at a 5 shot average of 2742 fps with a SD of 8.54. Not to bad from a 20" tube. You could cover the group with a nickel, minus one flyer i decided to pull. I always seem to do that. I worked all the up to 48gr of varget. I checked all the brass for extracter marks and they looked good. One thing i forgot to do is check for bolt lift. How impotant is this? Should i shoot a factory round to see how that feels and then my load? I know that i will get mixed oppinions. I plan on loading the best two or three loads and heading back to the bench. Anyway, I am very very happy with the load, and did not expect to yield that velocity from the short barrel.