Albroswift Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 It has been raining every day in Seattle since sometime in December, finally got out to the range this morning with the 25-45. Tide was in a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 hahaha waders for the range. 👍🇺🇸 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Where's the boat ? Fishing Range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted February 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 Take the decoys and the Benelli out tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 1, 2020 Report Share Posted February 1, 2020 How did those loads do? Any luck with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted February 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Yes, had some good loads. and some not so good. The Barnes TTSX were the worst, patterning not grouping. Moved on after 6-7 rounds. The Game Kings and Sierras were good, the Factory Swine Smashers wouldn't feed for crap. Like they stick in the feed ramps, need to open them up just a bit maybe. Probably just pull them and re-load with GK's. Also thinking to go a little hotter with the RL-7, produced the best groups but lacking velocity. Clean and resize the brass and narrow it down a little bit more next time, maybe without the crosswinds. 16" Barrel Wolf Small Rifle Primers RP .223 brass Velocity measured with a LabRadar 6" from muzzle Gusty winds 5-15 mph Temp 50deg F Bullet Weight Powder Charge Shots Average Spread SD Factory Sharps 87gr SP 87gr 5 2699 47 19.8 Baseline. Fair group. Factory Sharps 100gr Swine Smasher 100gr 2 2379 Would not feed reliably. Jams in feed ramp. Speer Hotcore 87gr Data 2200 24.2gr 5 2532 87 35 Speer Hotcore 87gr Data 2200 24.7gr 5 2626 29 11.7 Speer Hotcore 87gr Data 2200 25.2gr 5 2707 28 12.8 Good group match factory velocity. Max charge Loaddata.com Speer Hotcore 87gr RL-7 22.1gr 5 2401 56 23 Speer Hotcore 87gr RL-7 22.8gr 5 2489 225 82.8 Guessing I screwed something up here Speer Hotcore 87gr RL-7 23.5gr 5 2607 52 21.7 Sierra Game King 90gr Data 2200 24.5gr 5 2622 30 11.3 Sierra Game King 90gr Data 2200 25gr 5 2660 47 18.5 Sierra Game King 90gr Data 2200 25.5gr 5 2702 26 10 Good group. Close to factory. Max charge Loaddata.com Sierra Game King 90gr RL-7 21.9gr 5 2422 25 10.2 Good group Sierra Game King 90gr RL-7 22.6gr 5 2518 46 20.5 Good group Sierra Game King 90gr RL-7 23.3gr 4 2585 72 29.9 Really good group but slow velocity Hornady Spire Point 100gr Data 2200 24gr 5 2507 35 13.1 Feeding issues Hornady Spire Point 100gr Data 2200 24.5gr 5 2559 21 8.7 Feeding issues Hornady Spire Point 100gr Data 2200 25gr 5 2592 29 10.9 Feeding issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 Those 90 SGKs and RL-7 was the best combo that I've found. That's good data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted February 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 13 hours ago, 98Z5V said: 90 SGKs and RL-7 I'm at 23.3gr, how much hotter do you think I could go? Thinking ladder up .3 increments to 24.2 if the case volume is there, see if the groups hold. Like to see 2700 fps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 No fucks here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, MikedaddyH said: No fucks here Do I see a small piece of scorched Earth at the bottom of the hill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 That's the top of the mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 There is a target out there somewhere at 300 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Two hundred yard target in the back, 3;@ 100 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 9 hours ago, Albroswift said: I'm at 23.3gr, how much hotter do you think I could go? Thinking ladder up .3 increments to 24.2 if the case volume is there, see if the groups hold. Like to see 2700 fps. I stopped at 23.1, and only had one more load up above that to test, but that was April 2017. 23.1 was my best group. Never any pressure signs. I guess I could load these ladders again and push up to the next accuracy node. See what shakes out. I'm making them 0.2 grains apart, just so I don't miss something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Tested 3 AR's that I worked on. Got the 6.5G ejecting at 2 O'clock at about 4 feet with 123gr Black ammo different magazine.. The 224V is ejecting at 2:30 around 5-6feet about,changed the buffer weight. And the 6.8spc is ejecting at 3:30 around 10ft.,changed buffer and spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikedaddyH Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Thanks Tom for the burgers ! The new route home is now under an hour drive time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, MikedaddyH said: Thanks Tom for the burgers ! The new route home is now under an hour drive time. There was still cold breakfast burritos ready when you got there, brother... What a damn good day, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted February 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 10 hours ago, 98Z5V said: I stopped at 23.1, and only had one more load up above that to test, but that was April 2017. 23.1 was my best group. Never any pressure signs. I guess I could load these ladders again and push up to the next accuracy node. See what shakes out. I'm making them 0.2 grains apart, just so I don't miss something. I'll do the .2 on the ladder, already have 60 RP's and 20 FC factory sharps prepped, all fired through this barrel. Also pulled 5 of the 100 gr Swine Smashers, left the 25.5 gr factory ball powder, going to seat some 100gr Hornadys . Same with 5 of the factory 87gr FMJs, they had 28gr powder going to replace with 87gr Hotcores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted February 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 Had a nice day, got some sub MOA groups. The RL7 did not perform well until I hit close to max loading. Noticed that with the 458 as well. Data 2200 = Western Accurate 2200 16" Sharps Rifle Co Barrel Wolf Small Rifle Primer Velocity measured with a Labradar 6" from muzzle 50 deg F 25-45 Sharps Bullet Weight Powder Charge Shots Average Spread SD Sierra Game King 90gr RL-7 22.8 5 2454 81 34 Doesn't perform well reduced loading Sierra Game King 90gr RL-7 23 5 2446 164 69.2 REALLY Doesn't perform well reduced loading. May have flipped this data and the 22.8 charge weight data. Sierra Game King 90gr RL-7 23.2 5 2510 48 18.3 MOA Sierra Game King 90gr RL-7 23.4 5 2524 30 11.9 Sub MOA Sierra Game King 90gr RL-7 23.6 5 2560 16 6.8 Sub MOA Note: Over SAAMI Max Load Sierra Game King 90gr Data 2200 25.2 5 2631 64 25.5 MOA Sierra Game King 90gr Data 2200 25.4 5 2656 52 20.7 Sub MOA Sierra Game King 90gr Data 2200 25.6 5 2678 18 8.9 Sub MOA Note: Over SAAMI Max Load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted February 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 Looking at the data again and racking my brain, I used some new brass that I pulled the bullets out of and dumped the powder, and then reloaded without re-sizing the neck. might have been the first 15 or 20 loads. The reduced RL-7 from a couple weeks ago didn't exhibit anything like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 That's good data - nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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