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    Is 8208 XBR now a unicorn?

    Right and may do that. I just received the same email.
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    308 w/155 gr TMKs?

    I wonder what they do on game? The scenars are proven to kill deer. elk, moose, you name it on the 40+ page thread of "Deceased by Scenar" on another site. The advertised BC: 155 TMK - .519 155 Scenar - .460 155 Berger - .464 The scenars print nice tiny holes in both my 308's. I wonder if...
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    Is 8208 XBR now a unicorn?

    It did, went quick. And also $110 shipped. If stores are starting to get some in, I'll bet the local shop will be getting some soon. Has all sorts of items. I just can't see paying that much for powder.
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    Changed up the load in the 7 rem mag - exciting results

    I run the 155's in both my T3 and CTR 308. I have been looking for the 150's for my 7 mag since around February of this year and found nothing. Plenty of 180's but my 9.5 twist will have some issues, so I'm told from others experiences. Is there any particular place that you're finding these...
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    Is 8208 XBR now a unicorn?

    Ah, I'll wait on the local shop. I went by there today and they may be getting some in. Midsouth want to charge me $52 to ship. I'd like some XBR but I'm not desperate enough to pay $122 for 1 lb of powder. Ridiculous.
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    7mm Rem Mag vs the new age

    Ah nice. yeah I wish mine had a faster twist.
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    7mm Rem Mag vs the new age

    What twist is your Xbolt if you don't mind me asking? My older A-bolt II is a 9.5 twist.
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    One Copper Bullet One Kill…

    This is just like when we were duck hunting in the late 80's early 90's and the mandate for steel shot. Claims were made in Louisiana that the ducks were picking up lead eating them, thus killing them. What we found was that Lead knocked their aZZ off stone cold dead, while the steel didn't...
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    Debating an Upgrade from Ruger to Tikka CTR or UPR

    Love mine, and that older T3 I picked up from you several years ago still hammers. The sponge paint job you had on it is just starting to wear on the forearm where the bag sits, but still shoots lights out. The CTR 20" I picked up and put on a diet is damn near as lite as the T3. the shorter...
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    Debating an Upgrade from Ruger to Tikka CTR or UPR

    Yes, .5g increments. Sometimes I go to the range, other times I just shoot it in the ditch. Strictly looking for pressure signs. Once I find pressure, I use to back off 2g. Load 3 at say 47, the 47.5 and so forth up to right at Max pressure. Like in the pic below, at 49.5g, I still didn't...
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    Debating an Upgrade from Ruger to Tikka CTR or UPR

    49g is pretty full but I don't hear any crunching. It could be slightly compressed. I did have a load with TAC at 50g with fed 210m primers, but TAC was hard to find and I have about 4lbs of varget. Thus me finding a load with it. Didn't try TAC with the cci200's, so really no comparison. But...
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    16” Tikka .308 factory load chrono results

    How short? My 20" ctr shoots them 2840 with varget
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    Debating an Upgrade from Ruger to Tikka CTR or UPR

    Have you tried shooting with these? With an advertised BC of .519, they have a better BC that the 155 scenars of .460 The 155 scenars hammer in my CTR, and there is a thread on the campfire of tons of game kills with them even though they are advertised as a target round.
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    Debating an Upgrade from Ruger to Tikka CTR or UPR

    My CTR 20" on a diet (4-16x50 Trijicon Credo 25.5oz with UM rings, removed the CTR rail) Weighs less that 1 lb than my T3 Lite (4-16x56 Schmidt Bender Polar T96 28.5oz, Vortex precision matched rings with Mountain tactical rail) The CTR stock, bottom metal, and mag weight more than the...
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    Debating an Upgrade from Ruger to Tikka CTR or UPR

    The switching back and forth between copper and lead had no accuracy effects on either of my tikkas, T3 lite and CTR, both in 308. I shoot 130ttsx handloads, 155 scenar handloads, fed blue box 150's from Walmart, and rem corloks 150's from Walmart and all hammer. So it may effect some depending...
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    Is 8208 XBR now a unicorn?

    Its not just the speed, 8208 XBR is not temp sensitive and is similar to varget. I wanted to try them in my 155 scenars because at 47.5g of varget I get 2840 out of my 20" CTR and 47g gets me 2862 out my T3, but very compressed loads. Read a few threads on it and saw very similar velocities...
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    Is 8208 XBR now a unicorn?

    If I had some I would. Ha
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    Is 8208 XBR now a unicorn?

    I have a good supply of varget but I wanted to try some 155's with 8208 to see if can get a little more velocity in my CTR 20". I have TAC also, but 8208 is more like varget in temp stability. But I'm not gonna work up a load for it and can't get any more of it.
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    Is 8208 XBR now a unicorn?

    I have just about 1 lb left and haven't seen it available in a year. Did they stop production on it, or is it just a fable unicorn that is unobtainable?
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    tikka bottom plastic

    I'll have to try the washers. I did the SS tubing on my CTR because of the stock, not the bottom plastic. There appeared to have a small void in the stock from the factory. This caused the bottom plastic to flex some. So filled in the slight void and installed the tubing. The washers...

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