As many others on here have already said, it’s likely the Hornady brass. Same thing happened with my Hornady brass. Barely even mid range load, and ejector marks along with extractor marks start showing up. Chased it around for awhile and then bought some cheap Winchester brass. Problem gone...
I am running WIN brass. Does it need more work in the beginning, yes. But I don’t mind it, especially for the price. I tried Hornady before and it is way to soft (ie early pressure signs at the low end of the powder range).
This is my second time hunting first rifle in CO unit 22. First time was in 2018, and decided it would be an every other year thing. We hunt private land and typically the camp has good success every year. This year was tough! Hot, dry, and very little movement.
Opening day was a surprise as...
I like the design of the Wiser, but I would have to further modify my factory stock to make it work. (Mount a pic rail on one side of a super flex stock) or I could just backup and buy a XLR or KRG chassis.
I thought about the LabRadar, but at the time cost played some factor. The other thing...
And that is my dilemma. I shot a group about a month ago at 200yds that was 0.65 MOA with acceptable ES/SD for hunting. Figured this trip to the range I would check it without the Magnetospeed to verify any POI shift. Well, that group ended up being the worst of the day. Put Magnetospeed back on...
I couldn’t capture it on the screen shot, but each row related to a different charge weight. Normally I run 5 shot strings, but I have to let the barrel cool longer, and it’s getting close to our annual hunting trip, so trying to minimize brass usage on load development.
I am curious how shooter involvement can affect group size, where ES/SD are independent of the shooter.
Granted, a rifle and load will likely shoot differently, albeit minor, from shooter to shooter. I see chasing both to somewhere with a best of both scenarios, but from one weekend to the...
What does everyone base their load development on? Chase the best ES/SD or the best group size? Do they always turn out to be the same result? Which would be considered the most “accurate” way of determining a guns optimal load?
Example: I have a load that is single digit ES/SD, but the better...
T3X 300WSM 20” barrel with suppressor
175gr LRX
Winchester Brass
67.2gr RL16
WLRM primer
2.225” CBTO
2980 fps w/ Magnetospeed
Could’ve kept going past 68.5gr at 3030 fps but ran out of room for powder.
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I have a Tikka T3x 300wsm cut down to 20” for suppressor. With 65.7gr of H4350 and 175gr LRX, I am getting 2950 FPS. I can go to 67.7gr and get 3020 FPS, but the lighter load is grouping better.