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Berger 85.5 in 22creedmoor

I loaded some up today with h4831sc 43 gr gave me 3095 FPS and h4350 at 39.5 gave me 3103 FPS this is out of a 26 inch barrel. I was really hoping to push them close to 3300. Maybe I will try and get my hands on some 80.5 fullbores and see how they work. The barrel only has 31 rounds down it so hopefully it will speed up. I will also look for some rl26
 
I loaded some up today with h4831sc 43 gr gave me 3095 FPS and h4350 at 39.5 gave me 3103 FPS this is out of a 26 inch barrel. I was really hoping to push them close to 3300. Maybe I will try and get my hands on some 80.5 fullbores and see how they work. The barrel only has 31 rounds down it so hopefully it will speed up. I will also look for some rl26
RL26 in my 23” barrel will push the 95’s over 3200 without issues.

I stopped the 85.5’s at 3200 because that was the goal speed, although I’m sure it would easily push them faster.
 
Not sure what happened earlier I had slight ejector marks at both those loads. I decided to load them up again and had no sign of pressure so I started loading gradually and ended up running out of case capacity with 4831sc running a little over 3200 so I worked up with h4350 again and made it to 42.2gr still no pressure signs and it’s running 3350. I ran out of daylight so I will continue tomorrow but if. I can find a good load around 41.8-42.2 running 3320-3350 I will be happy!
 
Not sure what happened earlier I had slight ejector marks at both those loads. I decided to load them up again and had no sign of pressure so I started loading gradually and ended up running out of case capacity with 4831sc running a little over 3200 so I worked up with h4350 again and made it to 42.2gr still no pressure signs and it’s running 3350. I ran out of daylight so I will continue tomorrow but if. I can find a good load around 41.8-42.2 running 3320-3350 I will be happy!
That sounds more like it. I’ve had great results with the slower powders, including 7977 which had single digit SD/ES numbers but a touch slower.
 
Stopped at 43gr had slight ejector mark and 3424fps gonna back it down to the 42 range and do some load development I now have 50 rounds down the tube
 

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