IMR4007SC IN 308wim

[nastynatesfish]

Well I got my rifle in trade and broke it all down. Cleaned it up sprayed out the bolt and put some lube in the moving parts. Swabbed the barrel with some sweets 7.62. Loaded up 10 rounds with Aa2495 and 155gr amax at 2.8". Got the rifle on target and founded the barrel. Run a couple patches through he barrel to test out my loads.
I loaded up 25 rounds from 46-48 in half gr charges.
I'm using 175gr SMK seated at 2.79"
It's about 42degrees out and a 15-16mph wind according to my iPhone, wind didn't really bother the shots though.

I'm gonna try the 47 and 48 charge again. My hold was a pain. I should have used regular targets. The lines were hard to see with the sun in front of me.

This is the 47gr charge. Once I retry them I think I'm gonna go ahead and load up another full grain at the same depth. My book shows 48gr as max but I don't have any pressure sign. Here's the brass

This is in a savage f/tr 308. 300" barrel.

 

[ShootDots]

The 47.0gr load looks very promising!

 

[nastynatesfish]

I think so too. It calls for a velocity of 2666fps at 48gr. I'm sure they didn't test in a 30" tube though. I'm gonna load some more up here in a bit and try them next weekend on my days off. I'm gonna load a few test rounds up higher in charge and keep looking for pressure sign. See if I can get a bit more velocity out of it. I ordered a new set of rings just now and I gotta move the scope back. I was reaching pretty bad for it. It has a egw ftr F class 20 moa base on it. I think I'm gonna trim some off the front of the rail also. The bell on my viper was pretty close to touching.