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Me thinks these 103VTs will do the trick!

Wife and I got out this past Saturday and since it was calm it'd be a good day to shoot out to 300yds. Been mostly shooting/loading 40.6grs H4350 in Hornady brass under some of Tom Jacobs 103Vapor Trails, but just for shits and grins thought I'd drop the charge down to 39.9grs to see if there was any difference, there was but not much, it was raining a bit and the wind kicked up a bit for the left group but it was coming out of the north and we shoot to the north, shame I had to be adjusting my head for the group on the right and threw that 1 shot. The 40.6grs load is good for 3066, the 39.9gr load should be right around 3024fps.Maybe my luck will change for next years 600BR season.
 

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My barrel is 26" and has about 1,600 rounds now so it just won't make those velocity numbers with that small a dose of H4350 or RL16. Mine does shoot best with about 41.5 RL16 at just over the 3,000 FPS mark though.
Looks like a great barrel and some fine load work.
 
My barrel is 26" and has about 1,600 rounds now so it just won't make those velocity numbers with that small a dose of H4350 or RL16. Mine does shoot best with about 41.5 RL16 at just over the 3,000 FPS mark though.
Looks like a great barrel and some fine load work.
Mine has almost 1400 on it, not sure why the VTs run so fast thru it and runs JLKs on the slower end. Pressure ring on the VTs is very close to being level with the neck shoulder juncture, might have something to do with it or the jackets are harder.
 
Wife and I got out this past Saturday and since it was calm it'd be a good day to shoot out to 300yds. Been mostly shooting/loading 40.6grs H4350 in Hornady brass under some of Tom Jacobs 103Vapor Trails, but just for shits and grins thought I'd drop the charge down to 39.9grs to see if there was any difference, there was but not much, it was raining a bit and the wind kicked up a bit for the left group but it was coming out of the north and we shoot to the north, shame I had to be adjusting my head for the group on the right and threw that 1 shot. The 40.6grs load is good for 3066, the 39.9gr load should be right around 3024fps.Maybe my luck will change for next years 600BR season.
were those vtacs or hand pulled? very nice shooting btw!!:)
 
Mine has almost 1400 on it, not sure why the VTs run so fast thru it and runs JLKs on the slower end. Pressure ring on the VTs is very close to being level with the neck shoulder juncture, might have something to do with it or the jackets are harder.
I'm shooting 105 Hybrid thru mine.
 
3000, with no trouble since digit ES. and it will shoot 4" 10 shot groups at a 1000.... jim
Fantastic shooting, Jim!
Best my 6 Creed shot was a match in 2018 with two 1.5s" and a 1.7" between 'A' class and Heavy gun class.(600yds) Same match but in 'B' class wife shot her 6 Creed into a 1.6" group.
 

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