Seek Good AR10 Load, 168gr Hornady BTHP
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joshb
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Well, that’s great! I was a little worried considering the weather problems we’re having. There are a lot of good guys on this site. We get the occasional scammer but most are True Red White and Blue! I work at holding up my end. Be careful over there, take good care of your family and have some fun when you can! Get that gun shooting little groups!
Hoot
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Don't forget AR-Comp!
I had an RRA LAR-8 Predator HP 20" upper that loved AR-Comp. The exact recipe from the Alliant site was 41.7gr with a COL of 2.8. I ran that test with 4 different primers and much to my surprise, the cheapest primers produced the best 5-shot groups using FL resized, 1-fired LC brass, seated .070 off the lands.
These were shot round robin:
Here's a snapshot of the four recipes;
That was without any charge or COL experimentation on my part. Admittedly that was using the Hornady 168 amax but I believe you could get similar results working up the 168 BTHP. Put venison in the freezer each of the 3 years I took it to the stand.
Hoot
EDIT: I failed to mention that for deer hunting, I subbed 168gr Speer bonded Gold Dots for the Amax'
I had an RRA LAR-8 Predator HP 20" upper that loved AR-Comp. The exact recipe from the Alliant site was 41.7gr with a COL of 2.8. I ran that test with 4 different primers and much to my surprise, the cheapest primers produced the best 5-shot groups using FL resized, 1-fired LC brass, seated .070 off the lands.
These were shot round robin:
Here's a snapshot of the four recipes;
That was without any charge or COL experimentation on my part. Admittedly that was using the Hornady 168 amax but I believe you could get similar results working up the 168 BTHP. Put venison in the freezer each of the 3 years I took it to the stand.
Hoot
EDIT: I failed to mention that for deer hunting, I subbed 168gr Speer bonded Gold Dots for the Amax'
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centerlineseal
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Impressive!
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