Suggestions ideas and help

[ARshuter]

I shoot Ft/r with a .308. Remington 700 long action. Just rebarreled with a Bartlein, 11.25 twist. It shoots 168 SMK's to .3's at 100 and .8's at 300. I can not get it to shoot 175's for crap. 168 load is 42.5 of RE15, 2650fps. I would like to stay with the RE15 to simulate the M118 load 43.0 grains of RE15, I tried 43.5 today, it was terrible 1.25 and up groups. I've done .003 jump to .030 jump, .025 gives me the best 100 yard groups at .750. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jonbearman]

Try a different powder.I use blc-2 and h335 with good results with a big jump.I usually run the 168's.

 

[HillbillySniper]

I got the best results jamming and running 47grs of varget. Id try changing powders tho your gun may just not like it no matter how hard you try.


Hillbilly

 

[navyrad8r]

hey ar shuter,
how long is the barrel? may be you are one of the folks that just needs to jam a vld type bullet? some amax's or something else? are you force to feed from the mag for some reason? i would consider jamming since you ahve already jumped alot. you got a great barrel and rig. are your velocities consistent? unlikely but if you wouldl ike to try some lapua D46s (rebated boat tail FMJ)in the 170 range send me a PM. they were designed for 300m cism matches and were very successful. i can work a cheap deal if you want to try them out. other wise i think you might need a little more speed....
cheers,
doc

 

[ARshuter]

Barrel is 27.75. Didn't take the chrono with me today. I agree I think I need more speed also. Just loaded up some Varget at 44.0, 44.5 and 45.0 . Hopefully the weather will hold for some more testing. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[navyrad8r]

i think you are headed in the right direction.. i hope you have nice weather for testing. i will be shooting a free pistol match tomorrow instead of the long gun. please post what you find out. you have enough length, and good barrel, powder/bullet choices. now it is just a matter of figuring out what your bbl wants to be fed. just asking but is the rig solid (glass, mounts, etc)?

 

[ARshuter]

Yeah all is tight.