carlsbad
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Just went to the range with my newly built 6mBR norma, 30" barrel, 1 in 8 twist. I took 100 rounds loaded with berger 108s, loaded to sit on the lands.
Couldn't find any varget so I'm working on a load for 8208xbr. Not nearly as much data out there but I found quite a few guys using 29.5 grains or so of 8208xbr with good luck.
I lowered it to 29 for my longer barrel but it appears that may not have been nearly enough adjustment. Fired three rounds. severe cratering of the primers and one perforation.
Previous owner of this barrel says he used 27.1 grains of Varget but was getting a pretty low velocity (2600 or so). I was shooting for 2800-2900 ft/sec as a starting point with this round.
Living in CA, it is a pretty good trip to the range so I'm hoping to get it pretty close on the next trip (friday). So I'm hoping someone has a good load recommendation or a good way of adjusting a load based on barrel length.
If I don't hear from anyone I'll start with 27 grains next trip.
thanks,
Jerry
Couldn't find any varget so I'm working on a load for 8208xbr. Not nearly as much data out there but I found quite a few guys using 29.5 grains or so of 8208xbr with good luck.
I lowered it to 29 for my longer barrel but it appears that may not have been nearly enough adjustment. Fired three rounds. severe cratering of the primers and one perforation.
Previous owner of this barrel says he used 27.1 grains of Varget but was getting a pretty low velocity (2600 or so). I was shooting for 2800-2900 ft/sec as a starting point with this round.
Living in CA, it is a pretty good trip to the range so I'm hoping to get it pretty close on the next trip (friday). So I'm hoping someone has a good load recommendation or a good way of adjusting a load based on barrel length.
If I don't hear from anyone I'll start with 27 grains next trip.
thanks,
Jerry