FiveInADime
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I had a bunch of 7mm 150gr match kings laying around from when I was loading for a 7mm-08 that I turned into a 6.5mm-08. Well, I also have a push-feed model 70 in 7mm Rem Mag that has been sitting in a closet for several years without a scope. I got this rifle for HS graduation in the late 90's and I've put maybe 400 factory rounds through it over the years everything from cheap stuff to premium hunting loads in all kinds of weights. I've never found a factory load to shoot better than 1.5"-2".
Well I slapped a scope on it, made up a quick batch of test loads from 56.4-60gr (Win case, cci br2, imr-4350, 0.010" off lands) and headed out to the range yesterday.
I used 2 of my starting load rounds to sight in and then I shot the three remaining into about 3/4" (two in one hole). The next step (57gr.) grouped into a nice tidy 1/2" cluster. I was floored! This gun has never shot like that. Well the next couple steps were not spectacular but they were all about 1"-1.25". Towards the end of my workup groups were opened up to 2.5" and at my max of 60gr. it may have been coming back around.
I'm gonna load a pile of rounds at 57 grains and shoot them through a Chrono to see if it will make a good LR plinking load.
57gr
56.4gr
Well I slapped a scope on it, made up a quick batch of test loads from 56.4-60gr (Win case, cci br2, imr-4350, 0.010" off lands) and headed out to the range yesterday.
I used 2 of my starting load rounds to sight in and then I shot the three remaining into about 3/4" (two in one hole). The next step (57gr.) grouped into a nice tidy 1/2" cluster. I was floored! This gun has never shot like that. Well the next couple steps were not spectacular but they were all about 1"-1.25". Towards the end of my workup groups were opened up to 2.5" and at my max of 60gr. it may have been coming back around.
I'm gonna load a pile of rounds at 57 grains and shoot them through a Chrono to see if it will make a good LR plinking load.
57gr
56.4gr
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