arizona hunter
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In my .204 Ruger Howa 1500, shooting 40 gr. V-maxs I noticed these things today.
The good: W748 at 27.5 gr. (28.3 is isted as max) produced a 3 shot (only had 3 made up!) group of 1/2" (approx 3640 fps-next time will use a chrono). This would be great on coyotes but what about praries dogs?
The bad: BLC2 at 29.0 & 29.5 gr. (30 is listed as max) produced puctured primers. At 28.0 & 28.5 all primers are fine groups around 1.0 to 1.25.
Anybody else have any success with W748 in the .204? I was thinking of maybe making some loads at 27.6, .7 maybe up to 28.0
The good: W748 at 27.5 gr. (28.3 is isted as max) produced a 3 shot (only had 3 made up!) group of 1/2" (approx 3640 fps-next time will use a chrono). This would be great on coyotes but what about praries dogs?
The bad: BLC2 at 29.0 & 29.5 gr. (30 is listed as max) produced puctured primers. At 28.0 & 28.5 all primers are fine groups around 1.0 to 1.25.
Anybody else have any success with W748 in the .204? I was thinking of maybe making some loads at 27.6, .7 maybe up to 28.0