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I got the rifle back and was able to do some more loading for it. I really like shooting it and cant wait to get out in the field and start shooting some steel and distance with it.
since the last reloading session,
-i have received my hornady headspace gauge so i can have some actual numbers to work with and know how much i am moving the shoulder and where to set my dies.
-i figured out that on the virgin brass i need to chamfer the neck mouths, because when i loaded a bullet into the sace there would be a small bump at the mouth that was catching and rubbing against the chamber when loading. Once i seen this and started chamfering the necks this problem went away. I have been shooting all virgin brass so far and will start using fire formed brass in another 40 rounds or so.
-went to the range and played with some over all lengths OAL and from 0-30 thousands off the lands seem that it likes about 5 thousands off the most, i will try more extreme jump in the near future from 35-55 thousands and see if things get better or worse.
- once i found the OAL i played with charge size and i got the better, workable groups with 76 grains running an average of 3190fps, this was about 1 grain to 1/2 grain under pressure signs(ejector marks) at 81 degrees, 19% hum, 1600' asl, 30.06 baro. I was getting pretty good sd's but i would commonly have one speed reading that was 20-35 fps off and would like to shoot through a good chrony some time just to see what i am actually getting for speed.
I am using fed 215 primers, h 1000, win brass, berger 180 target vld's
scope went from a target kahles 6-24 that i couldn't zero any closer than 500 yards or so due to canted base to their newer k624i which is a 6-24 power ffp scope with more elevation, larger tube and bell. This scope has been very clear and precise adjustments so far with all shooting at 200 yards( load data and zero).
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Wow thats a beautiful rig man. A 500 yard zero! Thats Balls....
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well it wasn't shot at 500, but i figure it was close to that with 3 mils high at 200 yard zero. the scope has been taken off and switched so i don't have that issue any more. going to add a anti cant device black 35mm to this rig once it shows up and get it all going again.