Savage 110 LA in 7MM Rem Accutruger Load

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Newby here!

I want to start trying a few loads but don't want to go broke as I am still working up 2 other guns right now. Anyway my gun does like the 150 Corelokt Factory load as I got a 1.6" group with em overall. Cold shot was way down about 5/8" as the rest of the 4 shots in the group were 3/4" making the entire group about 1.6" over all or so. Shooting was spaced 60 seconds. This was at 100 yards.


Next up was a tighter hand load using 160 grain speer spitzer hot core over 56.0 IMR-4320. Ran at 2941 FPS, overall length at .3020. 60 seconds between shots ended up the cold clean bore shot again lower then the other 4 shots of the group, just as the other. Down about 1/2" on the 1st shoot and the rest of the group was tighter at .7" MOA, total group was about 1" if my measurements makes any sense at all.

Tried 55 grains IMR-4350 over speer 175 spitzer hot core and it flung it all over, not even worth a measurement.

Had a buddy take it out with lots of other hand loads and came up empty handed, but I don't know exactly what he used and he doesn't remember. He is a great reloader and shooter. Really wish he would have wrote them all down now I am out a few years I can't remember either.

All in all it looks like the gun, as far as I can see, likes more of the 150-160 grain bullets and that is what I remember. I did save the 2 targets that I quoted in this post as they were the best overall of what we had tried. Now I am not a reloader, but my Father-In-Law is and I want to try something that will hopefully bring that 1st shot closer to the group and possibly get a 1" 200 yard grouping which shouldn't be out of reach. I have a nice muzzle break installed and a Boyd's semi cut thumb hole sporter gray wolf on it. It's free floated and seats nice but is not bedded or pillared, which I don't think it actually needs quite yet. Re-ramped as well and a nice Nikon on it.

Does anyone have a suggestion as where to go from here? Maybe the A-max or Hornady SST? Powders?

Gun will be used for long range (100-600 yards) Mulies and Elk.

Thanks!