What's a Varget?....

Looking back thru some notes the barrel in question has been rather finicky on everything I put thru it. I noticed a pattern of it not liking anything on the low end of the charge spectrum. I always found the sweet spot past the mid-point of the info in Lymans.

The barrel is a Savage factory 24", fluted, matte black, with the big ugly muzzle brake that Savage offered for it. In fact, here's the rifle:

This is the 2nd Axis I put a Boyd's stock on after that addiction started.
Chances are I'll run out of bullets before I finally have the "happy recipe" but as we all know, the reloader's OCD runs deep in some guys and giving up is not an option. It's become a quest to find the elusive sweet spot in this one.