Im posting this for new reloaders looking for a load that can put them around .5 MOA without much trouble. This is not a load worked up through a ladder test or OCW. It is an exact copy of the old FGMM 175 SMK.

The 308 175 SMK FGMM Ammo was sleuthed several years ago by a well known man in the reloading industry. According to a YT video(posted below) the powder is 4064. The brass is Federal Gold Medal Match and a Federal 210M Primer.


The group I am posting was after 2 shots zeroing. Cooled down for two hours. (For all of you CSI guys it was not intentional to wait two hours) Posting results for 8 shots. Top left is cold bore. Shot 6 bottom right, was after cease fire, the rifle was in a bit of a bind and the shot was made without reestablishing rifle position or grip. Not making excuses but pointing out the potential of reloaded FC FGMM brass weighed within .5 grains before prep, FGMM 210M primers, and 41.75 + .02 grains of IMR 4064 seated to 2.820. There was no load workup ladder test or other method. Federals Match recipe was copied to the letter. This was not a serious shooting session and I was surprised by the outcome.



If you take out the cold bore and the pulled shot there are 6 shots in the neighborhood of 5/16". If you are looking for a load that will shoot in your 308 without having to do a load workup this maybe what you are looking for. It requires you to get close and stay consistent with your charge weights.

If you have been reloading for competition for 80 years this may not apply to you.

Much of this post was modified to better demonstrate the intention of the post


Sleuth video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDIu6Mivi-Y