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Mid range loads for 475FA?
28 April 2010, 06:19
PeterMid range loads for 475FA?
My hunting loads are pretty brutal but VERY accurate. I don't shoot it much. So I am looking for suggestions for an ACCURATE mid range load that will let me shoot it more!I am shooting 400 grain gas checked cast bullets.
Thanks, Peter.
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28 April 2010, 06:21
MS HitmanI use 13.0 to 14.0 grains of HS-6 for midrange loads depending on how deep the bullet seats.
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28 April 2010, 06:55
WhitworthWhat's a mid-range load??

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28 April 2010, 07:15
PeterOh Geez, I might have known!!!! Just a term to differentiate target loads at one end and max loads at the other! I thought you NRA geeks used that term all the time!
Good to hear from you!
MS, I have some HS-6 so I will give that a try.
Thanks, Peter.
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28 April 2010, 07:44
WhitworthAre you gettin' soft in your old age, Peter??

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28 April 2010, 16:43
Lloyd Smalegood recomendation
quote:
Originally posted by MS Hitman:
I use 13.0 to 14.0 grains of HS-6 for midrange loads depending on how deep the bullet seats.
28 April 2010, 18:21
PeterThat's what my wife says! But IT AIN'T TRUE! It's really not!
Peter.
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28 April 2010, 18:38
jwp475quote:
Originally posted by Whitworth:
What's a mid-range load??
That's a load that is in the "mid range" between zero and WFO (Wide F'ing open)
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28 April 2010, 20:07
bfrshooterLee 400 gr boolit and 15 gr of HS-6 is very accurate. Pleasant to shoot too.
29 April 2010, 02:44
Peterbfr, you may be right. I checked my targets and found one shot with 15grs. HS-6. In any case I have loaded up 5 at each of 13.0, 13.5, 14.0, 14.5 and 15.0 so we shall see. Maybe I am retreading old ground here but.... Anyway, mine are gaschecked.
Peter.
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