My rifles shoot best with 140 gr bullets and imr 7828.My max load in one rifle is 80gr and 78 gr for the other rifle.Both shoot 1/2" groups with this load and velocity runs around 3500 fps.
Posts: 3104 | Location: alberta,canada | Registered: 28 January 2002
quote:Originally posted by stubblejumper: My rifles shoot best with 140 gr bullets and imr 7828.My max load in one rifle is 80gr and 78 gr for the other rifle.Both shoot 1/2" groups with this load and velocity runs around 3500 fps.
Thanks Stubblejumper, I will get some 7828 and give it a try. JD
3200 with the 160's and 3100 with the 175's. The 160's are Failsafes, Nosler Partitions, and Barnes X. The 175's are Nosler Partitions and Sierra's. 79 gr of RL25 with the 175's and and 81 gr of RL25 with the 160's. With the 140's the bullets are Barnes X (all X bullets are the uncoated ones)and the load is 79 gr. of 7828 for 3300 fps. The rifle has a 24" inch barrel (I rechambered a Rem 7 mag back when the STW was still a wildcat). It makes a great wheat field deer gun. Leuopold 6X on it and it does well. - Dan
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