kip270 Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Post your homeloads here, but please note these have been worked up to, and are a guidance for reloading. Cheers Kip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 On the off-chance anyone ends up in my predicament then i'll post my load data to date. I'll also add the loads to the stickies. Tikka T3 1-8 twist. .223 Remington. Fire formed and neck sized. Rem Brass cut to 1.747" High spots neck turned off. Primer pockets uniformed. Flash holes de-burred. O.A.L to Ogive 1.903" Viht N135 Powder Federal Gold Medal Match sr primers. Hornady 55 grain V-Max Bullets. Shot on a nice warm day, but with a slight gusting breeze. 4 rounds of each load. 25.0 grains = .663" 25.1 grains = .446" with flyer .985" 25.2 grains = .710" w/f 1.466 25.3 grains = 1.216" 25.4 grains = .371" w/f .549" Just to point out that the Lee Reloading Manual does not list Viht N135 for use with Frangible bullets, which I would say V-Max bullets are. They state that 25.6 grains of Viht N135 is the limit for "jacketed bullets". Each round was visually checked after firing, and were loaded one at a time. The bolt was never stiff to lift after firing, and under a magnifying glass the heaviest load only showed very slight beginnings of the primer beginning to flatten, but no cratering was found on any primer. Clearly each rifle and loading components are different and loads should be started low and built up checking for problems like over pressure along the way. As 25.1 grains and 25.4 grains seem the most accurate, i'll be making up some more rounds with this load, along with the use of my chrony and go from there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssg69-piv Posted September 24, 2022 Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 .308: lapua cases cci primers 48 gr Ramshot tac 130 gr hornady sp 3 shot group : pic1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssg69-piv Posted September 24, 2022 Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 308: lapua cases, 165 gr hornady sp 42 grains ramshot tac from an ssg69 piv 3 shot group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewiscooke Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 I have a howa 1500 with a varmint barrel. I've settled on a load after 3 ladder tests and lots of 5 shot groups, SD 5 ES 14. Lapua brass SRP 139gn lapua scenar Federal 205l srp 42gn vhit 160 Coj 2.795 Col 2.905 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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