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Well, although I didn’t want to I went and bought a semi custom wildcat, a 22BR, Remington 700 action rifle. 

What a lovely rifle to shoot. 21” Shillen barrel, heavy profile, 1:14” twist rate. The recipe that came with it was 52gr Sierra HPBT Match King and 30gr Varget. The supplied loaded bullets did indeed shoot ‘bug hole’ groups. Shame I can’t get Varget powder!

now working up loads with N135 which is looking promising. 100m groups so far are in the 4-12mm C-C size

Pictures to follow as as well as updates on the load development 

Any comments, thoughts or advice gratefully received. I am new to this game so any advice or recommendations are appreciated 

Pete

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I have an AI Ax chassis with 20" Bartlein barrel barrel, built by Steve Kershaw.......I absolutely love the cartridge and the build.

I use 32grn of N135 behind either 50grn V-max or 52grn Berger....both shoot great groups at around 3650fps.

Couldn't be happier :D:D

Regards, Rob.

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Thanks for the replies folks love shooting this calibre so I’ll try out some of the suggested loads over the next few months

Any advice on where to pick up things like a case length gauge for trimming cases to length and if Lee do a neck sizing die. I don’t like the redding one I have with the expander ball

Few piccies of the rifle and first groups

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On 9/11/2019 at 8:01 PM, Rob1562 said:

I have an AI Ax chassis with 20" Bartlein barrel barrel, built by Steve Kershaw.......I absolutely love the cartridge and the build.

I use 32grn of N135 behind either 50grn V-max or 52grn Berger....both shoot great groups at around 3650fps.

Couldn't be happier :D:D

Regards, Rob.

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Love those groups, hope I can get there with mine, I’ll give those loads a go

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On 9/15/2019 at 8:56 PM, Codders69 said:

Thanks for the replies folks love shooting this calibre so I’ll try out some of the suggested loads over the next few months

Any advice on where to pick up things like a case length gauge for trimming cases to length and if Lee do a neck sizing die. I don’t like the redding one I have with the expander ball

Few piccies of the rifle and first groups

69D4C0EE-12ED-48CF-B108-8F3749E97267.jpeg

40D09AE9-6053-49BD-9B4C-A06B8A57FD1E.jpeg

B76D6FF8-2965-4B8C-92C0-626F0A144A3F.jpeg

Get yourself a SEB neo type front rest and get the best out of your 22 BR load testing 👍

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