joshmartin8 Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 As i still haven't got round to purchasing the new 6.5 yet i thought i would experiment with some new bullets that a cloase friend recommended to me, The Berger 185 Juggernaut. I am getting to know my 308 AI AE MK111 now and its a bit of a 'prostitute' and goes well with everything so new it would be accurate and at all velocities, wanting to run these fairly hot i decided to skip most of the starting charges and go from avrg-hot, i started getting slight ejector marks on the brass but kept going up .2grn more of a research on how .2 effected the brass, just slightly more brass flow then going up one more step by .2 the brass was taking a hammering so that was my limit.... it just so happened the first charge weight where i started seeing very slight ejector marks was the most accurate producing a ragged 30cal hole. with this in mind i was happy as i knew the brass could handle it and wasn't taking to much of a hammering. I went home and loaded up a hand full of that charge and went out with the chrono and to do some further out testing, I was very shocked, group one at 100 was again very tight and velocities were coming out at 2740-2750 fps......this out of a 24inch barrel and a 185grn projectile was very impressive. they are loaded 10'' off the lands so were very long indeed,which might explain how i got away with such velocity with only very slight ejector marks on a few cases,most are fine. I stepped out to 200 yards and this followed after a 4shot group then i went out to 316yards and fired 5 shots and this followed-- I'm now now over the moon with these juggernaughts and can't wait to try them at extended ranges, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offroad Gary Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Good gun that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmartin8 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 it is Gary, god knows who would ever want to sell it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3T3R Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Out of curiosity what is the final load you settled on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshmartin8 Posted May 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Out of curiosity what is the final load you settled on? settled on 46g of n150, here is a link to the thread i got going on them as well, http://ukvarminting.com/forums/topic/29172-new-long-range-308-bullet-to-try/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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