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Now im sure their was a thread for 300wsm heavies so sorry if their is and iv missed it. How heavy can the go? Would it still sling the 245 berger at a good speed? Iv read lots on them in the past had a tikka never even used it . I seem to have a memory in my head that they were better with the 180s and under? Cheers
I'm slinging 2 hundies at a reasonable clip (not chronied yet) from a shorter barrel. 180's @ 2950ish was the other load I used.
Either killed stuff dead
180 what if you dont mind? and how short? Cheer @mikeeQuote:
Originally Posted by mikee
I was running 215 hybrids at 2760 from 22in barrel, have recently changed to 208 eldm's at 2820
180 Federal TLR out of a 20inch Kimber MontannaQuote:
Originally Posted by Kelton
Cheers did you rate the federal?@mikee
@wsm junkie i see so id call that roughly maxish weight for decent velocity then eh the 245s would likly be to slow for what im my velocity goals would be
@Kelton i did have some 225 eldm's i was gunna have a play with but the 208's and 215's shot so well i never got around to it. Load D i actually got to 2850 with the 215's and 2900 with the 208's but the previous speeds i mentioned were accurate and i didnt want to trash my brass chasing speed.
Mines a Tikka with long bolt stop and modified wsm mag to load them long and im using fairy dust (rl26)
Brilliant iv got 5 tubs of rl26 at the moment so good to here it wont be my main stay because im not a overly sold on the 30 cal projectile options but il thrash the barrel befor rechambering
Again everything they were pointed at fell over so worked as advertised. I like them because they hold together and make an in hole and out hole. I had patchy results with eld-x's in my old rifle the one where the chance of a quick reload and followup shot was also very patchyQuote:
Originally Posted by Kelton
You wont catch me using hornady anything unless i come across 10,000 7mm 162 amaxs my results with eldx over 3 calls has being less than good the ones that worked were great but the ones that failed wound me right up. Id like to be able to shoot a berger at good speed out of 20" maxQuote:
Originally Posted by mikee
You could try a 190 or 210 vld if bergers are all you want to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelton
Cheers @wsm junkie il give it ago it was just the bc of the 245 that grabbed my attention but more reading and il choose something if i dont like it il just rechamber quicker but be good to get some use out of it iv become to much of a bc snob after 7mm and 6.5mm logically i should just keep my saum but sakos and customs have also ruined me iv probably spent more on rifles than food the past 5 years
one more good berger is the 185vld good out too 1000yds 3035fps behind RL17 . I have run some 230 Atips in my 300wsm but needed a 1-9 twist barrel for them to work hope this helps
Cheers pete what length barrel? I dont like shooting more than 200yrds now days but will if i have toQuote:
Originally Posted by 300wsmPete
26inch barrel but 185 vld works just as good in 18 or 20 inch
Mine is a standard tikka, I am running 208eld match at 2800fts.