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Offline Duckslayer89

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308 hand loaders
« on: January 15, 2017, 06:41:56 PM »
Curious as to what you guys get for muzzle velocity. Today I was shooting Nosler Trophy Grade accubonds 165 grain factory ammo through my chronograph for the first time and was getting a 2520 reading at cold bore. 2570 for the second shot directly after the cold bore shot. I got 2520 on both cold bore shots though.

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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2017, 06:57:07 PM »
That's not that far off.  You can load faster but fast doesn't always equal accurate.  What was your barrel length.  I get 2600 out of my wifes gun but it has a 22" barrel.  You could probably get 2800 out of a max load and a 24-26'' barrel.

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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2017, 06:59:37 PM »
Just looked up some different data and actually looks like you could approach 3000fps with right combination.  But Ill take a accurate load over a fast load any day of the week.

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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2017, 07:25:34 PM »
That's about what I've seen from a 18" barreled OBR using published load data.

I've never seen anything close to 3000 fps except with 155's in a Palma rifle.


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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2017, 08:00:15 PM »
I'm shooting a 22 inch barrel with factory muzzle break. Are you hand loading buzz?

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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2017, 08:04:20 PM »
I was pretty impressed with my 338 RCM though pushing a 225 grain bullet at 2670 from a 20 inch barrel. Pretty good ballistics from that through the calculator. Going to check out my 7mm rem mag next

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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2017, 08:43:41 PM »
I get 2650 out of 168 FGMM, 24" barrel.

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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2017, 10:23:17 PM »
That's about what I've seen from a 18" barreled OBR using published load data.

I've never seen anything close to 3000 fps except with 155's in a Palma rifle.

Me either just seen some supposed load data that said 3000fps.


Yes I strictly reload except 22LR.

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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2017, 07:06:23 PM »
Here is a bit of load data for you.

Gun is a 308 AR, 18 inch Ballistics Advantage pipe, 1 in 10

You can find the gun in the same section, look for hunting AR thread


165 gr accubond


45.0 gr Varget
2675
2647
2645
2658
2644

45.5 gr varget
2701
2668
2684
2674
2680

Both loads were shooting same POI, neither grouped better than the other. Average I would say best group went to the 45.0 gr. I use a Dillon 550 then hand adjust the powder per charge.

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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2017, 01:14:22 PM »
165gr sst Hornaday with 44gr varget is 2670 avg. (For me.)

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Re: 308 hand loaders
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2017, 09:31:29 PM »
165gr sst Hornaday with 44gr varget is 2670 avg. (For me.)

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