If you see most of my reloading posts Im usually running slow.
More so for low recoil , a bit of powder stretching and well because its fun to play around. Like I said 98% of my shooting is hole punching at 200 yards
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.308 test of CFE223 vs TAC - 168gr ELD Hornady
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More so for low recoil , a bit of powder stretching and well because its fun to play around. Like I said 98% of my shooting is hole punching at 200 yards
I have an excellent 6.5cm system for that task. .308 is an anti personnel and other 200+ lb big game elimination system. 168gr and 177gr projectiles is what it does best to pack most punch. Horses for courses.
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The lightweight/high speed loads are mostly for the hell of it. I usually only load 175/190 in the win mag depending on what's going on. I tried 208 in it, but it did not like it. I didn't like it either after seven rounds.
as i continue that futile experiment to find a varget load that works on my 308 ar10 - here is the latest one on various loads of varget, using same seating depth that worked the best on the 44gr load. targets 1-4 produced an insane amount of smoke - looked like powder did not burn through.
based on shots speed the target 6 seems to be the best compromise. may be will retest target 4 load too, to see if that group of 3 was a fluke or not. overall i should have not been lazy and made groups of 10, not groups of 5 for this crap. too much wild spreads.
at 43.7+ brass starts showing a lot of overgassing signs, but i will test the 43.7 again to see which one will be the most consistent. overall it seems to like the 2550 speed a lot. if i had an adjustable gas block there - may be it would work with more powder, but, alas.
based on shots speed the target 6 seems to be the best compromise. may be will retest target 4 load too, to see if that group of 3 was a fluke or not. overall i should have not been lazy and made groups of 10, not groups of 5 for this crap. too much wild spreads.
at 43.7+ brass starts showing a lot of overgassing signs, but i will test the 43.7 again to see which one will be the most consistent. overall it seems to like the 2550 speed a lot. if i had an adjustable gas block there - may be it would work with more powder, but, alas.
