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FrankenMauser · August 17, 2011, 03:24 AM

Try some of the Sierra 45 gr SPs, Remington 45 gr SPs (Crankylove's favorite Hornet bullet, also a 77/22), Winchester 46 gr HPs, or any of the various 30-36 grain HPs or SPs (except the 35 gr V-Max), to get you a little farther off the lands.

Like UncleNick, I think it's the ogive on that bullet, that is giving you the issues. Seat it deeper (with a corresponding new load work-up), or try a different bullet.

August 17, 2011, 03:24 AM	#5
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 26, 2008 Location: 1B ID Posts: 5,398	Try some of the Sierra 45 gr SPs, Remington 45 gr SPs (Crankylove's favorite Hornet bullet, also a 77/22), Winchester 46 gr HPs, or any of the various 30-36 grain HPs or SPs (except the 35 gr V-Max), to get you a little farther off the lands. Like UncleNick, I think it's the ogive on that bullet, that is giving you the issues. Seat it deeper (with a corresponding new load work-up), or try a different bullet. __________________ "Such is the strange way that man works -- first he virtually destroys a species and then does everything in his power to restore it."