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jimbob86 · August 15, 2011, 05:03 PM

Well, we did a little shooting this weekend in Colorado....... and I got the Chrony out ....

It takes 38 grains of IMR 4064 behind a 139 gr Hornady soft point to make 2400 f/sec in my Frontier ...... 40 gets around 2550........ very light recoil and less muzzle blast than the 140 grain Remington factory loads I shot earlier.

I did not have a bench to shoot off of, so I don't have a group size to brag about, but I had no problem hitting a 3" target repeatedly at 100 yards from a sitting position.

August 15, 2011, 05:03 PM	#28
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	Ruger Frontier 7-08 velocities Well, we did a little shooting this weekend in Colorado....... and I got the Chrony out .... It takes 38 grains of IMR 4064 behind a 139 gr Hornady soft point to make 2400 f/sec in my Frontier ...... 40 gets around 2550........ very light recoil and less muzzle blast than the 140 grain Remington factory loads I shot earlier. I did not have a bench to shoot off of, so I don't have a group size to brag about, but I had no problem hitting a 3" target repeatedly at 100 yards from a sitting position.