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arthurrh · June 30, 2005, 05:00 PM

Swifter, I dropped the reamer and rifle off with a competent gunsmith.

It seems to shoot just as accurate as before. I worked up a new load for it for my 1-9" twist barrel. I don't have velocity numbers yet, I need to take my chrono out to the range.

Before and after loads are using Remington brass, Remington 7 1/2 primers, and win 748 powder with a berger 64grain MEF bullet.

my "pre-improved" load was 25.0 grains
my improved load is 27.5 grains.

I ran tests up to 28.0, no signs of ill pressure, but accuracy dropped off. At 27.0 and 27.5 I got five-shot groups of .4" at 100 yards.

June 30, 2005, 05:00 PM	#5
arthurrh Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2004 Posts: 189	Swifter, I dropped the reamer and rifle off with a competent gunsmith. It seems to shoot just as accurate as before. I worked up a new load for it for my 1-9" twist barrel. I don't have velocity numbers yet, I need to take my chrono out to the range. Before and after loads are using Remington brass, Remington 7 1/2 primers, and win 748 powder with a berger 64grain MEF bullet. my "pre-improved" load was 25.0 grains my improved load is 27.5 grains. I ran tests up to 28.0, no signs of ill pressure, but accuracy dropped off. At 27.0 and 27.5 I got five-shot groups of .4" at 100 yards.