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HankB · September 10, 2002, 03:43 PM

I've used regular 180 grain Ballistic Tips in my M70, loading them in once-fired Winchester brass with a Winchester standard large rifle primer and 61.0 grains of ReLoder 22. (This is max. in my Nosler manual, and 1 grain under max with a 180 in the Speer manual. NO sign of excess pressure in my rifle, I could probably go a bit hotter, but YMMV, so work up carefully, etc. )

Chronographed velocity is around 2740 or so out of my "slow" 22 inch barrel, and five rounds go into about three quarters of an inch - as good as any "match" bullet in that rifle.

The ballistic tips I shot at game expanded violently, damaging a lot of meat on impala. On the other hand, that expansion was MOST appreciated on a leopard I took in Zimbabwe some years ago.

September 10, 2002, 03:43 PM	#4
HankB Senior Member Join Date: March 30, 2000 Location: Central Texas, outside of Austin Posts: 1,698	I've used regular 180 grain Ballistic Tips in my M70, loading them in once-fired Winchester brass with a Winchester standard large rifle primer and 61.0 grains of ReLoder 22. (This is max. in my Nosler manual, and 1 grain under max with a 180 in the Speer manual. NO sign of excess pressure in my rifle, I could probably go a bit hotter, but YMMV, so work up carefully, etc. ) Chronographed velocity is around 2740 or so out of my "slow" 22 inch barrel, and five rounds go into about three quarters of an inch - as good as any "match" bullet in that rifle. The ballistic tips I shot at game expanded violently, damaging a lot of meat on impala. On the other hand, that expansion was MOST appreciated on a leopard I took in Zimbabwe some years ago. __________________ To be kind to your enemy is to be cruel to yourself - Sun Tzu