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July 18, 2014, 06:54 PM | #26 | |
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Reduced 30-06 reload
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______________________________________________________________________________ I bought her a box of Remington Managed-Recoil ammo. Here's the specs and notes on that box: 30/06 Remington Managed-Recoil RL30062 125 Gr. Core-LoktĀ® PSP 2x Expansion with 85% Weight Retention Half the Recoil (May not operate recoil or gas operated firearms) Virtually same POI as full power loads out to 200yds Rems website lists a MV of 2,660. I chronoed average of 2,568 FPS. Recoil energy figures to be 9 ft-lbs and recoil velocity figures 7 FPS at the velocity I measured. ______________________________________________________________________________ I found a reduced reload recipe on Hodgton's website using H4895. Since H4895 is a good powder for many reloads in the 30-06 cartridge, I set out to reload her a reduced load. I used 1x fired Winchester cases(full length sized and trimmed), 150 grain Nosler partitions and CCI-200-LR primers. I shot this ladder using 65, 70, 75, 80 and 85% of full powder load of H4895: Chronoed at 10': 65% - the velocity averaged 1,976 FPS with 65 XS 70% - the velocity averaged 2,069 FPS with 48 XS 75% - the velocity averaged 2,200 FPS with 29 XS 80% - the velocity averaged 2,343 FPS with 24 XS 85% - the velocity averaged 2,462 FPS with 14 XS The recoil energy for that 85% reload figures 10 ft-lbs and recoil velocity figures 8 FPS for her rifle. She liked the reduced recoil and I like the other numbers for that 85% load. XS was the smallest. Its a little faster than a 30-30 with a much better bullet than Remington puts in their M-R factory ammo. The RM-R factory load figures 1847 ft-lbs at the muzzle, 1098 at 200 yds and 621 at 400 yds. Respectively, my reload figures 2048, 1420 and 958 at those distances. Here's a 100 yd sight-in target I shot with both loads: My reload is on the left and the Rem Managed-Recoil ammo on right. Shot the right target first with the Rem M-Rs. Adjusted the scope down 1.5". Then shot that low group with the 150 NPT reloads. Adjusted the scope back up 1.5" and shot that other group in the center of the left target. Shows my reload to be the more precise groups and that the 2 loads will NOT shoot to the same POA. She shoots'em just fine: |
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