Originally Posted by
grim_reaper
Not really. I had a day playing with rimfires last week, got home and got my rifles cleaned down and put away, then got a phone call from the same landowner to say a couple of Muntjack he wanted cleared up were giving his winter Barley some stick so back I went.
Apart from that it's mostly been raining here. Not as much as in your part of the world though.
Great result on the SBK's, satisfying when it all comes together isn't it?
Wish we had Muntjac around these parts, I bet they're pretty tasty! I've been meaning to get out with the 22LR for a while now but it's just too wet. Our house has been flooded five times in three months!
Originally Posted by
big rich
Good work Elliot, I'm watching and reading your posts with great interest as I am currently loading for a .223 and also using viht 133.
Rich
Hi Rich, I'm finding the Sierra 52gr HPBT to be about the best at the moment but I think the Sierra 50go Blitzkings are showing good promise. I was keen to have a ballistic tipped round that performed equally well.
Vhit seems to be a decent powder but haven't tried another others. Might just stick with it for the moment rather than cocking up everything I've done so far!
Originally Posted by
philong
when i had a t3 in 223 it seemed happy with bullets set to just fit the mag.....i was useing 55 vmax tho
Yes I think playing with seating depths is the next thing I'll look at. I modified a brass case to accept some dowel so that I can push a bullet into the lands to measure when it touches. I'll be checking the 50gn Blitzkings next at their preferred powder weights
Originally Posted by
Boydy47
Sounds promising, I've not had much time to load or shoot recently though have the .308 shooting 3/4 moa and the .223 the same or sometimes better with the 69gr SMK over N140, this load was good enough for me to head shoot a bunny at 168 yards off of sticks (substantial backstop as the results showed these really dont expand) whilst walking the dog this week which I was pretty pleased with.
The 69 gr TMKs are proving more illusive though, initial results were good 1/2 moa for 3-4 groups when testing then made up a batch and groups were double that. Planning on starting again with TAC as I want to save the N140 for the .308.
Good luck progressing the load mate, happy new year.
Sounds like good fun. Time seems to be in shortage at the moment, I barely have any time to myself at the moment! Still on the lookout for a CZ 22 Hornet to replace the HMR and serve a mid-range foxing rig. I've also been looking at the Lyman Gen6 powder charge dispenser!
.22LR CZ452; .22 Hornet CZ527
Tikka T3 Varmint .223; .204 Ruger CZ527 Varmint;
6.5 Creed Bergara B14 HMR