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mc223 Member
Joined: Apr 02, 2006 Posts: 115 Location: S/E Kansas
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Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:23 am Post subject: just trying to squeeze out the best loading |
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hello all. any tips on moly coated Sierra 77s over VVn140?
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1895ss Super Member
Joined: Jul 21, 2005 Posts: 2612 Location: Not Here...!!
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mc223 Member
Joined: Apr 02, 2006 Posts: 115 Location: S/E Kansas
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: just trying to squeeze out the best loading |
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,223 wylde chamber
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george20042007 Super Member
Joined: Jan 27, 2006 Posts: 568 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: just trying to squeeze out the best loading |
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I'm using a moly coated bullet in .243. It's a 70 grn Speer HP MHP in front of 39.5 grains of Hodgdon Varget & CCI 200 LR primer. It prints 1.5 inches at 200 yards. Don't know the velocity or penatration info. Did take a coyote at close to 300 yards, an instant kill. Didn't find the bullet though.
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shootist Member
Joined: Dec 30, 2005 Posts: 73 Location: Lackawaxen,PA
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: just trying to squeeze out the best loading |
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Hi George...I'm going to try a similar load in my rifle. I'll guess around 3200fps using Varget. The difference should be about 2.3" high at 100yds for a 200 zero and about 6" low at 300yds. I'll verify with IMR-4064 which is very close to Varget . IMR- 4064 is my standard powder with smaller than '06 case size (.243,.308,.300SAV,.257 etc).
Also, you didn't mention what rifle but 1.5" at 200yds is decent in my book.
My barrel is a 24" 12 shallow groove moly lightweight, so the use of moly bullets will be interesting. I'll let you know the results.
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SwampFox Super Member
Joined: Jul 15, 2005 Posts: 1040 Location: Destin, Florida
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:34 am Post subject: Re: just trying to squeeze out the best loading |
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I use the 75 gr molly coated Hornady A Max in my 22-250-AI crow gun. However I am using H4831SC at about 3,000 fps. I found that it is not necessary to push the heavy 224 bullets hard, just get them to about 3,000 and let the ballistics take care of the rest. The 75-80 gr bullets are deadly on most anything, including Deer, out to about 800 yards.
Have a long time friend that uses a fast twist 22-250 and the 75s on Deer in a big peanut field complex. He has a depredating permit for 76 deer a year. He fills the limit and has never taken more than one shot on any deer, out to and including 800 yards, according to his partner and he. The 800 yard shot was center chest and the bullet traveled the full length of the deer, even at 800. The deer did not take a step, just hit the ground.
He is an excellent shot, uses a range finder and the complex field has three sets of range markers in each field. He is not hunting, he is reducing crop damage.
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