I read the following in a description of Shooter's World Powder's "Tactical Rifle" powder. (D073-08 Lovex)
"While Tactical Rifle is optimized for 55 grain .223 Remington and 5.56mm, and 147/150 grain .308 Winchester and 7.62mm, it also provides sub-minute accuracy with match loads we’ve evaluated. Using as-received/unmolested Winchester .308 brass, Winchester large rifle primers, and a simple load of 42.5 grains of Tactical Rifle with a 168-grain Sierra Match King seated to 2.800”, we fired a 10-round sub minute group at 200 yards. Simple, yet effective."
That intrigued me and, as I have a new 308 in house, and had a pouch of new Winchester brass and a 8 lb keg of the powder, I ran with this advice for the intitial accuracy testing. The only changes I made were running the cases through a Lee Collet Die to straighted out some bent case mouths, using standard Federal LR primers, and lastly a crimp. (I don't use Winchester primers and, well, I crimp everything.)
Off to the range.
Half MOA. The load literally shot better than I could hold shooting off of a pack and with no rear bag. Talk about truth in advertizing!
The lesson: Producing good ammunition does not need to be a chore.~ Muir
"While Tactical Rifle is optimized for 55 grain .223 Remington and 5.56mm, and 147/150 grain .308 Winchester and 7.62mm, it also provides sub-minute accuracy with match loads we’ve evaluated. Using as-received/unmolested Winchester .308 brass, Winchester large rifle primers, and a simple load of 42.5 grains of Tactical Rifle with a 168-grain Sierra Match King seated to 2.800”, we fired a 10-round sub minute group at 200 yards. Simple, yet effective."
That intrigued me and, as I have a new 308 in house, and had a pouch of new Winchester brass and a 8 lb keg of the powder, I ran with this advice for the intitial accuracy testing. The only changes I made were running the cases through a Lee Collet Die to straighted out some bent case mouths, using standard Federal LR primers, and lastly a crimp. (I don't use Winchester primers and, well, I crimp everything.)
Off to the range.
Half MOA. The load literally shot better than I could hold shooting off of a pack and with no rear bag. Talk about truth in advertizing!
The lesson: Producing good ammunition does not need to be a chore.~ Muir
