10-20-2023, 02:55 PM
What do you do when most of your normal components have had limited(Sierra 120 gr pro hunter)or no availability(8208 XBR)? You test with more readily available products. Ram shot TAC and Hornady 123gr ELD-M have been available to me locally for some time. I started at 26 gr and worked it to 28 gr in .5 gr increments using hornady brass and Cci 450 primers and a slight crimp. COAL is 2.25. 27.5gr was good on initial testing so I went back and tried 27.4,27.5 and 27.6 gr. This round confirmed 27.5 gr as the load I would choose even though I wasnt focused on one shot and blew the group but my previous test of the load was just as tight without the flyer. 27.6 as a close second.[ATTACH=CONFIG]19988[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]19989[/ATTACH]