09-25-2012, 01:08 PM
How about this?
Lets start comparing out favorite handload to the Hornady 123 A-Max factory load. My 6.5 Grendel Ultralight shoots the Hornady factory load to about .7 MOA on average and my favorite handload of 28.5 grains of IMR8208 XBR into about .5 MOA. It also shoots Bwilds load of 34.0 grains of CFE223 behind the 100 A-Max into about .5 MOA. It would be really useful if many of us report out the accuracy of all three of these loads from our guns and any other we find to be a candidate. To keep things consistent lets provide the following information in this order.
Bullet, Powder, Primer, Case, COL, Barrel, Chamber, Velocity, Temperature, accuracy average of five shot groups and distance.
123A-Max, 28.5 gr IMR8208, Wolf SRM, AA, 2.255", Satern 14.5" 1:8"twist, 6.5 Grendel, 2410, 95ºF, .5MOA 100 yds
It's really important to list an average accuracy, for instance I've shot 5 shot groups of .24" with the above load but it won't do that consistently. And to be a great load doesn't require .5 MOA accuracy anything 1MOA down from an AR is good.
If we begin to build the data I'll compile it and share back with the Grendel community. This is one of the ways I saw the High Power National Match Community settle on a few really good shooting loads.
Bob
Lets start comparing out favorite handload to the Hornady 123 A-Max factory load. My 6.5 Grendel Ultralight shoots the Hornady factory load to about .7 MOA on average and my favorite handload of 28.5 grains of IMR8208 XBR into about .5 MOA. It also shoots Bwilds load of 34.0 grains of CFE223 behind the 100 A-Max into about .5 MOA. It would be really useful if many of us report out the accuracy of all three of these loads from our guns and any other we find to be a candidate. To keep things consistent lets provide the following information in this order.
Bullet, Powder, Primer, Case, COL, Barrel, Chamber, Velocity, Temperature, accuracy average of five shot groups and distance.
123A-Max, 28.5 gr IMR8208, Wolf SRM, AA, 2.255", Satern 14.5" 1:8"twist, 6.5 Grendel, 2410, 95ºF, .5MOA 100 yds
It's really important to list an average accuracy, for instance I've shot 5 shot groups of .24" with the above load but it won't do that consistently. And to be a great load doesn't require .5 MOA accuracy anything 1MOA down from an AR is good.
If we begin to build the data I'll compile it and share back with the Grendel community. This is one of the ways I saw the High Power National Match Community settle on a few really good shooting loads.
Bob
