I finally made it out to the range and managed to accomplish 2 things...sighting in my Bushnell Trophy 1x32 Red Dot scope and testing out my reloads with my 6.8mm SPC AR15. All my reloads were shot using a Nikon Pro Staff 2-7x32mm scope, not my red dot. Rather than overload this post with pictures, I'll just post the links.
The weather today was almost perfect for the winter...for SW Washington anyway. Mostly sunny, no wind, and 39 degrees. I had no feeding issues, 1 FTF, and no FTE. I think the biggest result of shooting my reloads, besides seeing the accuracy, was no signs of over pressure...no swipes were seen on the brass and the ejection pattern was good to go.
50 yard zero-Bushnell Trophy 1x32 Red Dot using Hornady 120gr SSTs.
SSA brass, Rem 7 1/2 SRP, 110gr SPHs, C.O.A.L 1.676", O.A.L. 2.275" to 2.28"
Target 1-27gr to 27.4gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...SAReloads1.jpg
Target 2-27.6gr to 28gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...SAReloads2.jpg
Target 3-28.2gr to 28.8gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...SAReloads3.jpg
Most accurate: 27.8gr of H322. 1st 5 shot group .648". 2nd 5 shot grop .774".
Rem brass, CCI BR2 LRP, 110gr SPHs, C.O.A.L. 1.678" to 1.686" (no trimming needed), O.A.L. 2.275" to 2.28"
Target 1-27gr to 27.6gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...emReloads1.jpg
Target 2-27.8gr to 28.2gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...emReloads2.jpg
Target 3-28.4gr to 28.8gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...emReloads3.jpg
Most accurate: 27.2gr of H322. 1st 5 shot group .942". 2nd 5 shot group 1.119".
Now it's time to fine tune these recipes, but I still have 76 rounds of Hornady brass reloads to shoot. I'll also have to try different bullets and powders, but I'll worry about that later.
The weather today was almost perfect for the winter...for SW Washington anyway. Mostly sunny, no wind, and 39 degrees. I had no feeding issues, 1 FTF, and no FTE. I think the biggest result of shooting my reloads, besides seeing the accuracy, was no signs of over pressure...no swipes were seen on the brass and the ejection pattern was good to go.
50 yard zero-Bushnell Trophy 1x32 Red Dot using Hornady 120gr SSTs.
SSA brass, Rem 7 1/2 SRP, 110gr SPHs, C.O.A.L 1.676", O.A.L. 2.275" to 2.28"
Target 1-27gr to 27.4gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...SAReloads1.jpg
Target 2-27.6gr to 28gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...SAReloads2.jpg
Target 3-28.2gr to 28.8gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...SAReloads3.jpg
Most accurate: 27.8gr of H322. 1st 5 shot group .648". 2nd 5 shot grop .774".
Rem brass, CCI BR2 LRP, 110gr SPHs, C.O.A.L. 1.678" to 1.686" (no trimming needed), O.A.L. 2.275" to 2.28"
Target 1-27gr to 27.6gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...emReloads1.jpg
Target 2-27.8gr to 28.2gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...emReloads2.jpg
Target 3-28.4gr to 28.8gr of H322
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...emReloads3.jpg
Most accurate: 27.2gr of H322. 1st 5 shot group .942". 2nd 5 shot group 1.119".
Now it's time to fine tune these recipes, but I still have 76 rounds of Hornady brass reloads to shoot. I'll also have to try different bullets and powders, but I'll worry about that later.
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