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Old 06-29-2004 | 03:38 AM
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From: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
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I use a remington 700 VLS in .223 topped with a BSA platinum 6-24x44mm target scope and handloads, I will post the recipe you can find the load on www.alliantpowder.com. Its loaded with a 52 grain sierra BTHP loaded with federal case and federal 205m primer with 28 grains of reloader 15 ( load data lists 28.3) but backed off to an even 28 for better consistancy I did not lose a terrible amount of velocity. after shooting 20 of these through a cronograph they average 3,396 fps but never below 3,393 fps or above 3,397 fps pretty consistant I'd say. These loads hold less than .5 moa at 100 yards and just a hair under 1 moa at 200 the gun is zeroed for 200 yards. and is 1" high at 100 yards and just under 6" low at 300 yards. I have hit many of Arizona jack rabbits from ranges as close as 50 yards and as far as 400+ yards. My other wabbit gun is a decked out ruger 10-22 its setup for 100 yard smallbore matches but also works alright for jack rabbits for 100 yards or under shots. My next project I'm looking at is a .223 wssm just waiting for more handload data to come out.
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