308 load not burning all of the powder?
02-19-2009, 09:12 PM
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RE: 308 load not burning all of the powder?
Yeah, I have never had a problem with CCI primers in the past. I have shot a couple thousand rounds with them so far and this is the first time that I have experienced any trouble at all. I might have to give that Reloader 15 a try. Is that stuff any good in the 30-30?
02-19-2009, 10:34 PM
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RE: 308 load not burning all of the powder?
My current favorite 308 load is 165 gr Corelokt (or 170 gr round nose Corelokt), 46.5 grs Varget, CCI 250 primers in Lapua brass and has accounted for 4 pigs in the last month. I am shooting them out of a 19.75" Blaser R-93 Tracker barrel, and in several hundred rounds, I have had no problem with powder not burning. Note that I am in Texas where the humidity is higher (75%+/-), and the temperture is in the 40-50's.
02-20-2009, 07:22 AM
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RE: 308 load not burning all of the powder?
I have read a few well known people reference to using magnum primers when the temperatures drop below freezing. Layne Simpson is one that comes to mind. I will just keep an eye on this problem and when the temperatures warm up I will shoot the rest of this lot of ammo and see if I still get the flakes of unburnt powder. I know that this load works since I have shot it quite a bit in my other gun.
