I wasn't thinkin when I ordered some bullets and got 208gr instead of the 178gr or whatever it is.
Decided I'd give them a shot. Little research showed the most who use them are BR shooters trying to push .308 to the limit in custom guns. Loading COAL to 3" and pushing them out up to 2700FPS. No way in hell I can safely hit those velocities.
Book calls for 2.82" COL, I can load out to 2.950 and still fit the mag (cause savage is awesome like that) and measured from the ogive I'll be further from the lands than I am with my 175gr SMK loads. 2.280 vs 2.328. Seems like this bullet will have a hell of a jump to the lands.
Hopefully the longer seating depth will let me get a little more velocity with out running in to pressure issues. Max load at Hodgdon recommended COL is 41gr compressed.
Will put together a couple different loads tomorrow and see how they group and if it will be worth the effort. Will need to be accurate at or near max loads to be worth screwing with at all.
Decided I'd give them a shot. Little research showed the most who use them are BR shooters trying to push .308 to the limit in custom guns. Loading COAL to 3" and pushing them out up to 2700FPS. No way in hell I can safely hit those velocities.
Book calls for 2.82" COL, I can load out to 2.950 and still fit the mag (cause savage is awesome like that) and measured from the ogive I'll be further from the lands than I am with my 175gr SMK loads. 2.280 vs 2.328. Seems like this bullet will have a hell of a jump to the lands.
Hopefully the longer seating depth will let me get a little more velocity with out running in to pressure issues. Max load at Hodgdon recommended COL is 41gr compressed.
Will put together a couple different loads tomorrow and see how they group and if it will be worth the effort. Will need to be accurate at or near max loads to be worth screwing with at all.