slugger
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ok, my plans are now up in the air...
I have a bazillion rounds of older Winchester Super X factory 25-06 shells. They shoot just fine, just don't group as well as I would like in my rifle. Sooooooo I thought that I would just pull the bullets and re-use the powder and test with some 115gr Berger VLD Hunting bullets. I have had super good luck with the Bergers in my other rifles, just by changing the seating depth. Didn't even worry about powder selection.
Ok, so far so good, but when I went to pull the older factory I noticed that they are 120gr Positive Expanding loads.. UGH!!! I thought they were 115gr for some reason.
Now my question, would my plans still work the same.
IE: Pull bullet, re-seat a Berger at depth A and test fire, repeat until happy.
I should get a little less pressure with the Bergers due to weight, but the bearing surface is longer, so that may be offset.
Thoughts?
I have a bazillion rounds of older Winchester Super X factory 25-06 shells. They shoot just fine, just don't group as well as I would like in my rifle. Sooooooo I thought that I would just pull the bullets and re-use the powder and test with some 115gr Berger VLD Hunting bullets. I have had super good luck with the Bergers in my other rifles, just by changing the seating depth. Didn't even worry about powder selection.
Ok, so far so good, but when I went to pull the older factory I noticed that they are 120gr Positive Expanding loads.. UGH!!! I thought they were 115gr for some reason.
Now my question, would my plans still work the same.
IE: Pull bullet, re-seat a Berger at depth A and test fire, repeat until happy.
I should get a little less pressure with the Bergers due to weight, but the bearing surface is longer, so that may be offset.
Thoughts?