Here are the results of my first 133 yds, OCW Test with my Savage 110 243 58gr V-Max... IMR 4895 powder. Win Brass. 2.660
I aimed at five different circles... but shot to the right as you can see... but that's okay... my scope was off... just shooting for groups only. I shot 3 shots at each circle... but only one shot at circle 1... then one shot at circle 2.. and so on until I had shot once at all five targets. I did this round-robin shooting sequence 3 times... so there are 3 shots in each group... and I let the barrel cool down about 2 mins between each shot.... which was hard to wait on.
Target 1 was with... 43.5 grains...= 3515 fps
target 2 was with...43.8 = 3762 fps
target 3 was with...44.1 = 3800
target 4 was with...44.4 = 3840
target 5 was with...44.7 = 3880
(had to aim at lower orange dot for #5)
As you can see... the first 3 groups were stringing left to right... then groups 4 and 5 started lining up vertical and grouping closer together. Group 5, w/44.7 was the hottest and best group by stacking two together and the last one a tad high... which is okay. Haven't tried 45.0 yet..but it will probably be too hot... so the 44.7 may be My Baby for that gun. Once I settle on this load after more testing... I can then do the same thing but ONLY change the seating depth. Can't wait to see how it all comes out.
