Whats your favorite long range load?

[DryDock]

Just courious, I just shot my first 600yd comp. last weekend and one of the satisfying things was that my reloads (untested at 600yds) all performed great. Whats your recipes?

I used
.308 Lapua brass, CCI-BR primers, 44.5Gr. Varget and 175Gr. SMK's.
.223 BHA match brass, CCI-BR primers, 24.6Gr. Varget and 75Gr. Hornady BTHP match bullets.

Whats in your chamber?

 

[Rooster]

I've been getting really good results with this

.300 Win Mag Norma brass
Berger 185 gr Moly VLD's
Winchester magnum primers
62gr IMR 4350

Was putting them in a 3" circle at 600yrds 2 weekends ago.

 

[Nickle]

7.62 NATO:

Lake City 65 Match Brass
42 gr H4895 or 42 gr WC846
Win LR Primers
168 Sierra Match Kings (165 HPBT Game King if hunting)

7.62x54R, in RomAK 3

Graff Brass
Win LR Primers
46 gr WC 846
Sierra 150 Match Kings (150 Nosler Ball Tips if hunting)

 

[TonyD]

DryDock - How do you like the 75gr Hornady's as opposed to the Sierra 77's? I'm using 69's for 200 and 300 and I'm thinking of switching to the 75's.

 

[DryDock]

Tony
My BM varminter has a 1/9 twist so I'm limited on weight. I tried 77Gr Black Hills ammo and it shot about a 2" group @ 100yds [cry] . The hornady 75Gr Match bullets fly real good 1/2" to 5/8" @ 100yds.
They are still super sonic and stable at 600. They are way more consistant in the seating area also, if you can live wth 2-4 thousandth you can progressive load em.

 

[TonyD]

Tony
My BM varminter has a 1/9 twist so I'm limited on weight. I tried 77Gr Black Hills ammo and it shot about a 2" group @ 100yds [cry] . The hornady 75Gr Match bullets fly real good 1/2" to 5/8" @ 100yds.
They are still super sonic and stable at 600. They are way more consistant in the seating area also, if you can live wth 2-4 thousandth you can progressive load em.

I can't believe you had that bad of accuracy with 77's. I just loaded up a couple hundred 75's so I'm anxious to see how they group. I've decided on 75's for 2 - 300, and 80's for the six.

 

[Nickle]

I can't believe you had that bad of accuracy with 77's.

Tony, 1 in 9 twist. Nice to know it'll stabilize 75 gr bullets, though.

 

[TonyD]

I've seen a few guys shoot 77's out 1:9's with good luck. DryDock, if you've still got a few I'd try them at longer distances just to see how they work. I've also known guys to get a 'bad' box fo Black Hills.

 

[DryDock]

Tony
I'll give them a try again (77 SMK). At the first match (600yd) my son ran short of ammo (too many sighters) one guy gave him 2 rounds of 80 grain molys, he got 2- 10's with them. So go figure I guess. If I hadn't been there spotting when he fired them I wouldn't have believed it .

DD