I found this load for my 6.8. Maybe not the best but good enough for a A.R. hog rifle.
8 shots at 100 yards from a bench with a bipod. Sorry the pic is sideways.
8 shots at 100 yards from a bench with a bipod. Sorry the pic is sideways.
Found a load for my 6.8
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Awhile back I got fed up with looking for the magical,mystical,AA2200 for my 6.8. Had a bunch of H4198 so started working up loads for some 85gr Barnes TSX bullets. The hotter I got them the more accurate they became. Now well under an inch at 100 and over chrono, a little over 3100fps, and extreme spread is only 17fps. This,using my Bison 18" SPCII with 1:11 4 groove.
Your above grouping is GREAT. Definitely MOP. ---pruhdlr
Your above grouping is GREAT. Definitely MOP. ---pruhdlr
I have not started working up loads for this rifle yet, this group was shot right out of this box of ammo. At todays prices for factory ammo, I will be working up something.
I have two of the Leupold VX-R scopes. One is a 3-9X40 and the other is a 3-9X50(w/ CDS). The latter was on my 6.8 until I installed thermal(ATN ThOR). Boh of these scopes have the simple duplex reticle(I hate clutter in the scope during the hours of extremely low light). These are great scopes for not much(nowadays)money.
My dedicated night hunting load now is the factory Fed Fusion 115gr. These shoot so well out of my gun that I will not even try to reload them. The Hornady 110gr V-Max shot great out of my gun also ...... as did the 120gr SST's. --- pruhdlr
My dedicated night hunting load now is the factory Fed Fusion 115gr. These shoot so well out of my gun that I will not even try to reload them. The Hornady 110gr V-Max shot great out of my gun also ...... as did the 120gr SST's. --- pruhdlr
That's pretty good for factory ammo, just too bad it is a varmint round. Never cared too much for the v-max, although I never tried factory loadings too. With that kind a accuracy a neck shot should be very easy and we all know that pigs hit the dirt when shot in the neck.
As for my bullets of choice is goes 120 SST for pigs and anything else I want dead and 110 Accubond for deer. My brass catcher don't fit my dedicated night gun, so it only eats junk brass (too short, or reaching end of life) and just leave it out there in the woods. I have some factory loaded ammo but it pretty much only sees virgin builds for function testing.
As for my bullets of choice is goes 120 SST for pigs and anything else I want dead and 110 Accubond for deer. My brass catcher don't fit my dedicated night gun, so it only eats junk brass (too short, or reaching end of life) and just leave it out there in the woods. I have some factory loaded ammo but it pretty much only sees virgin builds for function testing.
After using this ammo for a while I tried the 110gr hpbt match ammo from Hornady. It actually shoots a little better. I will be developing a load using 120gr sst's very soon. I posted a pic of a boar that I killed with one of the hpbt rounds, cns shot that stuck his nose in the dirt mid stride. I shot a few Javelina's with the 110gr varmint express and all were drt.
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Nice to hear the VMax is accurate now. A few years back, they were known for minute of dinner plate accuracy... I think it was traced down to actual diameter of the bullets being a little on the skinny side.
My *** LOVES the SSA ProHunters and the 115 HPBT loads... both offer up minute of gnats' southern end accuracy.
My *** LOVES the SSA ProHunters and the 115 HPBT loads... both offer up minute of gnats' southern end accuracy.
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