Today at the Bench.....

[muforester]

These loads look very good, nice work! Really anxious to see how they do for you.

Finally got to shoot these this weekend. They shot great, good group. But, they were 12-14" low at 50yds. I hope I have enough adjustment in my sights to get it up to the bullseye.

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[Flyeralan]

Finally got to shoot these this weekend. They shot great, good group. But, they were 12-14" low at 50yds. I hope I have enough adjustment in my sights to get it up to the bullseye.

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So, I'm curious. Is/was the gun sighted in at 50 with other loads? If so, that seems really extreme to be that far low. I wonder what causes that kind of spread?

[muforester]

So, I'm curious. Is/was the gun sighted in at 50 with other loads? If so, that seems really extreme to be that far low. I wonder what causes that kind of spread?

I shot a jacketed load that was a few inches low. Based on the book, these loads should be around 1400fps. The jacked loads were around 2100fps. I'm guessing if I ramped the velocity up that would help.

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[Jbotto]

This gives me hope for when I start reloading for mine! Good luck on the load tests!


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

That’s a great group.

My two main loads I’ve shot out of 220 Swift’s over the years, have been 50gr vmax with W760 and 55gr ballistic tips with IMR4064. I haven’t shot my Swift’s in years, these were back when I prairie dog hunted a lot. Gutted skinned and quartered them, all at the same time.


JTD

[Flyeralan]

JTD, what rifles do you have in 220 Swift? I think mine is a custom built Yeager rifle on (I believe) a Mauser 98 action with a Robert W. Hart stainless barrel on. I suspect the barrel could soon show signs of reaching EOL, but I don't shoot it anymore.

[JeffreyDeGraff]

My original was a Remington 700 VS. it gave up the ghost after approximately 2250 rounds. Now I have a Ruger no1V, Remington 700 VSSF II, and one built on a 98 Mauser with a medium heavy barrel of unknown origin (I have not shot this one).


JTD

[muforester]

I put together these test loads last night for my Garand. 178gr Hornady match and H4895. Haven't shot my Garand for a while, looking forward to it.

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[muforester]

I put together these test loads last night for my Garand. 178gr Hornady match and H4895. Haven't shot my Garand for a while, looking forward to it.

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Second test load I put together, 168gr Sierra Matchking over IMR 4895.

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[JeffreyDeGraff]

Finally got some time behind the bench. Loaded some 45-70 test loads for my marlin 1895G, Speer 400gr FP, and some 32 Winchester special with 170gr Hornady FP and IMR4064.





JTD