guzma393
Active Member
Has anyone reloaded with Xtreme plated 123 grain .312 bullets before? I recently acquired a bunch of them and I plan on making them a fun plinking round.
I will be shooting them from a Ruger American Ranch bolt action rifle chambered in 7.62x39mm. My current load is:
16.9 gr H4198
berrys 123 gr .311
2.184 COL
No crimp
I Reloaded 5 cartridges with the xtreme bullets with the same data but with 2.1 COL due to the length of the bullets being shorter than the berrys. I'll probably test them out this weekend and report back.
Any thoughts, comments, concerns are appreciated.Thanks
UPDATE:
I tried them out and I got the best luck with using the original berrys .311 mentioned above. I was able to get 1 MOA out of them from 100 yards out, but the case came out dirty and there are some traces of unburned powder. Possibly need to add some filler to make sure that these loads work safely.
The Xtreme .312s mentioned with load data mentioned below are decent, producing ~2 MOA/100 yards:
7 gr trailboss
xtreme 123 gr .312
2.100 COL
No crimp
FC headstamps
I tried 7.5 - 8.5 range loads and they are performed worst than the starting 7 gr loads. I probably won't go under 7 grains as they are being pushed pretty weak (barely any recoil).
I will be shooting them from a Ruger American Ranch bolt action rifle chambered in 7.62x39mm. My current load is:
16.9 gr H4198
berrys 123 gr .311
2.184 COL
No crimp
I Reloaded 5 cartridges with the xtreme bullets with the same data but with 2.1 COL due to the length of the bullets being shorter than the berrys. I'll probably test them out this weekend and report back.
Any thoughts, comments, concerns are appreciated.Thanks
UPDATE:
I tried them out and I got the best luck with using the original berrys .311 mentioned above. I was able to get 1 MOA out of them from 100 yards out, but the case came out dirty and there are some traces of unburned powder. Possibly need to add some filler to make sure that these loads work safely.
The Xtreme .312s mentioned with load data mentioned below are decent, producing ~2 MOA/100 yards:
7 gr trailboss
xtreme 123 gr .312
2.100 COL
No crimp
FC headstamps
I tried 7.5 - 8.5 range loads and they are performed worst than the starting 7 gr loads. I probably won't go under 7 grains as they are being pushed pretty weak (barely any recoil).
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