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338 Sherman Build (This Is My Boomstick!)
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 1342793" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p><strong>HORNADY 225 SST</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The SST bullets have long been among my favorites. I have found them to be inexpensive, easy to tune, and destructive. I have also found that many SST, AMAX, and VMAX bullets tend to have shorter bearing surfaces, relative to comparable bullets from other manufacturers, typically allowing me to push them a bit faster. Because of that, I was surprised at how quickly these bullets pressured out. I wasn't able to push them much faster than the Berger 250 EH's. IMO, that speaks volumes about how good the Berger design really is.</p><p></p><p>I don't see the 225 SST's as offering anything special in the 338 Sherman. I am sure they would work well for hunting at normal ranges, but I don't see them as useful long range bullets. I will use the remainder of them to fireform brass.</p><p></p><p>I seated both of the SST bullets .040 off the lands. OAL for the 225 SST was set @ 3.410.</p><p></p><p><u>RL-17</u></p><p>62.0 2840</p><p>63.0 2903 Light ejector mark.</p><p>64.0 2944 Heavy bolt lift. Hard extraction. Bright, shiny ejector mark.</p><p>65.0 Discontinued test.</p><p>66.0 Discontinued test.</p><p></p><p><u>H100V</u></p><p>63.0 2834</p><p>64.0 2898 Shiny ejector mark.</p><p>65.0 Discontinued test.</p><p>66.0 Discontinued test.</p><p>67.0 Discontinued test.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 1342793, member: 22069"] [B]HORNADY 225 SST [/B] The SST bullets have long been among my favorites. I have found them to be inexpensive, easy to tune, and destructive. I have also found that many SST, AMAX, and VMAX bullets tend to have shorter bearing surfaces, relative to comparable bullets from other manufacturers, typically allowing me to push them a bit faster. Because of that, I was surprised at how quickly these bullets pressured out. I wasn't able to push them much faster than the Berger 250 EH's. IMO, that speaks volumes about how good the Berger design really is. I don't see the 225 SST's as offering anything special in the 338 Sherman. I am sure they would work well for hunting at normal ranges, but I don't see them as useful long range bullets. I will use the remainder of them to fireform brass. I seated both of the SST bullets .040 off the lands. OAL for the 225 SST was set @ 3.410. [U]RL-17[/U] 62.0 2840 63.0 2903 Light ejector mark. 64.0 2944 Heavy bolt lift. Hard extraction. Bright, shiny ejector mark. 65.0 Discontinued test. 66.0 Discontinued test. [U]H100V[/U] 63.0 2834 64.0 2898 Shiny ejector mark. 65.0 Discontinued test. 66.0 Discontinued test. 67.0 Discontinued test. [/QUOTE]
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