copper still
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I'm working on a target load for my 308.
I've access to a 600 yard range and from time to time I can shoot past that at my friends property.
My goal is a load that allows me to practice beyond max range with my woods hunting rifle. Its O.A.L is less than a yard stick the barrel is 16.5" and it weighs 7.5 lb
My philosophy of use is to shoot out to 1/2 a second of bullet travel time. With my hunting load that is just over 440 yards and that about 100 yards ahead where the velocity drops below where the Barnes bullets minimum opening velocity is.
So now I'm working on a target load to practice with that doesn't cost as much to shoot.
I'm working with the following IMR 4895 and Hornady 150 FMJ-BT. I shot each group into its own target dot. The truth is at 100 yards I'm not seeing much difference in the group size about 1.5-2 MOA(not enough to know one is worse than the other) .
I know that I can seat the bullets later on to improve my groups some what.
I'd love any insight on which way to go keep in mind this is a short rifle so I know that the FPS will be low.
For perspective my hunting load gets 3/4 MOA groups which is all I need for this rifle.
Thanks