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MJ11
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Posted: November 18 2017 at 6:41am |
Dogs woke me up around 4:20 AM so with a hot coco I knocked out 50 174g SMK's over 41g of IMR 4064.
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range time in the near future me thinks ,
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Well, there ya go... you have enuf rounds to dispatch the dogs that wake you!
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Loose wimmen tightened here
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MJ11
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LOL I fired them in my '43 then let the guest shoot them in the 1942. He did well.
Fair trade because he lets me shoot his funny guns. .................... |
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MJ11
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OMG I JUST found an ammo can with a 500 .311" 150g FMJBT's still in two bags. I think they are PRIVI which didn't return the 174g SMK accuracy but what the heck I can save my SMK's for long range.
I will have to break out the IMR 4895, if only they were flat base..... |
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Zed
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MJ, those PRVI look similar to the Sellier Bellot 180 grain boat tails. Filled with lead from the base; which the main visual difference that I see between them and the SMK's.
I found that the weight of the SB rounds vary quite a lot. Out of the first 100 that I checked; only 9 were bang on 180 grains. I ended going through the whole 500 and batching them up in bags of equivalent weights with a tolerance of +/-0,1 grain. They perform OK when batched; but still not quite an SMK. I was wondering if the open end base would allow the bullets to bump up better in the bore; when compared to the SMK which is full copper? what do you think?
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Possibly if they were flat base but the best 150's have been the Sierra 150g soft point Game Kings in .311" I get 1.5 MOA out of my '43 SMLE with my new eyes. These run 152.3-151.6-153.0g's. Won't be wasting my 174g SMK as these will still pull 3~4 MOA It's time to shift over to IMR 4895 for the 150's. Have a great day Zed |
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