New Tipped Sierras 175gr

They look quite promising. First photo of first 3 shots with Magneto attached



Then I removed and since I had shot a prior group knew it would shoot lower instead of aiming at the red diamond I aimed at the 3 shot hole and got lucky with 2 more.

OUTSTANDING!

oh my, they do look nice from this view too!



and the .223 77's look nice too! Betcha they are accurate as well.

Looks like they are behaving exactly like a Hornady A-max.

I need to contact Sierra, same as I did Hornady asking for a 7mm A-max 175 gr, or heavier.

Ballistic Coefficient: 0.545 on the 175 tipped SMK

Nearly a 10% increase over the old SMK.

got my 69 grainers all loaded up waiting for a nice day

Great group with the 8208 powder What rifle is that DStroud??

Not wanting to cherry pick the best here is the other target.
This target has bullets seated at the lands OAL of 2.910
I shot 3 then installed the Magneto-Speed and notice they jumped higher with the chrono installed which seemed counter intuitive but it is what it is.
My 6 mm Creedmoor did the same. Just not as much higher POI.

The reason I chose to seat the bullets down to 2.875 and try it there is to fit in a AIC Magazine as I want to shoot the same load in my Colt 2012. It seems to like them too.
Here is the first target. Not sure why the chrono attached group was two separate groups probably just me.


Here is the rifle ..well except my Suppressor broke so I am back to shooting LOUDLY a.

FiremanJG may notice something about this gun that is unusual.

Only two things that would be unusual for me.

1. Thumbhole stock
2. Made out of lumber

You were sorta close.... Left-Handed thumbhole stock on a righthanded action is what I was referring to.

Nice rifle and good shooting,

I saw that immediately. Looks like it's shooting good.

What was your speed on the 42.0 grains of 8208.

I wish those were more available. That's exactly what I would like.

where'd you find these suckers at?

I'm curious, what suppressor do you have and what part of it broke?

20 inch barrel on both guns and my average was 2673fps.

It was a GemTech HVT QD(IIRC) and what happened was after a while the QD part started coming loose due to jumping the threads.

Gemtech is making it right... since they had to destroy my Suppressor they are paying for a new stamp and upgrading me from Stainless to the newer Ti model. Still very disappointing to miss this whole hunting season without it.

If you are referring to the Bullets at MidwaysUSA

Good bullet for pigs?

Yes--thank you. That velocity is promising out of a 20" barrel! 6.5cal, watch your back, the .308 has its second wind!