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    Fed primer 25.5 2206h under both 65 game king and 60gr vmax both will shoot into the same group @100m in my rifle.
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    A middle of the road load that simply works in my Howa:
    Winchester Brass
    CCI SR primers
    25.5gr AR2206H
    55gr Hornady SP

    I haven't chrono'd it, just sighted it in and started shooting animals, goats, pigs, deer and even head shot a couple cows that needed to be put down.
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    62gr Speer Gold Dot.
    Winchester Brass
    25.6gr 2206H
    CCI 450 Primers
    Doing the job on goats and fallow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tetawa View Post
    62gr Speer Gold Dot.
    Winchester Brass
    25.6gr 2206H
    CCI 450 Primers
    Doing the job on goats and fallow.
    You be like Tahr. Too many rifles and too many projectiles. LOL.
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    55 grain Hornady #2266 and 28.5 grains of 2208 and a magnum CCI450 in PMC brass - this gives me 3307 fps from a 20" barrel. (I can neck size them for quite a while so its not even a hot load.)

    But my general purpose load is really a 70 grain Speer. Which is 26.5 g of 2208 and CCI400 for 2950 fps out of the same 20" barreled CZ527


    Both loads will shoot into around .75 to an inch for five shots depending on how I hold my mouth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyDixon View Post
    55 grain Hornady #2266 and 28.5 grains of 2208 and a magnum CCI450 in PMC brass - this gives me 3307 fps from a 20" barrel. (I can neck size them for quite a while so its not even a hot load.)

    But my general purpose load is really a 70 grain Speer. Which is 26.5 g of 2208 and CCI400 for 2950 fps out of the same 20" barreled CZ527


    Both loads will shoot into around .75 to an inch for five shots depending on how I hold my mouth.
    I don’t think I can get that much 2208 into a case?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TeRei View Post
    You be like Tahr. Too many rifles and too many projectiles. LOL.
    But not enough years left to use them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    I don’t think I can get that much 2208 into a case?
    25gr is pretty compressed
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    OK.

    26.5 grns BM2 and 52grn Targex.

    Rabbit, wallaby and bigger things if you come across them.
    @Tahr, what is the twist rate of the rifle you are using?

    Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by imaca View Post
    @Tahr, what is the twist rate of the rifle you are using?

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    1/8 and 1/9
    I’m certain they will work in anything from 1/14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahr View Post
    I don’t think I can get that much 2208 into a case?

    You have to really want to.

    I use PMC brass, trickle powder in very slow, and then I stand on it fiercely. Works pretty good. I am not shy about compressing powder, as long as I dont collapse the case seating the bullet and as long as the bullets don't back out overnight its fine
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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyDixon View Post
    55 grain Hornady #2266 and 28.5 grains of 2208 and a magnum CCI450 in PMC brass - this gives me 3307 fps from a 20" barrel. (I can neck size them for quite a while so its not even a hot load.)

    But my general purpose load is really a 70 grain Speer. Which is 26.5 g of 2208 and CCI400 for 2950 fps out of the same 20" barreled CZ527


    Both loads will shoot into around .75 to an inch for five shots depending on how I hold my mouth.
    Typo?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TeRei View Post
    Typo?
    Nah. You tamp it down with a post hole rammer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BillyDixon View Post
    55 grain Hornady #2266 and 28.5 grains of 2208 and a magnum CCI450 in PMC brass - this gives me 3307 fps from a 20" barrel. (I can neck size them for quite a while so its not even a hot load.)

    But my general purpose load is really a 70 grain Speer. Which is 26.5 g of 2208 and CCI400 for 2950 fps out of the same 20" barreled CZ527


    Both loads will shoot into around .75 to an inch for five shots depending on how I hold my mouth.
    The fact you can still neck size them is not an indication. That load is way over maximum.
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    Quote Originally Posted by omark View Post
    The fact you can still neck size them is not an indication. That load is way over maximum.
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