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    Hornady 143 6.5


    Just worked up a load for my .260AI with the new 143grn settled on a powder weight and was checking with differant seating depths and was surprised at the difference.
    Shot best at 5 thou off the lands the others were about 1.5 to 2 inch groups.

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    Touchy little beasts in your rifle then aye! Promising though

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    Looks great
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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    Looks good, did you chrony and get speed?

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    Hmmm ..... 5 thou leaves very little room for error, and the 1.5 - 2 in sound like they're really fussy pills. Perhaps the old 140 AMAX's with the "melting tips" were better !!
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    I will be hopefully trying some in my 260 ackley tomorrow if conditions are right.

    Only changed seating depth from my pet Amax load but still at .308 mag length. They can be seated further out if needed and I will use the LA mag.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HOWA308 View Post
    Looks good, did you chrony and get speed?
    Best load was 2780fps so I'm happy with that

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    Yea fitted in the .308 length mag in mine and 1 gain less powder than the 129 Hornady

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    We need a few members to go out & shoot a few animals with them, see if they live up to the hype & work.
    Shut up, get out & start pushing!

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    Off for my roar hunt with them on the 8th so all going well I may get to try them.
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    I'm going to get a box this week and see how they go, I need to re-do loads for my .260 anyway since I have a new powder lot so I may as well switch to these now instead of when I burn through my last 500-600 amax

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    You might as well give me those 5-600 Amax then
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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    Dont listen to him @gimp he's got shit loads already. Other needy peeps out there

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    Quote Originally Posted by jakewire View Post
    You might as well give me those 5-600 Amax then
    Bet me to it.
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    Dont listen to him @gimp he's got shit loads already. Other needy peeps out there
    Yeah me, real needy. If your lucky gimp I can even low ball ya for them

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    I'm gonna hang onto em until I've shot a few things with the 143s yo

 

 

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