Thread: The Howikka Test Bed

Originally Posted by Stocky

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If you're time, rather than component, poor maximizing the efficiency of your time makes sense. I'm still leaning towards the view that more samples of a narrower range of things would do that...

I would be possibly concerned that the 62gr ELDVT may be the point at which you find insufficient penetration in some circumstances with .224". I really like the 60gr Vmax for goats and would expect similar performance, and those frequently exit goats with spectacular results. Goats however are small and not terribly difficult to kill, 40gr .224 bullets in the shoulder penetrate sufficiently. Interested to see results.

I think any trigger pulling probably helps if you're mindful and use it to embed fundamentals.

I was curious about the 75 ELD after your results. I've never shot them from my rifle, but I built it intending to use them. In the initial load development kiwi Greg did, he reported that they didn't shoot as well as the 80s - but that was based on 3 shot group testing. The 80s worked so well I never bothered to load anything else until a year ago. But I had a box of 75s on the shelf and figured I'd try them, because they seem to be quite fussy for many people. Book max 2206H with some dirty mixed lot PMC brass, cci450, at whatever rando seating depth my die is set for the 80s. 2810fps, SD of 12.7 over 10, and precision about the same as the 80s - and about the same as everything else shot through the rifle - the cut rifled match barrel really seems to pay off in that it will shoot almost any bullet, handload or factory, very well.



So the 75s work ok in my barrel.