VTR load

[NONYA]

Rem brass,CCI mag primer,168 gr A-MAX{Hornaday),48 grs of IMR 4350.Just shot the 168 gr amaxs over 48 gr of imr 4350,shot GREAT.The 50 gr loads shot just as well but its really hard to compress the loads so Im stickin with 48 gr's.Every group i shot was at or sub MOA at 100,shot them at 300 and 525,very impressive.If you have a 308 give it a try.

[sniperVLS]

I'll have to try that with mine, should be interesting to see what happens with the longer barrel. Landscaping season started so I haven't been able to start reloading yet, Able ammo has Hornady cheap, as in $21.00 for a box of 168 match HP, and their 168 A-max are only 23.00, that's several $$ less than any other site I've found but not near as cheap as reloading. The groups with both are astonishing by the way, POI is almost identical which is exactly what I was hoping for. The HP for the range and pop the A-Max in for yotes and not worry about touching the scope.

I wrote down your load info for my cousin and will give it him asap. Thanks!

** Have you tried tinkering to the point of making it so the bullets extend further into the throat? The barrel I have is notorious for having a long throat, some reload so the bullet is 2 long for the magazine but their accuracy increases greatly. I've never done this before as I've never felt the need to do so, accuracy was already stellar. Just bored and looking for conversation 

[NONYA]

Actually I seated these deeper than my last batch,dont know if it effected my groups but this load would be hard to beat,its shooting like I knew it could.

[sniperVLS]

Excellent.

[jvs]

Did you guys find anything that you didn't like about the VTR so far?  I didn't begin to dabble with mine just yet.  It is the project I plan on working on over the summer.  I want a BDC or Mil-Dot scope for mine.  And I plan on trying out Scope Mounts from Dednuts.  If Dednuts works out, I will be using those mounts exclusively.

I was also wondering what pressures you are creating with those Mag primers and max loads, and do you think that Throat Erosion will be a problem after a while.  Remington Magnum Barrels are known to fail from erosion.

[NONYA]

im not using max loads.

[jvs]

I took your first post as meaning that you didn't like using 50 gr of 4350 because you were compressing the powder when you seated the bullet, hence you were satisfied with 48 gr/4350 performance.  Maybe I read it wrong.

But anyway, how much more pressure are you creating when you use magnum primers v regular primers, if at all ?  My understanding is that magnum primers have a little more power and heat behind them.   Does it harm the .308 casing at all ?

I am sure alot of people thought of using magnum primers in regular caliber loads, but you would be the first person I heard of that tried it.  What is the benefit?   

4350 is a good powder for that caliber, but using magnum primers for the .308 is new to me and around here it is not a normal hunting or range reload.

[NONYA]

I was told by a competition shooter that mag primers give you better ignition with compressed loads,tried it and they grouped very well.Im not seeing any pressure signs at all on the brass,not even with the 50 gr loads i tested.Right now its shooting groups like my 7MAG ,Im very happy with this load.Im going to load some 168 gr TSX tipped for hunting season and load them exactly the same,I can use the a maxs to figure out the ballistics of this load(going out to shoot 15 foot of meat packing paper soon) and get the drop out to 600 dialed in on the turrets.Antelope will probably be the first long range BG i take with it,I plan on a 500+ yard shot on a doe to test the barnes TSX out of it.