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Let me first say whatever load info I get I am going to back off a little and work up to, but I'm looking for some help for a solid .308 Win 168g load. I have scoured thru a a few manuals and an exhausting amount of info on the various reloading sites and I find myself getting less confident about which direction to start.
The round will be shot out of a 16" DPMS Gen 2 Recon topped with a 1X8 Strike Eagle out to 600yds, using Hornady and LC brass, 168g SMK's, loaded on a Hornady Progressive.
I'm trying to stay with Ball for metering purposes, and would like to stay with Win 748 (I already use it for a solid 556 load), but I'm reluctantly open to using another (BL-C2, TAC, etc) if they are any better for temp variations. I already use Varget for an amazingly accurate 556 round; but I double weigh and will trickle a kernel in this charge to get what I want.
I don't really want to go to that much work for only shooting to 600 out of a 16" rifle. But if I get a solid consensus that I will get a more accurate load even with the metering challenges of stick powder and less potential for temp fluctuations than I guess I will.
And in regards to Temp variation's this is the Pacific NW, we might see 20 total days with temps above 95 and below 25; should I even worry about?
There is a whole lot of criteria here and its probably painfully obvious that I'm almost getting indecisive, so thanks in advance for your help
The round will be shot out of a 16" DPMS Gen 2 Recon topped with a 1X8 Strike Eagle out to 600yds, using Hornady and LC brass, 168g SMK's, loaded on a Hornady Progressive.
I'm trying to stay with Ball for metering purposes, and would like to stay with Win 748 (I already use it for a solid 556 load), but I'm reluctantly open to using another (BL-C2, TAC, etc) if they are any better for temp variations. I already use Varget for an amazingly accurate 556 round; but I double weigh and will trickle a kernel in this charge to get what I want.
I don't really want to go to that much work for only shooting to 600 out of a 16" rifle. But if I get a solid consensus that I will get a more accurate load even with the metering challenges of stick powder and less potential for temp fluctuations than I guess I will.
And in regards to Temp variation's this is the Pacific NW, we might see 20 total days with temps above 95 and below 25; should I even worry about?
There is a whole lot of criteria here and its probably painfully obvious that I'm almost getting indecisive, so thanks in advance for your help