promod1385 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I have a 55gr load worked up for this coming 3gun season. I would like to work up a load using 69gr SMK's for the longer shots. I have a 20" Hbar barrel with rifle length gas system and Cooley Comp. For powder I have a couple pounds of 748 and 8lbs of Ramshot Tac. Any load input for my set up and the 69gr SMK's would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyNo! Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 24grs of a Tac @ 2.250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwx40x40 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 24grs of a Tac @ 2.250. +1, I would go with the TAC instead of the 748 for the 69 MK's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsydlooknin75 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 23.3 of 8208 xbr works gooder Sent from my PG06100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxerglocker Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 24grs of a Tac @ 2.250. This is a great load. I run 23.8 at 2.250 OAL with Wolf SRM primers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babob Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 My pet Sierra 69 load. New or once fired Winchester Brass. Remington 7 1/2 Primers. 25.4 gr Varget 69 SMK seated to 2.25" OAL Very light crimp with a Lee Factory Crimp Die. 2800 fps out of my 18" Colt & LaRue rifles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbauer67 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 23.7 grs of TAC at 2.245", CCI primers, very accurate and more importantly very consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Either Vaget or TAC work great. The TAC meters better for most people and since you have it, use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promod1385 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) How about brass? I just sorted a couple thousand pieces of brass I bought this past summer. 1000 pieces Lake City, 500 pieces BHA Match, 300 Winchester, 300 RP. Thinking of using the LC for my 55gr rounds and BHA & Win for my SMK's. Is the RP usable? I have heard its soft, I guess it can be loaded once as throw away brass or for the PDog fields. Edited February 20, 2012 by promod1385 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsydlooknin75 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 How about brass? I just sorted a couple thousand pieces of brass I bought this past summer. 1000 pieces Lake City, 500 pieces BHA Match, 300 Winchester, 300 RP. Thinking of using the LC for my 55gr rounds and BHA & Win for my SMK's. Is the RP usable? I have heard its soft, I guess it can be loaded once as throw away brass or for the PDog fields. Personally I'd use the LC for 69's and everything else for 55's. Sent from my PG06100 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareyH Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I use 25.5gr of varget for the 69gr SMK's 2.245 OAL CCI primer. In my gun, the faster I pushed the bullet the tighter the groups got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickpony Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 23.3 grains of Benchmark works well too with a SMK 69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cotys Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) I have a 55gr load worked up for this coming 3gun season. I would like to work up a load using 69gr SMK's for the longer shots. I have a 20" Hbar barrel with rifle length gas system and Cooley Comp. For powder I have a couple pounds of 748 and 8lbs of Ramshot Tac. Any load input for my set up and the 69gr SMK's would be greatly appreciated. I agree with TAC, Reloader 15 almost the same. I use 24 grains of TAC or RL-15 for 69, 75 & 77 grainers. TAC lists 24.3 as max for the 69 grainers. I attached the TAC 223 page out of their PDF. TAC 223.pdf Edited February 20, 2012 by Cotys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promod1385 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Am I on the wrong tracking thinking I will use 55gr for anything under 100 yds and 69SMK's for anything over 100yds? Will my zero's be too different to make this work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodownzero Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I think you'll find that the 55s work just fine for most targets/ranges until they run out of steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DyNo! Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Am I on the wrong tracking thinking I will use 55gr for anything under 100 yds and 69SMK's for anything over 100yds? Will my zero's be too different to make this work? Zero with your long range ammo - know the POI difference just in case you have to shoot 55 at long range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
co-exprs Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Use up the Tac, since you have it. After that, switch to IMR 8208. It's shoots the same as Varget, but meters better. Use your LC brass for the 69 SMK and the rest for 55s. For the 69s I use 23gr even with OAL 2.235" and get an even 2800fps from my 20" barrel. Zero with your 69gr and take the 55s where they lie. For practice I run Hornady 55gr FMJ with 24.4gr 8208 and OAL 2.200" for a velocity of about 3100fps. The further out you zero the more likely you are to have a similar impact between your 55s and 69s. If you zero at say 200 or 250 you split the error differnce. The two rounds will stay within 1moa out to about 400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 What's wrong with 748? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauntedfuture Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 748 is a little fast, 23.5 of 748 with 69's is an old NRA HP load. Not sure about velocity but 748 does burn cooler than some other powders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc_md Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Check out white oak precision's website. John Holliger is a world class shooter and he has his reloading data on his site. IIRC he uses 25 of Reloader 15 with the 69SMK, but don't quote me on that. Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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