thanks, man. yeah, it's looking promising so far. H335 and X-terminator did the best I was hoping that benchmark or IMR4198 would be the top performer since they are a more temp stable. We'll see, though, maybe since those were the first 30 rounds on the barrel, it affected the results.

@EverydayReloadingandShooting yeah, they are arnt they. the 6br makes it easy, easier may be a better way to put it. I've always said the 6br family of cartridges has been making reloaders and gunsmith look like heroes since 1978. lol.

@Erik7prc kinda, i guess. depending on how well i know the bullet and powder combo, I don't always go for a desired velocity. I go for what powder charge shoots best, and i usually include the ES in that determination. but yes, i usually play with seating depth afterward. which i plan on doing later on. Hopefully this rifle will shoot good with a longer jump to the lands because at mag length, there is already about .100 jump. we'll see.... ive also found that I often need to adjust powder a little after i find the optimum seating depth. starting with a seating depth test, then powder has yielded the same results as starting with powder.

@Erik7prc no, i don't shoot free recoil. why do you ask?

@reloadingfun because when I see people shooting off skis and a mat they're usually shooting free recoil. I tried it with accutac skis and adjustable bag rider. Haven't been too successful but I'm still strying 😄

@Erik7prc oh ok, i see. are you trying to shoot free recoil? maybe the shorter width of the accu tac bipod is making it harder to shoot consistent. in F-class, we're actually not allowed to shoot free recoil, so i had to learn how not to shoot free recoil. I use lots of shoulder pressure and very light cheek pressure. having a good rear bag like an edgewood is really important. you usually want the bag to be as firm as possible.

@waynemayle865 I think berger may have at one point, but now grafs and sons have them made and keep them in stock. I wish there was a 50 grain option, so a 9" twist would could be used so you dont have to worry about them coming apart and getting the full BC. thankfully.

awesome, thanks, man! what kind of shooting do you do you do, and what kind of content do you like to watch?

@reloadingfun I run about the same thing as you I use a 220 swift 6mm remington 243 17 remington 204 ruger 6mm creedmoor 260 rem custom 6.5x284 custom 22-250 an 25-06 groundhogs coyotes an crows are about all I can use these rifles for in ohio

@@fomerbu wildcats! wahoo

@@fomerbu you should see the 22BR shoot. i need to make a video.

how about a 17-243?

@reloadingfun how about a 7mm-378 weatherby

@MatthewKyle-sg5uo that would be sweet. might as well do a 7mm-338 lapua then.

@reloadingfun that would be cool lol.

you're funny.

thanks, yeah, I think im gonna try some H4350 also.

im not sure yet. I haven't had much experience with a .17 yet.

yeah, go ahead, what do you have?

oh yeah? what powder and bullets are you gonna run in yours?

nice, what receiver are you gonna build yours on?

@@reloadingfun I'm gonna use a short action remington 700 that's currently in 223

I did the 22br. it shoots great so far with minimal laod development and cheap speer 52 grain bullets. it's great to shoot also, low recoil.

@@reloadingfun did you do a slow twist? i did a 1:7 I'm still waiting for it though.

@@westsidecamper yeah, I did a 12 twist.

nice, the 20 practical is hard to pass up. what's the other options?

@reloadingfun looking at the 20tac. I built a 6×45 last year and like it. Going to talk to my gunsmith first to see if he has any recommendations for a fun little round.

@justbaggit70 oh, yeah, i like that one, too. the 30° shoulder would be nice. speaking of shoulders, something with a 40° shoulder would be nice, mainly just to eliminate case trimming. what about a 20 vartarg?

@reloadingfun ive looked at it. Was just thinking also how much 223 brass i have and the 20p or 20tac are easier to form. Dont mind doing some work but did not really want labor intensive forming. Also wondering on feding from a bdl mag. 221 fireball has my eye also. Going to check with my smith to see what he has ran into feeding wise

@justbaggit70 I have some experience with a 221 fireball in a remington 700 lvsf. it uses a specific mag box, follower and spring. they also put the extractor in a different location. when setup like this, the 221 case operates pretty reliably, I never had an issue. I've tried with a regular 223 setup, and the case pops out of the magwell and doesn't feed reliably, and without the extractor moved, the case will not eject. It will just fall back into the action.

thanks. trying to find a load it likes. so far so good.

Doing load development, I don't care where it hits yet.