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Well if you remember my post about the 300RUM I wanted something I could shoot long range with. After reading the replies about recoil I re-thought my plan. I had been looking at the 308, I have dies brass everything I need. But today I went to Fin & Feather they had a new Remington R15 VTR 223 triangle shaped 24 in. barrel 1 in9 twist. In all reality I probably won't shoot over 300 yards anyway. I have a Leopold 3X9 Tactical just waiting to be put on something. Should be a nice yote rifle. Anybody have a pet load?
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[rossman40]

My Colt with a 24" 1:9 barrel loves the 69gr Sierra Match Kings pushed a tad over 2800fps with Varget. 100yds 55 or 60gr bullets are OK but 300 and beyond the 69gr really shines in my rifle.

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rossman
Thanks for the reply. Will your 1 in 9 shoot the 75 gr. pills? I've never fired one that heavy.
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[rossman40]

I tried a few reloads of the 75gr Hornadys and they didn't do to well but they were a bit on the mild side and I should have played more with charge weights. A guy I use to shoot with used them and the 77gr SMKs in a 1:9 for 600yds and supposedly his secret was loading them HOT (with a capital H) to get more speed. His rifle was pretty tricked with a adjustable gas block and a bolt carrier weight among other things. I think that is the AMUs secret too, I seen this photo of some of their fired brass from Camp Perry with serious pressure signs of flattened and flowed primers with bolt/extractor/ejector impressions,



You can get the 68 and 75gr HP Hornadys plus the 69 and 77gr SMKs in the blue (re-manufactured) box from Black Hills. Use to be decent priced (cheaper then you could reload them yourself) and the 69gr were just as accurate as the reloads I was using.

With an AR a constant diet of hot loads will show up with broken bolt/bolt lugs. Since the Remington line are basicly Bushmaster ARs I would think they might not take a diet of hot loads long before something breaks. I'm at the point of re-barreling my AR and am thinking of stepping up to a 1:8 for the 75 and 77gr bullets but I only shoot 300-400yds a few times a year if any and the last time I shot 400yds I had a few 6" 5 shot groups with the 69gr (I know, I got lucky). The only problem I have is my rifle now hates off the shelf 50gr and less (40gr flat sucks) ammo. I'm afraid if I step up to 1:8 it might not like the 55gr ammo which is cheap plinking fodder.

Building a AR nowadays is like building a small block Chevy motor. Tons of aftermarket hot rod parts and sorting out which ones are good and what you want for the task you have in mind is the test. I have a Colt CR6724 and it has ran like a clock since it has came out of the box (I was with my friend when he bought it).

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I shot a lot of the Black Hills 69 gr in the red box. And I kept the brass marked MATCH. In is good stuff.
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[rossman40]

I've shot both the red and the blue boxed 69gr and the only difference I seen was the price. Prices have almost doubled in the last year. I used to be able to get the 68gr blue box for like $18.95 and the 69gr SMKs for just a tad more. Now it is like $40 a box.