Went to the range finally. Arrived there a little past noon. As soon as I got there, RO gave me a bench. About the RO's, they all was nice. They help me and my family a lot. Got some tips from them too. My brand new Dewalt stapler was jamming on me when I was making my targets. So the RO's was kind enough to lend me theirs. The target stand I made fit perfect when I did the dry fit by the bench. But when I went out there, the target holders, two of them was kinda mushroomed. Looks like some people took a hammer and smashed them in. Though I got it to fit with a little force. I even plumed it with my torpedo level lol.. Anyways, some other nice old guy there and the RO help my daughter out with the bench. Cause she short so they flipped the seat bench over that had a little boost on it. Never new it could do that.. lol. Learned a lot today and was fun.
So anyways, I bought some factory ammo for my family to shoot so they can shoot some. I shot my reloads after. I picked up some BH 77 grainers. My Labradar was registering 2440-2460 fps at 50 yards. Btw, I gotta do my load development at 50. Labradar can track up to 125 yards depending on caliber. I called the company and because I'm loading with .223 77 grain BT's, it'll only track those 40-70 yards. Though never had a problem with the unit at 50 yards. Every shoot registered. I just gotta remember to press the arm button again if I past 10 seconds lol.. Well, I can change that in settings. One thing about the BH's ammo too is before I went down to the range, I measured the COAL on them and man are they all over the place. Not much though, from 2.24-2.25. Probably don't make that much difference I think. Grouping was ok I guess. I not one expert. Seems like around 1.5 at 50 yrds. Gotta practice some more. Anyways, when I did some of my reloads, the grouping change and became much tighter. So far, I got really tighter groups. But again still only 50, But the reloads shoot so much better then the factory BH. Still not done with my reloads yet though. Range was closing. So next week again. Will post some pictures of some of the shots on the target. Thanks again you guys for the help.. Mahalo..
So far I'm liking:
CFE 223
Grains: 23.5
Velocity: 2440 average
COAL: 2.308
Mag: ASC 10 rnd clip (no feed issues, no jams)
No pressure signs
Still got loads for:
TAC
BL-C
Varget
8208
Rifle and optics used:
HK MR556
16.5 inch barrel 1/7 twist
Nightforce ATACR 4-16x42
Bullet and brass:
Sierra TMK 77 grain
Lapua .223 brass
Primers: CCI 41
Chrono:
Labradar