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Art Eatman · January 20, 2010, 01:43 PM

I've only had experience with two "not garden variety" factory loadings.

I found that the Federal .243 loads with the Sierra 85-grain HPBT gave the same half- to 3/4-MOA groups as my own handloads with that bullet.

I found that the Federal Premium High-Energy .30-'06 loads with the Sierra 165-grain HPBT gave the same 3/4- to 1-MOA groups as my handloads with that bullet. Emails back and forth with a guy in Australia who had a chronograph and had tested that load showed that the factory claim of 3,150 ft/sec was correct. Impressive.

Outside of that, no experience.

January 20, 2010, 01:43 PM	#12
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	I've only had experience with two "not garden variety" factory loadings. I found that the Federal .243 loads with the Sierra 85-grain HPBT gave the same half- to 3/4-MOA groups as my own handloads with that bullet. I found that the Federal Premium High-Energy .30-'06 loads with the Sierra 165-grain HPBT gave the same 3/4- to 1-MOA groups as my handloads with that bullet. Emails back and forth with a guy in Australia who had a chronograph and had tested that load showed that the factory claim of 3,150 ft/sec was correct. Impressive. Outside of that, no experience.