Author: britrifles
Subject: Rainy day
Posted: July 22 2018 at 5:33pm
Shamu, I believe the published data for Varget is terribly inconsistent. I loaded to match bullet MPI on the target as setting up the chrono is such a pain at the range I shoot at. I found 40.5 gr Varget is very close to 40.0 gr Re 15 with the 174 gr SMK.
I suspect you will need approx the same weight of Varget as IMR 4895, or slightly more, to match velocities. Hodgdon lists max charge of Varget in .303 with 174 gr bullet at 42.0 grains, 2509 fps, 43,800 CUP.
I’m loading 40.5 gr. of Varget with 174 gr SMK and getting excellent results in my No. 4. I estimate velocities are approx 2375 fps with this load based on my chrono results with 41.0 Re 15.
Varget meters a bit better than IMR 4895 and is supposed to be less sensitive to temperature variations.
Subject: Rainy day
Posted: July 22 2018 at 5:33pm
Shamu, I believe the published data for Varget is terribly inconsistent. I loaded to match bullet MPI on the target as setting up the chrono is such a pain at the range I shoot at. I found 40.5 gr Varget is very close to 40.0 gr Re 15 with the 174 gr SMK.
I suspect you will need approx the same weight of Varget as IMR 4895, or slightly more, to match velocities. Hodgdon lists max charge of Varget in .303 with 174 gr bullet at 42.0 grains, 2509 fps, 43,800 CUP.
I’m loading 40.5 gr. of Varget with 174 gr SMK and getting excellent results in my No. 4. I estimate velocities are approx 2375 fps with this load based on my chrono results with 41.0 Re 15.
Varget meters a bit better than IMR 4895 and is supposed to be less sensitive to temperature variations.