Rem 700 SPS AAC 16.5"

[308sako]

First reloading attempt mixed results;

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Basically didn't load to maximum and didn't achieve the velocity I was looking for as top end. Varget appeared to be more precise than XBR with Sierra 175 MK's today.

[1slow01Z71]

My 24" 5R loves 44gr of varget at 2.8 under a 178 amax. You should be able to get away with a little more with your short barrel. I had an accuracy node somewhere around 42ish if I remember right and then 44 even. With 44gr of varget it just flat hammers, 3 shot 100yd groups in the teens aren't unusual at all. I never even bothered with the 175s because the 178s do better in the wind by everyones accounts and theyre cheaper.