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I weight sorted a bunch of Win Cases, and came out with a couple of hundred that went 91.5-92.5 gr. A Fed primer, R15, and a 75 Berger VLD did surprisingly well out to 800m.
 
Unsorted WIN brass, neck sized. CCI BR Small Rifle Primers, 75 Grain Hornady Amax. VVN140 powder, 24.5 Grains, and seated at 2.520 (in my Savage 12FVSS).

2950FPS in my 1 in 9, 26" tube, very low SD, and good to 1000m.
 
win brass, cci SR *magnum* primer, 75 grain moly'd amax and 23.5-23.7 (depending on conditions) grains of Benchmark (25.0 of Varget works almost as well). Magnum primers are very very important; without them I was consistently getting flyers.

~2750 from a 22" tube; closely resembling 308 ballistics
 
12FVSS in .223

Unsorted and neck-sized Winchester brass, CCI BR Primers, 69gr. Sierra MK HPBT over 25gr. Varget and finished off with the Lee factory crimp die. This is going to be my starting load, I've been waiting for my SMK's for about 6 weeks now though...
 
Remington 788/28 inch Krieger 1:9, 26 gr of varget with Federal 205m primers, Winchester sorted cases and 80 gr SMK or Nosler, moly coated of course.
 
26g h335 over a cci primer and under a 40g Nosler BT.

26.8g of Varget over a cc primer and under a 50g win.sp.

out to 300m they are surprisingly good loads. Past that? dont know yet.
 
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Just for kicks
40g Nosler Ballistic tips
Winc.Match prepped brass
CCI BR primers
27.3g Benchmark(stated max load by mfg)
1n9 24" Colt Elite (tweeked a little)
Has shot sub 1" groups at 300yrds when I did my job
Funny little bullet.Can take the torque and velocity . These have been pushed to over 5000 fps by factory and they stayed together (till they hit something)Not much left after impact to worry about ricochets.
 
SeamusMac said:
12FVSS in .223

Unsorted and neck-sized Winchester brass, CCI BR Primers, 69gr. Sierra MK HPBT over 25gr. Varget and finished off with the Lee factory crimp die. This is going to be my starting load, I've been waiting for my SMK's for about 6 weeks now though...
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My BVTSS shoots that exact scenario best at 24.5gr, though without any crimp. Still playing with seating depth.

52gr Hornady flat base hollow points over 26gr Varget, same case and primer as above, shoots well. Haven't been able to get the 60 Amax to shoot anything special over Varget.
 
Savage BTVS in 223 (1 in 9) Winchester or Remington brass (mines not fussy). CCI SR benchrest primers, Sierra 69 gr Matchkings and 25.8 gr of Varget. 0.3" at 100m, 0.75" at 200m, and on a good day 1- 1.5" at 300m. I use Lee dies and crimp as well.
 
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Lets hope Hodgson Powder Company doesn't find out how most of us like the Varget powder. We might find a nasty price increase LOL .
 
I should clarify. The only reason I sorted my brass was to maximize my capacity. i got a good deal on 1K of cases, so I spent a couple of nights in front of the tube sorting. Probably doesn't make any difference, but it sure makes me feel better!
 
Savage 12 VSS.

Nosler weight sorted at 93, 205M primer, 24.6 of RL15, 75 BT A -Max at 2900 fps. OAL is .005 of the lands.

Works very nice at 100. Will know on saturday how well it does beyond that.
 
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