Trailblazer
06-04-2006, 06:28 PM
I have been using up my odds and ends of 7mm bullets for rifle silhouette. Doesn't do much for the score but keeps things interesting!
Over the last several months I have been using a load of 40 grains of WC846 with the Sierra 100 grain Hollow Point in a 7mm-08 for chickens and pigs. That is a light load but it has worked OK through the cooler months. Hodgdon's start loads are 42 grains of H335 and 43 grains of BLC-2 with a 100 grain bullet. I have been a little concerned about it because of potential problems with light loads of ball powders. In fact last month I bumped the charge a couple grains, but then I couldn't get the scope adjusted low enough to hit chickens. So for yesterday's match I went back to the 40 grains. Temps were around 90 degrees yesterday. Four or five of the 20 rounds had a noticeably louder report and a different tone. Several people behind the firing line noticed it. I couldn't see any significant difference in the trajectory. I am wondering if I am getting into a potential SEE situation here or something similar?
Over the last several months I have been using a load of 40 grains of WC846 with the Sierra 100 grain Hollow Point in a 7mm-08 for chickens and pigs. That is a light load but it has worked OK through the cooler months. Hodgdon's start loads are 42 grains of H335 and 43 grains of BLC-2 with a 100 grain bullet. I have been a little concerned about it because of potential problems with light loads of ball powders. In fact last month I bumped the charge a couple grains, but then I couldn't get the scope adjusted low enough to hit chickens. So for yesterday's match I went back to the 40 grains. Temps were around 90 degrees yesterday. Four or five of the 20 rounds had a noticeably louder report and a different tone. Several people behind the firing line noticed it. I couldn't see any significant difference in the trajectory. I am wondering if I am getting into a potential SEE situation here or something similar?