300 yard shot-20" barrel- 200gr FTX- load data?

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Re: 300 yard shot-20" barrel- 200gr FTX- load data?

Postby Outdoored » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:16 pm

Outdoored wrote:Not sure how to post (or even access) the load data, but here is my first experiment with the 200FTX
Lil Gun - 38.0gr
Once fired Hornandy Cases - 1.693
No chamfering or deburring
Tumbled cases
Flash hole uniformed, pocket cleaned
No Expander die
Primer - CCI 400
COAL - 2.163-2.165
Taper Crimp - .474
Temp - 51, Windy...18mph
Avg Vel - 2234, High - 2399, Low - 2167 (2399 was wayyyy off the others....chrono error?)
Group size - 3"
NO SOOTING!!! unbelievable!!

2nd set
Lil Gun - 39.5g
Same type of cases - this time case length was 1.695...that's the only difference except the powder charge.
Everything else exact as above.
Avg Velocity - 2327, High - 2357, Low - 2252
Minor Sooting...same as factory ammo
Group size - 3"

20" Barrel - Factory Bushmaster
Primers looked good as did the brass......Just WISH I had some remmy 71/2 or WSR to try.........



This is from a test I did with CCI 400....STILL looking for wsr or Rem 71/2....no where to be found :shock:
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Re: 300 yard shot-20" barrel- 200gr FTX- load data?

Postby Stealthshooter » Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:03 pm

Late response but here it is. USE AT OWN RISK

200 FTX MOLY coated
Hornady 450 BRASS
Rem 7 1/2 primer
48 Grains H110
2.3" COAL
Taper crimped to .471"
2723 FPS from my 20" upper

These are a sub MOA group in my gun. I wish I had video of my outing yesterday shooting steel bowling pins at 300 yards every pull of the trigger. We also shot water bottles and soup cans at 100 yards. My 450 turned soup cans into confetti with this load. My friend was shooting the same cans with his 5.56 with 55gr fmj loads and it was not nearly as cool LOL. He had never shot a 450 before and at the first pull of the trigger all I saw was a water bottle explode! All I heard was him laughing like a little school girl!!

PS I'm still getting a bit of soot but I'm out of powder space so I need to find a dif powder so I can pump these up more. I have a carbine buffer but I filled it with lead for extra weight. After I modded my buffer I started to get the soot so it did what I wanted it to. Let me know if you see soot if you try this.
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Re: 300 yard shot-20" barrel- 200gr FTX- load data?

Postby wildcatter » Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:12 pm

Stealthshooter wrote:Late response but here it is. USE AT OWN RISK

200 FTX MOLY coated
Hornady 450 BRASS
Rem 7 1/2 primer
48 Grains H110
2.3" COAL
Taper crimped to .471"
2723 FPS from my 20" upper

These are a sub MOA group in my gun. I wish I had video of my outing yesterday shooting steel bowling pins at 300 yards every pull of the trigger. We also shot water bottles and soup cans at 100 yards. My 450 turned soup cans into confetti with this load. My friend was shooting the same cans with his 5.56 with 55gr fmj loads and it was not nearly as cool LOL. He had never shot a 450 before and at the first pull of the trigger all I saw was a water bottle explode! All I heard was him laughing like a little school girl!!

PS I'm still getting a bit of soot but I'm out of powder space so I need to find a dif powder so I can pump these up more. I have a carbine buffer but I filled it with lead for extra weight. After I modded my buffer I started to get the soot so it did what I wanted it to. Let me know if you see soot if you try this.


Hey a little sooting doesn't hurt, with loads as you are describing, I'd say leave well enough alone, MAN, that's some root'en-toot'en-shoot'en ya got there!!

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Re: 300 yard shot-20" barrel- 200gr FTX- load data?

Postby Stealthshooter » Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:43 pm

Part of the reason I'm wanting to try a dif powder is due to the fact I am having a VERY hard time finding 296 or H110. I have some REL 7 I'm going to try. I am also going to see if I can talk my local guy into finding some Norma200 for me. I REALLY want to try this powder. But yes this is an awesome load and is garunteed to make you smile giggle and have a fun time!! According to my shooter Ballistic program this load stays Super Sonic to 430 yards.
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Re: 300 yard shot-20" barrel- 200gr FTX- load data?

Postby wildcatter » Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:57 pm

Stealthshooter wrote:Part of the reason I'm wanting to try a dif powder is due to the fact I am having a VERY hard time finding 296 or H110. I have some REL 7 I'm going to try. I am also going to see if I can talk my local guy into finding some Norma200 for me. I REALLY want to try this powder. But yes this is an awesome load and is garunteed to make you smile giggle and have a fun time!! According to my shooter Ballistic program this load stays Super Sonic to 430 yards.


I'll save you some time and aggravation. Reloder 7 looks good on paper, but you'll find the speeds are off some 500fps+- and the pressures are very low, low, low..

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