SmallCaliberCentral

phil in wyone wrote:Anyone have any load data for 40gn vmax or 32 gn vmax and 8208? I go through pretty extreme temp swings from summer pd hunting to winter 'yote hunting so little temp sensitivity would be great.

40 gr Vmax and 8208XBR is one of my favorite combinations. I've gotten sub quarter inch 100yd groups using 26.2 gr of powder with a COAL of 2.306".

As Tokimini says, I've shot some decent groups with 26.2-26.3g of 8208, but velocity was under 3,600 fps in my Savage with 22" barrel. It takes 27g to get above 3,700 fps, but it still shoots .5-.7 moa pretty consistently.

In 32 v-max, 28g puts me right at 3,925 fps and shoots good. while 28.5-28.7g puts me above 4,000 fps and shoots around .4-.6 moa usually. I generally like to run 32 v-max in this rifle at 3,925-3,950 which seems to give me about the best accuracy with most powders.