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I've tried some Sierra BK. 39 grain with 25 grn. of Benchmark which according to the data I found I'm almost at the max. I would like to try something a little lighter in one of these brands of bullets next. The gun is a Rem. 700 VTR .204 the powders I have right now are Varget and Benchmark I plan to get some RL-10 later on. I am just looking for accuracy mostly not worried about any super fast loads for just punching paper. I realize each gun has it's own individual requirements I just thought maybe one of the mentioned bullets might just be more accurate in general. This is the last thing to add to my cart then, I can place my order. Thanks for all advice!

Three 32-grain WS2-coated Noslers driven by 26.2 grains of RL-10X
fired from my Savage 12VL on a mildly windy day.

Range was 200 yards. The group measures 0.171" C-C.
I've had several 200-yard groups less than 0.5".

I found the other picture I was looking for:



This one was WS2-coated 32-gr Noslers backed by 26.1 grains of RL-10X. It also was @200 yards but this one measures 0.3125" This same session, I shot four other groups 0.6" or less.

Ive had the best 3 shot groups at 100 yards with Sierra Blitzking 39 grain with Varget @ 27.0 and H322 @ 23.2

Here's a few of my favorites for my Savage:
39g Sierra BK- 25.8g RL-10X, Rem 7 1/2, COAL 2.305, 3900 fps, group size .38
39g Sierra BK- 27.0g H4895, Rem 7 1/2, COAL 2.305, 3850 fps, group size .36
26g Barnes VG- 25.2g RL-10X, Rem 7 1/2, COAL 2.245, 4245 fps, group size .4
26g Barnes VG- 28.0g 8208XBR, Rem 7 1/2, COAL 2.245, 4270 fps, group size .3

I am working on some loads for the 32g and 40g Vmaxes and will post them as soon as I can get to the range.

Just my $0.02

texwelder