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Re: My new rifle
« Reply #25 on: July 06, 2017, 08:53:51 AM »
Nice.  My LMT prefers Hornady 168gr A-Max.  It is a 16"SS barrel with mid length gas.   It shoots Federal GMM well but is more  consistently tighter with the A-Max.  I also had great results with 165gr Noslers.
Are you loading yourself or are they factory loads? If the latter, how much per round?

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Re: My new rifle
« Reply #26 on: July 06, 2017, 12:34:51 PM »
Nice.  My LMT prefers Hornady 168gr A-Max.  It is a 16"SS barrel with mid length gas.   It shoots Federal GMM well but is more  consistently tighter with the A-Max.  I also had great results with 165gr Noslers.
Are you loading yourself or are they factory loads? If the latter, how much per round?

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I shoot factory loads.  Prices range from .70/round for 168gr AMax from Steve at Freedom Ammunition (not Freedom Munitions) to $1.50/rd for the 165gr Nosler.  His shipping is sometimes a little slow but I have always had excellent results from Steve's ammunition. I get better results from his loads than from factory Hornady.

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Re: My new rifle
« Reply #27 on: July 07, 2017, 01:08:04 AM »
Nice.  My LMT prefers Hornady 168gr A-Max.  It is a 16"SS barrel with mid length gas.   It shoots Federal GMM well but is more  consistently tighter with the A-Max.  I also had great results with 165gr Noslers.
Are you loading yourself or are they factory loads? If the latter, how much per round?

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I shoot factory loads.  Prices range from .70/round for 168gr AMax from Steve at Freedom Ammunition (not Freedom Munitions) to $1.50/rd for the 165gr Nosler.  His shipping is sometimes a little slow but I have always had excellent results from Steve's ammunition. I get better results from his loads than from factory Hornady.
Is the Amax match grade? It sounds like you're referring to the Hornady load with their Amax bullet? I do like the price.
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Re: My new rifle
« Reply #28 on: July 07, 2017, 08:54:16 AM »
Nice.  My LMT prefers Hornady 168gr A-Max.  It is a 16"SS barrel with mid length gas.   It shoots Federal GMM well but is more  consistently tighter with the A-Max.  I also had great results with 165gr Noslers.
Are you loading yourself or are they factory loads? If the latter, how much per round?

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I shoot factory loads.  Prices range from .70/round for 168gr AMax from Steve at Freedom Ammunition (not Freedom Munitions) to $1.50/rd for the 165gr Nosler.  His shipping is sometimes a little slow but I have always had excellent results from Steve's ammunition. I get better results from his loads than from factory Hornady.
Is the Amax match grade? It sounds like you're referring to the Hornady load with their Amax bullet? I do like the price.

The factory round is Hornady Match .308  168gr A-Max.  Freedom Ammunition is Steve's loading using Hornady 168gr A-Max bullets.

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Re: My new rifle
« Reply #29 on: July 07, 2017, 08:57:30 AM »
Nice.  My LMT prefers Hornady 168gr A-Max.  It is a 16"SS barrel with mid length gas.   It shoots Federal GMM well but is more  consistently tighter with the A-Max.  I also had great results with 165gr Noslers.
Are you loading yourself or are they factory loads? If the latter, how much per round?

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I shoot factory loads.  Prices range from .70/round for 168gr AMax from Steve at Freedom Ammunition (not Freedom Munitions) to $1.50/rd for the 165gr Nosler.  His shipping is sometimes a little slow but I have always had excellent results from Steve's ammunition. I get better results from his loads than from factory Hornady.
Is the Amax match grade? It sounds like you're referring to the Hornady load with their Amax bullet? I do like the price.

The factory round is Hornady Match .308  168gr A-Max.  Freedom Ammunition is Steve's loading using Hornady 168gr A-Max bullets.
Oh ok. Where does the Nosler load fit in?

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Re: My new rifle
« Reply #30 on: July 07, 2017, 09:05:16 AM »
Nosler is their factory loading  165gr Accubond.  I got better results with that than their 168gr Match.  Their Partition bullets shoot very well in general as well.