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Took the 358 MGP rifle back to the farm range on Saturday. I actually ran the loads I had not run before across the chronograph. The 200gr Powder Coated bullets ran at 2,375 fps (fairly close to my estimated 2,400) and the 200gr FTX bullets ran at 2,369 but the FTX bullets were to long to work in the magazine so they will need a bit of tweaking.
Mike Plinkington, the MGP, sent me a note that he was playing with 9mm 115gr bullets and 296. He had gotten good enough accuracy at 2,815 fps to shoot coyotes with. So I went digging around in my bullet cabinets and found a 1,000 cardboard box about 2/3 full of Remington 125 JHP bulk bullets. I recut the feed ramps, polished them, and got the 125 to feed from a magazine without damage. Seems like if I can get good accuracy with them, at 2,800 fps they should be pretty explosive for varmints, unless the jacket strips off. Something to play with, using H-110 or #9.
Ed
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