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Not sure what happened but I had posted here Nd not seeing it. Anyhow..
Shot again but not been able to use chrony to verify FPS. Shot 3 of the sabot Hornady sst and 3 of the Parker BE 250g after trying the swing-lock for the first time with proper adjustment. I’m pleased and will be able to tighten it up some hopefully with the Fury Star Tip 250g. When I shot the sabot I pulled hard and shot left on the 3rd shot. I also shot it again yesterday after clicking the scope left a 1/4” and made the 2 shot hole bigger as the holes touched. Thanks to everyone who has helped with suggestions etc
 

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Shot the Fury 250g star tips
Liking these bullets also. Can tell it’s got more recoil so I’ll shoot theae and let my daughter and whoever else I take hunting shoot the 200g sst’s. Disregard the 3 small holes as I recycled this target for the Fury grouping.
 

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Here’s a 200 yard shot in a 16-18mph wind.
I held 3” to the left and it drifted to the right just a touch. Hopefully get to shoot again tomorrow at 200 & 300 yards to be dialed in for the Saturday opener
 

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2 things.. shot at 43 degrees
N110 37g felt lite blue Hornady sst 200 shot 2324fps

N120 58g veggie Wad and Fury startip 250g shot 2460FPS
Finally found the time to shoot and see what the FPS was.
 
That seems slow for the n110 load to me.

I had my daughter's load set up last year in a Scout V2 conversion as a HSB with a 200 SST over 33 grains n110 and it clocked 2356 fps.
 
That seems slow for the n110 load to me.

I had my daughter's load set up last year in a Scout V2 conversion as a HSB with a 200 SST over 33 grains n110 and it clocked 2356 fps.
At what temp?
 
The N120 speed seems low too. 58gr with a 200gr clocks well over 2600fps. 60ish grains and a 275gr bullet clocked about 2400fps in a 50cal Savage and my NULA 50cal only needs 58gr to make 2440fps. The slightly shorter barrel should not be causing that much fps loss.
 
The N120 speed seems low too. 58gr with a 200gr clocks well over 2600fps. 60ish grains and a 275gr bullet clocked about 2400fps in a 50cal Savage and my NULA 50cal only needs 58gr to make 2440fps. The slightly shorter barrel should not be causing that much fps loss.
The rifles are spot on for FPS as is my buddies ASG Brux encore. So I don’t know why my FPS is slower than what it should be. 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
NOW i see what im missing.

You used that 58gr N120 load sabotless. I guess seeing the N110 sabot load stuck in my head. That speed looks good. Peak should be fine. One thing about N120 though, you might see a large fps change with that load due to temps. So test it under whatever conditions you plant to hunt in. Its a great powder when its in the pressure range it likes.
 
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