G'Day Fella's,

A couple of years back, I purchased a Mk V Weatherby rifle in .340.
It had a cracked stock (from a fall) and needed refinishing as the bluing was patchy from carrying.
Anyway, I recently replaced the stock with a www.hightech-specialties.com and pillar bedded & bedded this to the rifle then fitted a Pachmayr XLT recoil pad (The Pussy Pad).
I also Cerakoted the stock and all the metal work.

I had done some initial Ladder Testing of loads in previous weeks and had fired loads that were 2.0 Grains OVER Maximum Recommended Powder Charge! These loads had absolutely NO measured indications or signs of excessive pressure and extracted as normal!

I was recently away bush and had the opportunity to chronograph some loads for this rifle, the details of this combo, are as follows;
26" Factory Barrel
Weatherby cases
CCI .250 Magnum primers
Hornady .338", 200grain Spire Point bullets
and
Reloader 22 powder.
@ 10 Degrees C or 50F

With a powder charge of 94 grains of Reloader-22 (92grains is the Max Recommended Powder Charge), I received the following velocities;

3218 fps
3216 fps
3210 fps
3194 fps
3184 fps

Max= 3218fps
Min= 3184 "
ES = 34 "
M/Ave= 3204 "
Std Dev= 14 "

In this cartridge rifle combo, 3200 fps is apparently the normal achievable velocity, so.....!!!

The reason I initially started on this rifle "Project", was to develop a load in this rifle that would simulate a 250 grain bullet, from a .338 Lapua cartridge. This was to test some of the Firearm Accessories, that I design and manufacture. But recently, it appears that a Rem 700 MLR rifle (in .338 Lapua) that I have in storage for a mate/customer, has become available, so.......!

Doh!
Homer