Post by elkman1310 on Oct 7, 2019 15:55:17 GMT -5
I have been shooting my Edge with the Norma brass and after 5 firings it's held up very well. The brass is on average 10grs heavier than the Remington Rum brass. I got some Rem brass off a friend of mine to compare the Rem brass is definitely lighter and will easily hold 2&3 grains more powder after fire forming. The Rem. brass also starts off quite a bit smaller at the base than the Norma by almost .003 that is a lot. The Norma doesn't have to expand as much to match the chamber as the Rem. brass which can lead to loose primer pockets on the Rem brass compared to the Norma.
I loaded and fire 10 new Rem. cases today with 109.5grs of WC872 and the 300gr SMK at 365 yards and my 5 shots groups were the best this gun has shot showing very little vertical in the group which is what I want to see. So it looks like W872 is going to work good in the Edge but you need a long throat to get the bullet up out of the powder column. With the newly fired Rem brass I want to bump the load up to 110.5grs and see how that shoots I can get 11.5grs in the case without any seating issues. If that works out I will be ready to test at 1K. Our range is closed except for Sunday afternoons since Archery season has started the surround ground to the range is leased out for hunting so it will be touch and go when we will have good conditions to shoot on Sundays.