I am having the darndest time to get my groups to come in on my reloading. and using a lot of imr with no luck even changing up the the bullet seating from 2thus to 20 thus of the lands and now I'm trying Hodges us 869 with the same problem does anybody have a pet load that they can share with me to help get my group in a little tighter my bullet weights of been varied from 154 to 160, 162 ,175 can't get to groups in any tighter than 3 inches at 100 yards. I don't know if you got anything to do with the harmonics of the gun with this 26 inch barrel.
my hunting trip is coming up so close so I'll just have to do with you 3 inches. I guess I'll just put a Woodstock on and a new trigger maybe that'll help Thanks.

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Let us know how you make out on the trip...

Sorry I did not get to this earlier. Quick question for you have you tried the Nosler Accuracy loads? They work like magic in all five of my rifles including my super picky Browning.
Try N160 with 150gr you max at 64gr and you are likely to see best accuracy close to max.
For 160gr N165 is king and you max at 61gr also best close to max.
168gr shoots best with 4000-MR and it likes super mild charge of 58gr.
RL-22 is the best for 175gr you max accuracy and speed at 62.5gr.
Lymman has accuracy loads too, theirs are also pretty good but I don't have my manual here ATM.

Oh and when all else fails load Sierra Game Kings they are the most accurate thing I have ever worked with, I have seen SGKs work well when nothing else would group, including my 7mm.