I decided to use up some leftover Benchmark and 50gr VMAXs to find a more likely node for Hornady 55gr FMJs in my carbine. Only had 49, dangit.

Boring vid of shooting final group

Older pic of gun:
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My default charge for medium speed stick powders is 25gr, unless the books say no. I went minus to plus 0.5gr.

G1: 10 rounds 24.5gr in the middle.
G2: 10 rounds 24.5gr top-left.
G3: 9 rounds 25.0gr top-right. (Eyes lost focus)
G4: 10 rounds 25.5gr bottom-right.
G5: 10 rounds 25.5gr bottom-left.

Called outliers are covered in red and weren't counted. The low one on G3 wasn't called and seems close enough.

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1.03 MOA average with a botched group ain't too shabby. I'm not sure which is a better node, but since I don't need speed and 25.5gr is close to book max, I like 24.5gr.

A bonus was getting to do a small box test of this scope. Seems there may be same backlash down and left.

I like Benchmark from what little I've done with it, reloder 7 and Lt-32 get all the love and it gets overlooked on my bench.