Sierra 110 Gr. 308 HP Varminter Load

bperdue21

I am looking for a load for 110 gr. 308 HP Varminter bullets. they will be shot from a Remington 700 BDL Varmint Special 308 caliber.

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D.S.COLE

Ive had good luck with light bullets in the 308 with H-380 powder. Use the Lyman book loads for this powder , they generally work. The max. load given will be a compressed charge. Ive found them to work in my rifles.
Good luck,happy shooting.

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Bart,

I like the burn rates and cleanliness of the VihtaVuori powders and as a result, I use quite a bit of it. In the .308 Win. case size with light bullets, the following is suggested by the manufacturer:

V V N-120 --- 35.8 gr. to 41.2 gr. (3157 fps)

V V N-130 --- 38.9 gr. to 45.7 gr. (3242 fps)

V V N-133 --- 42.1 gr. to 49.1 gr. (3311 fps)

But there is still the good old standby and a favorite of mine:

IMR-3031 --- 41.3 gr. to 47.2 gr. (3200 fps) (Sierra manual)

Check out the Ramshot website load section:

http://www.ramshot.com/powders/ (select Interactive Load Guide)

I tried a box of these a while back for a PD shoot and I had a heck of time getting any kind of accuracy from the various loads. You will have to seat the bullet deeper than the SAAMI spec of 2.800" in order to get any of the bullet shank into the neck. My notes indicate that I used a OAL of 2.600" (+/-) for my tests, which means that the bullet will have quite a bit of jump in most factory barrels. This is not a bad thing but I think that it needs to be pointed out.

I was able to achieve better results from the Nosler 125 gr. Ballistic Tips and some of the benchrest bullets in light weights that I shoot in Hunter Benchrest.

Best of luck and post some results!

bperdue21

i appreciate the help

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