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338 Win Mag and 300 Win Mag Load Data

bperdue21bperdue21 Member Posts: 1,457 ✭✭
edited February 2010 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
I need the listings from the newest Hornady book if anyone has it. I generally use IMR 7828 or RL-22 but if there is a better performer list it also.

338 will be a 225gr SST and 300 will be a 180 gr SST. Thanks.
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,520 ✭
    edited November -1
    I don't have the new Hornaday book, and I don't load 338, but I've loaded 300 Win mag for more than 35 years. I use my 300 Win for elk hunting, and for years I've used this load with great success. I've not tried newer powders, or different bullets because when I first started loading it, Nosler Partician was the best bullet reloaders could buy, and I've always used H4831 in my 270s, 30-06s and to some extent my 264 Win mag. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
    Win LRP primer
    Nosler 180 gr partician
    75grs H4831SC
    I would start about 73gr and work up, looking for presure signs, your milage may very. My old 300 still shoots 3/4" or better at 100 yds with this load, and I've never lost an elk using it.
    W.D.
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  • FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bperdue21
    I need the listings from the newest Hornady book if anyone has it. I generally use IMR 7828 or RL-22 but if there is a better performer list it also.

    338 will be a 225gr SST and 300 will be a 180 gr SST. Thanks.


    WM, RUM, or other? I prefer 225gr (.338 WM) and 200gr (.300WM) NABs and H1000 and H4831SC (for their more forgiving temperature sensitivity, esp. where I hunt).
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  • bperdue21bperdue21 Member Posts: 1,457 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Calibers were in the subject line. I have a box of both SST's to use, so I need to see what they do before I switch to something else. I will give the 4831 a try, but why the SC over regular? I have never used the SC powders and honestly have tried to avoid them.
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member, Moderator Posts: 9,971 ******
    edited November -1
    "I have never used the SC powders and honestly have tried to avoid them.".........they meter better and you can get more in the case[:D]
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  • bperdue21bperdue21 Member Posts: 1,457 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    All the load data is the same isn't it?
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    load data is the same, just because the kernals are smaller doesn't mean they changed the burn rate (hence the 4831 designation)
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  • bperdue21bperdue21 Member Posts: 1,457 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Any suggestions on the original topic?
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  • FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bperdue21
    Calibers were in the subject line. I have a box of both SST's to use, so I need to see what they do before I switch to something else. I will give the 4831 a try, but why the SC over regular? I have never used the SC powders and honestly have tried to avoid them.


    OOPS! My bad. The only experience I have with 225gr SST is at the range with a factory load off my Ruger M77 MKII ...

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    There's a fellow in Australia (from another forum) that is a big fan of SSTs. When I find his thread (if I remember), will gladly share it.
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    77-78gr RL22 (make sure to work up) with a 180gr pill, win brass, and a CCI lr primer for the 300win

    78gr has been good for us in several rem700's
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  • bperdue21bperdue21 Member Posts: 1,457 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nice group.
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,520 ✭
    edited November -1
    SC powder lights a little better than standard H4831. If you research Jack O'Connors 270 load, he used Mag primers with his load of 59grs of H4831 and a 130gr bullet, said the mag primers made for better ignition. I shoot the same load with 140gr Nosler Accu Bond bullets, 59gr H4831SC and Winchester LRP primers.
    As has been stated, I hunt with H4831 because of the cold temp where I hunt.
    W.D.
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  • bperdue21bperdue21 Member Posts: 1,457 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    what do you mean by cold? I hunt in temps from 20-40 most of the time.
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,520 ✭
    edited November -1
    0-32 alot of the time, some years warmer, H4831 is not as temature sensitive as many other powders. I've also hunted in northern B.C., the Yukon and Alaska, never had a problem with ignition. Grew up in eastern Montana, it gets a little cool there as well. Growing up, we spent 6 months a year breaking ice so the cattle could drink water, two weeks after breaking ice, we where hauling water because it was hot and dry and the water was gone.
    W.D.
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  • bperdue21bperdue21 Member Posts: 1,457 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    it generally doesn't get that cold until late muzzleloading. this year there was maybe a week where you could actually get on the stand and hunt due to the snow and cold.
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