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375 H&H reduced loads
varian
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planning on making some reduced loads for my ruger #1 and have some questions.
1. thinking about lead bullets in the 225 to 250 range. gas check or not? are 38-55 bullets ok for this?
2. would like to shoot between 2000 and 2300 fps. what type of powder would work? have h4895 available would this be doable?
3. if i have to buy powder what would be best?
4. are magnum primers a must?
5. did i use my quota of questions yet?
1. thinking about lead bullets in the 225 to 250 range. gas check or not? are 38-55 bullets ok for this?
2. would like to shoot between 2000 and 2300 fps. what type of powder would work? have h4895 available would this be doable?
3. if i have to buy powder what would be best?
4. are magnum primers a must?
5. did i use my quota of questions yet?
Comments
Speer 235 gr bullets backed up with 45gr of IMR4198. If you're using 4895, step it up to around 50 gr.
"Any" cast bullet with 18 to 24 gr of IMR 4759.
Standard primers will do just fine. (no penalty for mag.)
They used WLRM primers. Their top loads were all less than 1900.
The 265 Grain RCBS mold produced excellent accurate gas check bullets. IMO you need gas checks to obtain peak accuracy. The cartridge is a very effective deer gun using cast bullets. The reduced recoil is welcome and the thing still has the energy of Thor's hammer to drop big game.
is real close to the H & H. I use Rel 7 with the
lyman 264 gr cast bullet. I use 38 grains and
wlrm primers. On a good day, I can shoot groups
into 1 1/4 inch. On an average day groups of less
than 2 inches is normal. Velocity according to my
CHRONY averages at 1925 fps.