I dont want to turn this into a 300winmag reloading thread, but since we've got so many 300winmag fans in here, quick question. I've got a friend's 700 5r here, in you guessed it, 300winmag, and he wants to shoot the 178 eld-x. Couldn't find any factory ammo anywhere so we picked up 100 bullets and I'm going to roll a few for him to try.
I've got h4350 and some h1000. I think I'm going to try h4350 first and save my h1k.
Anybody got a load close to this combo that seems to work across multiple rifles? Maybe I'll get lucky and we can short circuit the process. If not I'll start in the middle and go from there like I normally do. I'm going to measure his chamber and see what his max oal is. Rifle has some time on it.
Normally I'd load 75gr of 7828 with a cci 250 and run with it. I've loaded that combo in several rifles and it's worked well. But 7828 is in short supply these days and my stock is limited.
Here's a picture, since this is a 300winmag picture thread. My rifle.
26" bartlein heavy palma by black canyon customs. 700 reciever, trued by JeCustom, in a krg bravo, topped with an old gen1 6-24 viper pst. Shoots 215's at 2930 with h1000 at sea level.
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