I might give the 195's a try in my 28" 7saum as I have 570 and 215's, but might not have enough room for 570 and need to go 560/565. I will say 7828ssc should be a good fit in the saum?
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Favorite loads for .280AI, .30-06 and .300 Win Mag
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When you raise the rifle on an animal, you tickle him with the nose of the 195 gr bullet lol
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I'm going the other way, trying to minimize the powders I have on hand.
I mostly shoot 223, 308, 243AI, and 300winmag. I also load for my dad's 270win, and a friend's 280AI.
If anybody has suggestions for minimal powders for the cartridges listed, I'm all ears.
Currently using magpro in the winmag but I've been playing with H1000 to good effect. A friend has some N165 that he said I could try. He's sitting on a pile of it and he doesn't use it. Depending on how the n165 does I'll pick one between it and h1k.
My current load in my 300winmag is 76.5gr of h1k, fed 215m, Norma brass, topped with a berger 215 hybrid jumping .020" averaged 2907 for ten shots. Sd 6.9. 26" 1:9 bartlein.
My other load in the winmag was 75gr of magpro, WLR, r-p brass, with a 212eldx. It runs upper 2800's but after I'm out of these bullets I won't be buying more. The bearing surface is a lot longer than a 215 hybrid and they hit pressure in my gun quicker.
I will revisit the 208 eldm though when I get a chance. That one was running a comfy 2930 with magpro. I just ran out of them and wanted to shoot the 215's anyway.
I had an experience with my 6mm Rem going from zero pressure signs to blown primers with a .3 grain increase.
280AI, 26" barrel 1:8, Hammer Hunter 131, Peterson brass, 61gr H4831SC, CCI BR2, 3232 fps. More accurate than my shooting and so far everything has been DRT out to 525 yards so far.
Just rebarreled my 30-06, so currently breaking in the new 20" 1:10 Bartlein #3 barrel and working up loads to see what this barrel likes. Starting with Hammer Hunter Tipped in 163gn and IMR 4350. That powder worked well in the last barrel with several different projectiles. Hoping the twist is actually fast enough to stabilize that bullet, it calls for 1:10.5.
Just rebarreled my 30-06, so currently breaking in the new 20" 1:10 Bartlein #3 barrel and working up loads to see what this barrel likes. Starting with Hammer Hunter Tipped in 163gn and IMR 4350. That powder worked well in the last barrel with several different projectiles. Hoping the twist is actually fast enough to stabilize that bullet, it calls for 1:10.5.
2 powders come to mind, imr4064 and h4350. Except for the 223 I don't know if the 4064 would work?
Can confirm, 4064 will be too slow for 223.
The 300 for a mountain rifle? What do you plan to hunt. I would use your 280AI in a light weight stock. If your chasing elk then Barns 180 TTSX works well.or premium bullet high BC that shoots well from your rifle. The 06 wasn't designed to shot 180s but have and done well. I would use a 150 or 165 premium bullet again that shoot from your rifle well. The 280 the 140 gr will be my choice and pick bullets same as the others, if it won't shoot well its no good
Here's some 175 eldx and 175 elite hunter numbers. Peterson brass ,fed210 and H4831 SC. Seems to favor the 175eldx so far at 57.5 gr . All loads are .01 off the lands. I haven't tested the 168s yet but I've got a few hundred berger waiting to try. The barrel is a 26 inch proof sendero light 1:8.4 twist.
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