Least favorite hunting cartridge to handload for?

[Jeremy Henderson]

More powder usually equals more work to get dialed in......
The 338 Edge has been the latest....the load it prefers opens primer pockets. Sure there is better bras but have yet to commit to the extra cost.

I'm using Remington brass on mine and found 98 grains of H1000 with a 250 Berger OTM Hybrid with CCI 250 Magnum primers .010 off shooting 3252fps.

 

[bushmotornv]

More powder usually equals more work to get dialed in......
The 338 Edge has been the latest....the load it prefers opens primer pockets. Sure there is better bras but have yet to commit to the extra cost.

What brass are you using?

 

[MachV]

Remington brass and 300 grain OTMs. Retumbo and H1000 will both send theem into one hole at 100 yards and milk jugs at 1000 with ease.........untill I back the load down to save the primer pocket.

 

[Tidus56]

I have had a lot of easy cartridges:6.5 creedmoor(so easy), 28 Nosler, 6 creed, 243 win and 22-250.
Hard/finicky: 300 RUM and every Browning I have tried. 3/4–1 MOA is best I have got on 3 rifles.

 

[DJ Fergus]

I have had a lot of easy cartridges:6.5 creedmoor(so easy), 28 Nosler, 6 creed, 243 win and 22-250.
Hard/finicky: 300 RUM and every Browning I have tried. 3/4–1 MOA is best I have got on 3 rifles.

I have had 3 Browning x bolts. The funny thing about them was that I could find certain factory ammo that would shoot sub moa easily in them and easily obtain 3/4 moa with handloads. But they were very difficult to consistently achieve 1/2 moa. None of them were creedmoor or prc Chambers & I hear that the xbolts will do 1/2 moa in those. Just my experience, I still like the xbolts. Not saying anything bad about them cause they were very acceptable with the right factory ammo.