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pyro6999
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yes, my rifle has a very short throat, so when i loaded up the accubonds i actually had to seat them deeper yet
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They call me "Boots"
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Mojo
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I really wanted to load up a batch of Scirroccos', but I would have had the same problem. You might have been even worse off. I'm at COL 3.288 with my 160 grain partitions.
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MOJO
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pyro6999
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yeah im at 3.205 just deep enough the bolt isnt to hard to close
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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koshkin
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I have a 280Rem. For 140gr bullets I recall using H4831 with good success. Another powder that worked well for me was Vihtavuori N160. Back when I was reloading a lot, I think N160 was the most accurate powder in my 280Rem.
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pyro6999
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i have always wanted to play with the finnish powder but never had before because there data was scarce but now it seems almost every manual has vihtavorioy powder data included, so i may give it shot, but ive had such good luck with imr that i hate to fix somethin that aint broke
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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RONK
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I recently burned up the last of a 2-pound lot of VV-N140.
It was very consistent and easy to get to work well in most anything suitable for it's burn rate. I think it's fairly expensive though, the lot I used was a gift from a fellow shooter!
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pyro6999
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i suppose the import tax on it doesnt help?
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They call me "Boots"
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Mojo
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Hey ILya.......I use the IMR4831 for my 150 grain, but never tried the H4831. Looks like the H4831 might be a little too slow burning compared to the IMR4831. I have no experience with the Finnish powder either.
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koshkin
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It may very well be the case. However, in my 280Rem I always had better luck with powders that were fairly slow. VV N160 is, I think, about the same burning rate as IMR 4831. H4831 is just a touch slower. I had tried H4350, but it was less consistent than the slower powders, so I just stuck with those. All of that experimentation, if memory serves me right, was with Winchester large rifle primers. I do not recall exactly which cases I used at the time, but I do recall that there were some capacity differences between Remington, Winchester and Speer cases. In truth it has been a little while back, since I do not do much reloading for my 280 now. Just no time. ILya |
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Bigdaddy0381
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I just loaded up some 140gr nosler ab's with H4831sc. That was a good load.he shot 1 inch groups with 5 shots. I'll need to look at my papers to see how many grains I used.
It shocked me on how good of a starting load it was.
I also use IMR 4064 but haven't had a chance to shoot them as of yet.
Edited by Bigdaddy0381 - February/25/2008 at 10:02 |
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lucytuma
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I'm also working up loads using R-19 & 4831sc with a 140gr. sierra. Can't wait till it warms up so I can hit the range.
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koshkin
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I looked into a Hodgdon/IMR book for 2008 and it says that IMR 4831 and H4831 are just about the slowest powders that work with 140gr bullets (Ballistic Tips) without ending up with compressed charges.
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Mojo
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You are right about that ILya. We lost a good powder in H450, when it went off the market about 10 years ago.
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