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Topic: 140 grain .280 Remington Powder
Posted By: Mojo
Subject: 140 grain .280 Remington Powder
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 17:00
Anyone with experience with above situation?  I am using IMR 7828 for my 160 grain, IMR 4831 for my 150 grain, and now want to work up a load for 140 grain bullets.  Is Reloader 22 the obvious choice, or are others better?  I use Winchester nickel plated brass exclusively.  Bullet type would be Ballistic Tip, Accutip, or similar.

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MOJO



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Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 17:01
i shoot 140 gr sierra prohunters out of my .280 with a fairly heavy dose of imr4350

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Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 17:09
That will work too, pyro.  I was also wondering if the IMR7828 will work, or whether or not that stuff is better for the heavier weight 7mm's?  I'm so tickled about what it does for my 160 grain Partitions.   

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MOJO


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 17:11
im trying it in my .264win mag right now im only shooting a 140 there as well, i assume it will work well with the heavier bullets as would h-1000 in the .280 150gr and heavier

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They call me "Boots"
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Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 17:22
My Nosler manual shows a slam dunk for Reloader 22, but I tried it with my 150 grain loads and it didn't work out at all.  Of course they were shooting out of a 26" Wiseman test barrel, which embellished the results.  

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MOJO


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 17:28
i havent tried anything heavier in my .280 the 140s shot so well i didnt even try, i did try the accubonds and they are a little long and didnt shoot near as good, try reloader 19 and 4831

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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"


Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 17:34

The Scirocco's are even longer, I believe, and could not get in a full load with 150's, without violating OAL.  The 160's give you what your hated calibre can't!  Gotta go to a fish fry, catch up with you later.

 

Mojo



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MOJO


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 17:37
drink some leinies too would ya!

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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"


Posted By: RONK
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 19:59
Originally posted by Mojo Mojo wrote:

Anyone with experience with above situation?  I am using IMR 7828 for my 160 grain, IMR 4831 for my 150 grain, and now want to work up a load for 140 grain bullets.  Is Reloader 22 the obvious choice, or are others better?  I use Winchester nickel plated brass exclusively.  Bullet type would be Ballistic Tip, Accutip, or similar.
 
 I don't have my manuals handy, but my instincts tell me that all the propellents you mention are all too slow to get optimum velocity out of the 140 grain bullets in a
.280 Remington.
 IMR 4350  and IMR 4064 would probably be a couple that might work better, but that's off the top of my head. Reloder 19 also.  Check your manuals!


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 20:08
actually ronk with the 150gr and heavier bullets all the powders mojo and i mentioned are in my books, r-22 and imr4831 can give you the best vel. with the 150's and imr7828 and r-19 are about 100fps slower step up to the 170gr and imr 4350 4831 7828  and r-22 give the highest vel.

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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"


Posted By: RONK
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 20:38
Originally posted by pyro6999 pyro6999 wrote:

actually ronk with the 150gr and heavier bullets all the powders mojo and i mentioned are in my books, r-22 and imr4831 can give you the best vel. with the 150's and imr7828 and r-19 are about 100fps slower step up to the 170gr and imr 4350 4831 7828  and r-22 give the highest vel.
 
 Ok, I'm not surprised at any of that , but my offhand sense of things is that those powders will bulk up too much of the case capacity before optimum velocity could be achieved with the lighter 140s.
 I have not loaded any .280 that I can recall, so I'm probably mistaken.


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 20:45
ive tried about every powder mentioned in this thread except r-22 imr 7828 and h-1000 in the .280 if that 4350 load didnt shoot as good as it does out of a m77mkII i would try those others too.

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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"


Posted By: RONK
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 21:48
 I'm pretty sure you could get accurate loads with any of those propellents, but I think you will get higher 140gr. bullet velocities from propellents that burn a little faster, if that's important to whatever you may be trying to accomplish .
 The slower ones Mojo mentioned are definitely the way to go for the heavy bullets, though.


Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: February/22/2008 at 23:38
It looks to me that the Reloader 19, and IMR 4350 might be my best bets, with the IMR 4064 and 4831, along with AA2700 as an outside possibility with those.  Ever try any of those ball powders?
 
Wonder if pyro is up to 3,000fps,  with accuracy?   Or did you need to back off to tighten up your groups?  Thanks. 


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MOJO


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/23/2008 at 07:31
im not quite at 3000fps but im over 2900fps i use 52gr of imr 4350 i will see if i can get you a picture of a group i shot with this load, btw, r-19 wasnt worth a damn with the 140gr bullets threw them all over the place

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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"


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/23/2008 at 07:38
 
 
 
 
 
 
not bad for a ruger with a nikon buckmaster 3x9 standing @100yds


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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"


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/23/2008 at 08:25
i should also note that imr 4895 didnt do to bad with the 140s either 4064 was so so

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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"


Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: February/23/2008 at 10:07
You are really doing well if you are getting over 2900 with 52.0 of 4350, especially with a 22 inch barrel?  You are not at max load there.  Check the tables.

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MOJO


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/23/2008 at 10:12
yeah its a 22" barrel, and i know im not at max but that 52gr mark is as accurate as i can get less powder the groups get bigger and more powder does the same thing

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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"


Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: February/23/2008 at 13:37
Did you attempt to increase cartridge overall length?  Don't touch the lands, you must back off which you probably know!  It may increase your accuracy and speed too.

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MOJO


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/23/2008 at 18:10
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"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead"

343 we will never forget

God Bless Chris Ledoux
"good ride cowboy"


Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: February/24/2008 at 09:55
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


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/24/2008 at 10:42
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"


Posted By: koshkin
Date Posted: February/24/2008 at 12:31
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.

ILya


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/24/2008 at 12:35
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"


Posted By: RONK
Date Posted: February/24/2008 at 13:13
 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!


Posted By: pyro6999
Date Posted: February/24/2008 at 17:16
i suppose the import tax on it doesnt help?

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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"


Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: February/24/2008 at 20:42
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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MOJO


Posted By: koshkin
Date Posted: February/25/2008 at 02:55
Originally posted by Mojo Mojo wrote:

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. 


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


Posted By: Bigdaddy0381
Date Posted: February/25/2008 at 09:59
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.
 


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Posted By: lucytuma
Date Posted: February/25/2008 at 17:41
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.


Posted By: koshkin
Date Posted: February/27/2008 at 00:14
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.

ILya


Posted By: Mojo
Date Posted: February/27/2008 at 16:19
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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MOJO



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