Thread: AR 2217 for 300 wsm

With my preferred powders being pretty much non existant but this being readily availabe, i thought it might be worth a try.
ADI show it gives good velocities with heavies in 270/7mm wsm's but not so much in the 300.
Just wondering if anyone uses this in 300 wsm with 208/210/215 range projectiles and what speeds you're getting?
Cheers

2900ft/s with 71.5gr under a 208gr ELD-M loaded long in a 28" barrel.

@Pommy cool, thanks for that

2217 is a great powder for heavies. My .300WM with a 26” barrel does 2980 with 208s. 2217 is also very temp stable and pretty easy to find.

Originally Posted by Spitfire

2217 is a great powder for heavies. My .300WM with a 26” barrel does 2980 with 208s. 2217 is also very temp stable and pretty easy to find.

Yeh, ive found heaps of info for use in the Win Mag but theres stuff all for the WSM.
Yup theres plenty about....one shop i was in yesterday had 15 bottles on the shelf!!!!

@Pommy are you using standard or mag primers for that load?
Also do you think I'd get sufficient burn in a 22inch barrel? So far all of the info I've seen is for 26inch or longer.

I got a smaller ES using magnums. Didn't make much difference to velocity.

Velocity dropped to 2760-2790 in a factory 24" barrel. No info on anything shorter sorry.

Originally Posted by Pommy

I got a smaller ES using magnums. Didn't make much difference to velocity.

Velocity dropped to 2760-2790 in a factory 24" barrel. No info on anything shorter sorry.

Awesome, thanks for the info mate