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just starting to reload and wondering if anyone can give me a heads up on a good load to get underway with.
bush hunting and at max will be medium range shots
running it through a 16 inch kimber montana which has been happily punching 0.5 - 0.75inch groups at 100y with the 'old' hornady SST 150gr factory
already have quite a few once fired hornady brass so plan to use those
any pointers would be great as it will give me somewhere to start, cheers!
2206h at max with most projectiles works really well in my tikka
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Got rounds loaded up for my t3 in 308 using 2206h yet to get round to shooting them but my suspicion is as @matai said it will be right up at max
Well you know the rifle likes the 150SST's so it makes sense to reload with them and as the others have said AR2206H is a fairly standard powder for 308s.
ADI online data is here Warning, ADI Powders Handloaders' Guide
thats a logical call, i can't see the SST on the ADI site but will have a look at my hornady manual.
keen to hear from anyone else who runs a cut down kimber in 308
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Originally Posted by Barefoot
Did you load for that Forbes at all?
@camo wsm sold one a month back.
yip 2206h will see you right. My mod 7 has a 16" barrel and shoots whatever i feed it really well. got loads for 125 Accubond 3050fps, 130 barnes 3016 fps, 165 nosler BT 2700 fps, 165 sierra game kings same and 168 vld 2600 fps. They have all shot less than an inch groups at 100.
Id look at a 150 grain in the ADI book and go for it with the SST
Yeah I've used 2206h in all of my short 308's
I use h335 in my 14.5" kimber .308
nah only factories until nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Timmay
don't sweat it if you cant find SST data just pick 150 grn data and get loading..... if you cant get hold of SST projectiles grab another from Mr Hornady and go out and punch some holes in something anyway.
I got my 20" suppressed R700 in 308 shooting quite well with 165 Sierra game kings on the lands, three holes touching or very close to it. I'm a hunger more than a shooter though so the velocities, energy and performance window of that pill, along with the fact it was a mag-jammer with excessive coal brought me back to 150 SST. Probably sits around the .75 MOA mark. 2206h at around 2700 fps and about a 75% load.
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Earlier versions of the adi book just give bullet weight, funnily enough the charge weights appear to be the same as when they started listing bullets by maker. As did all my loads from the earlier books i still use them if starting smething from scratch.
if you know it likes 150 sst stick with them for reloading
choices for powder are endless but you cant go wrong with good old plane jane ar2208 its what most of the target shooters use or did when I was shooting
primers id stick with fed (match grade) #210m or cci's don't buy Winchester primers they suck
Whats wrong with the winchester primers? I have cci and winchester, they both go bangQuote:
Originally Posted by rambo-6mmrem
My 16" 308 likes SST's in all formats.
I have only used Lapua/fed match/ADI2208, never had a reason to change.
I use the 150 NBT data in the ADI manual for the 150's use 165's a lot too. My rifle shoots really,really well with the lower loads and 45.5g 2208 gives me 2640 average but I have loaded over book max with no pressure signs whatsoever apart form sharper recoil (not chronographed).
I'm using ADI 2208 I know a lot run the 2206/H in short barrels I would like to hear more about why?
I know we are all doing our own thing and every rifle is different (normal rhetoric about load development, safety etc) manual shows better velocity in both pistols and rifles with 2208 over 2206?
Is there real world testing/data locally to suggest one is better than the other?
Cheers
curious as well, couldnt get 2206h but picked up a bottle of 2208 last time in town, not really wanting to change powders but when i'm out of 2206h i'm going to have toQuote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
are the Fed Match Primers the red ones?
thanks for that info, appreciated and will look into it @Smartie
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With the 150 SST, I've tried both powders in my 20" barrel .308 and get better accuracy and velocity from 2206H. It's a faster burning powder that works well in shorter barrels. That's in my particular rifle and not necessarily your rifle. There's not a great deal of difference between them velocity wise with the 150gr bullets anyway so just use what gives you the best accuracy or what you have on hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
A few years ago there was a run of whinny large rifle beiing associated with failures resulting in gas cutting bolt faces etc. Winchester denied it but did some damage control and compensation.Quote:
Originally Posted by 223nut
@223nut yep got a very large pit in the bolt face of my 260 from a primer failure and they fit super lose in the primer pockets also I just stay away ive still got 500 but I'm slowly working through with black powder rounds as black powder has much lower pressures but at maybe 100 a year that will take awhile
small rifle Winchesters were fine as I understand but I wont be buying any more use 210match fed's my self
@223nut heres my post from a year or so ago
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...o-again-21006/
looking at the ADI load data, what does C.O.L. mean? guessing Case Overall Length i.e. base to tip of projectile? see below
Attachment 55178
yip cartridge as case is just the brassQuote:
Originally Posted by LOC
roger, cheers.
