Thread: Reloading 308

Originally Posted by TeRei

Bought some Varget. 44gr's for safety and 45 grs for hotness. Thanks for advice.

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If you need anything else I may have it in stock here

2206H is giving good accuracy and speed in my Tikka, 43.5 grs with the 165 gr SST gives 2740 fps out of the 20 inch barrel.
In my rifle 2208 was a little slower but good accuracy.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

2206H is giving good accuracy and speed in my Tikka, 43.5 grs with the 165 gr SST gives 2740 fps out of the 20 inch barrel.
In my rifle 2208 was a little slower but good accuracy.

Loading for my son's mate who has a bergara.He wanted a change from SST's.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Bought some Varget. 44gr's for safety and 45 grs for hotness. Thanks for advice.

Greetings,
I chronographed 44 grains of AR2208 with the 150 grain in my 20" barrel .308 a while back. It produced 2,550 fps. Book max is 47 grains. I was comparing several different powders and 44 grains of AR2206H gave 2,670 fps and IMR4064 2,650 fps. I recently chronographed 45 grains of AR2208 with the 150 grain in a 24" barrel which produced 2,760 fps.
Regards Grandpamac.

My 18” 308 fires 150 ballistic tips at 2750 with 46 gns of 2208/varget. Load was done by @7mmsaum

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
I chronographed 44 grains of AR2208 with the 150 grain in my 20" barrel .308 a while back. It produced 2,550 fps. Book max is 47 grains. I was comparing several different powders and 44 grains of AR2206H gave 2,670 fps and IMR4064 2,650 fps. I recently chronographed 45 grains of AR2208 with the 150 grain in a 24" barrel which produced 2,760 fps.
Regards Grandpamac.

Using Harveys Ist edition. He notes about 28k with 45gr. Prepped 100 cases. Going for looksee next month on down side of FM. Picked up some 4064 so that is another option. My son's mate does not shoot a lot of rounds. The deer he gets are huge. Big fat grass eaters. Thanks.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Using Harveys Ist edition. He notes about 28k with 45gr. Prepped 100 cases. Going for looksee next month on down side of FM. Picked up some 4064 so that is another option. My son's mate does not shoot a lot of rounds. The deer he gets are huge. Big fat grass eaters. Thanks.

Greetings,
IMR4064 was my go to powder for my .308 from 1979. Initially 47 grains of IMR4064 (max in the Speer No 9 manual) with 150 grain Norma projectiles and cases was worked up to later chronographed at 2,890 fps. 47.5 grains produced 2,890 fps all in a 22" barrel. This matches well with the current Hodgdons book max of 47.7 grains of IMR4064 with the 150 grain Nosler BT in a 24" barrel. Remington 150 grain corelokt factory recently chronographed 2,850 in a 24" barrel. Obviously the .308 has been a favourite of mine for a very long time.
Regards Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
I chronographed 44 grains of AR2208 with the 150 grain in my 20" barrel .308 a while back. It produced 2,550 fps. Book max is 47 grains. I was comparing several different powders and 44 grains of AR2206H gave 2,670 fps and IMR4064 2,650 fps. I recently chronographed 45 grains of AR2208 with the 150 grain in a 24" barrel which produced 2,760 fps.
Regards Grandpamac.

Loaded 100 rounds of 44gr 2208. Thought with 45gr it was going to be too full. Using 150gr Sierra GMK. Seemed to seat well. Mostly PSD cases. 45gr the upper limit?

Originally Posted by TeRei

Loaded 100 rounds of 44gr 2208. Thought with 45gr it was going to be too full. Using 150gr Sierra GMK. Seemed to seat well. Mostly PSD cases. 45gr the upper limit?

I use 45gns 2208 with 168 ELD-Ms so I would be surprised if it would be too much with a 150gn projectile.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Loaded 100 rounds of 44gr 2208. Thought with 45gr it was going to be too full. Using 150gr Sierra GMK. Seemed to seat well. Mostly PSD cases. 45gr the upper limit?

Mate.if they accurate and kill.leave it alone n be happy

Originally Posted by TeRei

Loaded 100 rounds of 44gr 2208. Thought with 45gr it was going to be too full. Using 150gr Sierra GMK. Seemed to seat well. Mostly PSD cases. 45gr the upper limit?

Im running 45gr 2208 with 150gr i probably could go higher too but its very accurate at 45gr so I'll leave it.