Thread: What Have You Loaded Today

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings all,
It has taken a little time to get around to some handloading. The rifle is a Martini action fitted with a take out 7.62 barrel and chambered in .30 US aka .30-40 Krag. As the action was made in 1881 the decision was made to keep the loads soft or a max of 35,000 CUP. The aim was to sort some loads that I could use in 300 yard F Class shooting. Pressure tested load data is very rare and some contradictory. Fortunately some data for AR2208 appeared on the Hodgdon site recently and previous experience with soft loads the .308 could be used.
So the rifle as mentioned is a Martini action with a 610mm 7.62 calibre Sportco barrel with a 1 in 12 twist. Scope is a VX1 3-9.
Cases are WW Super .303 cases reformed to .30-40. There are 40 .30-40 cases on hand will be used for final loads. Projectiles are Hornady 150 grain soft points seated to78.7mm overall.
Test charges are 40 grains of AR2208 with a listed velocity of 2,567 fps and 38 grains of AR2206H for am estimated velocity of 2,385 fps. This is in line with a chronographed velocity of 2,350 fps in the 22 inch barrel of my .308.
Will let you know how they shoot.
Regards Grandpamac.

That sounds interesting! As competitive shooters we get so wrapped up in es/sd tiny groups at 1000 meters that we forget to have fun with some of our other rifles.
Cheers