Author: britrifles
Subject: Flight of the Bumble Bee
Posted: September 30 2020 at 7:12pm
Subject: Flight of the Bumble Bee
Posted: September 30 2020 at 7:12pm
 Honkytonk wrote:Wow. That is something to consider... interesting turn of events. I had emailed Woodleigh in Australia to see about some load data, and just received it after reading Goosics post! They quote five different powders, including H4350. They list it like this; H4350 42 to 46 gr... 2075 to 2260 Varget 36 to 41 gr... 1900 to 2170 Reloader 15 38 to 43 gr... 2070 to 2250 Reloader 17 42 to 46 gr... 2065 to 2260 Vihtavouri 38 to 43 gr... 2000 to 2260 Please don't quote me on these numbers as they are just from an email. The above is for their 215 gr RN. Not sure what I'm going to do now. Maybe just be happy with my 174 gr Hornady RN's? |
43 gr Re 15 with a 215 gr bullet seems a stout load to me. I’ve used 42.5 with a 174 gr SMK and concluded it was a bit hot based on chrono readings (about 150 fps over Mk VII Service ammo IIRC). I backed off to 40 gr for the 174. I’d suggest 39 gr with a 215 gr bullet. Same goes with Varget.