168 Sierra HPBT match king

kidthatsirish

February 17, 2019 15:35

I just acquired these and I have some imr 4350 laying around. I am going shooting tomorrow and have some time to load them up...what charge do you reccomend? I have multiple lots of brass from different manufacturers that are sorted....

What says the peanut gallery?[:D]

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  cbyerly

  February 17, 2019 15:38

  The Hornady web site has all the loads for current mfg powders.

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  kidthatsirish

  February 17, 2019 17:05

  quote:Originally posted by cbyerly
  The Hornady web site has all the loads for current mfg powders.
  
  
  Yes I have downloaded load information from the imr website as well....I'm just looking for what others have experienced as far as accuracy goes.

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  babun

  February 17, 2019 21:31

  I have some real fine shooting loads for that bullet, but I seem to have missed WHAT cartridge you are loading it in??

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  charliemeyer007

  February 18, 2019 05:34

  I agree charge is cartridge dependent. I like full cases and even lightly compressed if possible. Lastly I like ball powder for several reasons.
  
  Depends on how worn the rifles throat is if you can seat them out far enough. Blacking with candle or match soot is how I set them.

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  babun

  February 18, 2019 14:10

  Also keep in mind, a boat tail bullet "acts" like a lighter bullet to the rifling twist rate.
  The rifling "sees" a shorter bullet.
  
  

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  Okie743

  February 19, 2019 15:04

  quote:Originally posted by babun
  I have some real fine shooting loads for that bullet, but I seem to have missed WHAT cartridge you are loading it in??
  
  
  Yep, knowing the caliber would be a good thing?

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  charliemeyer007

  February 21, 2019 10:05

  If its for a 30-06 4350 is fine and will do a compressed load. Would not be my first choice M1 Garand

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  kidthatsirish

  March 02, 2019 17:52

  Lol....sorry folks, I just realized that I did forget the little crucial piece of information called the type of cartridge! Lol...
  
  Anyway it is for 30-06 and I'm shooting it out of a 2 groove 1903a3.
  
  I do reload for my M-1 as well, but despite having a modified gas plug to reduce gas system pressure I still find myself using IMR 4895 for that cartridge.
  
  After I burn through the last of this 4350 I'm going to start trying to see if I can get a load with 4895 that will give me best accuracy with my 03a3 and acceptable or better accuracy for my M-1 (this being relative to the bulk M-1 ammo I currently use for it.)

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