Favorite loads - share with your fellow members

[kevinbritvec]

Lots of load data exists out there, share some loads with your friends.

.308
IMI or Lake City brass umprimed average weight of case 178 grains.
Winchester Large rifle primers
168 grain Sierra
OAL 2.80

40.5 grains to 41 grains IMR-4064

40.5 grains of IMR-4895

40.5 grains of AA2460

43 grains of WW-748

Other powders worth trying are Reloader-15, VV N140, VV N150 and Varget.


.223 Winchester brass - average weight of unprimed case 94.0 grains.
Remington 7.5 Bench Rest primers
68 grain Hornady Match HPBT or Sierra 69 grain Match King bullet
OAL 2.255

24.5 grains of Varget

24 grains of H-4895

25 grains of WW-748

24.5 grains of VV N140

24.5 grains of VV N540

24.0 to 24.5 grains of Reloader 15

You can substitute CCI-BR4 primers or Russian Small rifle magnum primers without problems. Twist rate of at least 1/9 required.

[leadsquirter]

If anybody is interested in shooting reduced loads in the .308 or .30/06. I've found Accurate-5744 powder to be extremely useful. I've used 20.0 to 26.0 grains in both calibers for velocities of around 1,600 to 1,800 fps with 150 to 168 grain bullets. Recoil is very mild and it is clean burning with great accuracy. One nice feature of this powder is it was made for reduced loads and is not position sensitive, in other words you don't need to use a filler to keep the powder up against the primer with a half filled case.

These reduced loads at this level will not function an M1 Garand, but will function my M1A. What I like them for is shooting my 1903/A3 Springfied in the 100 or 200 yard reduced course CMP matches. Anyway I found it to be a great powder for cast or jacketed reduced loads.