Originally Posted by Bugger
Favorite prairie dog loads please


We don't have prairie dogs but we do have a slightly (?) smaller ground squirrel that will do in their place. I reworked my loads after rebarreling ... wore out the first one ... and they came up exactly the same despite changing stocks and barrel contours. Never had that happen before. Anyway, in my gun:

WW brass + Rem 7-1/2 primers for all

28 grains of H335, Nosler 32 grain ballistic tip or Hornady 32 grain VMAX

27.5 grains of Varget, Nosler 40, Hornady 40, or Sierra 39 grain.

I have a couple boxes of Speer TNTs which I have not tested. I suspect I'll try Varget. smile

Tom

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