in any 308 sized cases, max load with Blue Dot is 22.5 grains... with a 120 or 139, or 140 grain bullet you will find it will not only be very accurate but will also have minimal recoil...
30 grains of IMR 4198 or RL 7 will also be very accurate and low recoiling rounds... Hodgdon's H 4895 loads will be inconsistent in accuracy and MV you will find out if you test them...
25 grains of SR 4759 are also a very good choice....
any powder that will give an MV of 2250 fps, when zeroed 3.5 inches high at 100 yds, will be dead on at 200 yds, and will be 3.5 inches low at about 250 yds...
Since ANY deer is 14 to 16 inches from backbone to breast bone, 2250 fps MV will be a dead on deer load out to 250 yds easily...
add a mil dot reticle scope, and you can stretch that out even farther..... and either the hornady 139 gr SP or the 120 and 140 Nosler Ballistic Tips will open up all the way out to 300 yds or more.. and will penetrate quite deeply... deeper than a partition will at that MV....
With the above loads you are also reducing recoil 50% or more... while still having a 250 yd deer load...
