I am still working on fifty rounds I loaded in 2002 with 130 gr Barnes XBT and 78 gr H4831. They shoot alright and would make a decent deer bullet at 3350 fps, but that application is covered with my 264 win mag. My notes say that 80 gr of H4831 will push the 130 X to about 3500 fps.
86 gr of H1000 will push the Nosler 150 gr BT to 3400 fps in my Ruger #1.
I used several powders with the 160 gr Sierra spitzer boat tail and the Hornady 162 gr BTSP, including H870, H1000, RL25, H4831.
Best results were obtained with 84 gr of H1000 and a CCI 250 primer in combination with either the Sierra 160 or Hornady 162 gr bullet. My Ruger simply does not care which bullet is in the case. It prints to the same point and shoots sub moa with either one at 3200 fps.
