I wouldn't have thought of using Big Game, but obviously it works!
This is an old Barnes load, using their 85 gr. XLC BT bullet with the blue coating. Those bullets could be driven faster due to the coating, but Barnes has discontinued them. With the 85 gr. NPT, there is no indication of pressure problems with this load. Most Big Game loads for the .240 Wby. are for lighter bullets. This load seems to work very well the 85 gr. NPT.
Maybe we're seeing the benefit of the Wby. freebore. Wasn't the concept for faster powders to function like slower powders, i.e. Roy Weatherby's use of 4350 in his big magnums? I know the .240 has less freebore than some of the others, however. Just thinking...
DF
