Mine did well with Benchmark using the Hodgdon data as a guideline. None of the reported pressure issues that some others have claimed with that powder. Here is Hodgdon data for the 100 Barnes. Kinda scrambled from copy and pasting directly here, but it should be somewhat sensible.



Starting Loads

Maximum Loads



Manufacturer

Powder

Bullet Diam.


C.O.L.


Grs.


Vel. (ft/s)


Pressure



Grs.


Vel. (ft/s)


Pressure




Hodgdon

H4350

.264"

2.750"



42.0

2,946

52,900 PSI



45.0

3,077

58,200 PSI






Hodgdon

H414

.264"

2.750"



43.0

2,929

50,600 PSI



46.0

3,101

58,000 PSI
















Hodgdon

Varget

.264"

2.750"



36.5

2,861

52,000 PSI



39.5

3,027

58,900 PSI
















Hodgdon

Benchmark

.264"

2.750"



38.0

2,981

50,700 PSI



41.0

3,171

59,900 PSI






























Last edited by KenMi; 01/29/15.