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I'm going to be loading this caliber on the side. The rifle is a LH Sako AV w/22" barrel. The previous owner didn't shoot it much, but put a brake on it (Ought to be good for the bench).
Bullets on hand 235gr Woodleigh 250gr Sierra 270gr Hornandy SP
I spent the last couple of days researching and RL-15 and IMR 4064 (which I have plenty of) seems to be workable with those range of bullets.
Any other suggestions?
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Pretty hard to beat RL15 and H4350 for my money.
If I wanted to play with something more contemporary it would probably be RL17.
But what's the point? The 250 Sierra and RL15 is a winning combo. Been shooting it for years.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
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Ramshot Big Game is workable, too. When you can find it. RL15 is more available and hard to beat, though.
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Shooting 270's in my current two H&H's as well as a previous one has settled me on RL-15.
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Damn that's a big chunk of brass. The old lady was like I a'int shooting that.
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I'm using hybrid 100v for light loads and H4350 for max loads with 270 & 300 grain bullets
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What are you all zeroing the iron sights at? I was figuring dead on 50 meters with the 270 grain bullet.
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One of my 375s. One of my loads. I've always used RL-15 with 270 and 300 grain bullets in my 375 H&H Magnums. With either bullet, I sight mine in at 100 yards.
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I bet that is the Bell of the Ball at the range. Kudos.
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Paul, It's really just a big 30-06. With those bullets you should be able to get about 2800fps or a bit more so sight it in for 2 1/2 or 3 inches high at 100 and go kill stuff. And I've played with a lot of powders with the 375H&H and it is easy to load for but I always come back to RL15.
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I get better velocities with IMR-4350 than with RL15 when used with 270 or 300gr bullets. The RL15 is accurate, just not as fast.
I've found IMR-4064 to give good velocities and accuracy behind 250gr bullets. With 235gr, I like IMR-4895 because I don't load them max.
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Varget doesn't suck in this Ruger No. 1 (RL15 does about the same):
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Thanks I have some cans of Varget too.
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FWIW, When I stared loading 270 gr TSX's in mine, I used RL 15 because of all the good reports I saw for that combination. When I saw the results, I never saw any reason to look further.
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I use Varget exclusively.
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All my load work up began and ended with R15. Varget and R17 would be interesting too. The old H&H can be surprisingly accurate at least mine is the big limitation is the shooter.
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Varget doesn't suck in this Ruger No. 1 (RL15 does about the same): Can't argue with that. Nice.
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