Thanks, John, I appreciate that. I was planning to use the updated Speer information as a guide. BTW, it looks like they've standardized their velocity tests using a 24 inch barrel. At first I was wondering why the incremental increase in velocity between the old manual and the new one with the exact same load. The old manual used a 22 inch barrel for the velocity tests, the new one uses 24.

Sierra's accuracy load for their 130-grain Match King also shows 4064. It looks as though 4350 might be a tad slow, but Big Game might be a contender. I have a couple of pounds of it as well.


"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown