Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Canada Here are some targets from the final 30-303 shoot

IMR 4350 was the old standby for the 303, primarily with 180s, before some of the powder gaps were filled. I haven't tried any with the 147s. I migrated to Re 17. Its burn rate and usefulness is generally the same as 4350. You can see how well Re 17 did with the 180s above. I was very pleased with it, and the bonus was more velocity.

The new barrel really delivers the goods with all the bullet weights. It seems to prefer flat base hunting bullets. I worked up loads for eight of them, a 168 gr. target bullet, and one cast bullet. The 147 gr is giving me some trouble, but I will have that worked out in short order.