Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Question on minimum charge for different bullets of same weight.

Thanks for responding JC363. By the way- did you happen to see my other post on a the JBM Calculators? It is a free site with some terrific data and resources worth checking out. Like -want to know if your twist will stabilize that bullet? Like to know how long your bullet is? etc...

I know I buck the trend but most of my shots are inside 150 yards, many half that, where less (velocity) has proven more of a good thing. I can usually find very good loads near minimum.

Nice thing about loads with a wide min-max is that they offer more than one 'sweet' load for a rifle. Going up the ladder my groups shrank again at 42.5 grains- or thereabouts. It is just that 40 worked for a long time and had one unique bonus- since I had an aim towards safety- and that was that same powder charge worked for my pet load in my 260 Rem.