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Some Barnes 190 grain testing today with 20" 1899H 303 Savage with Leverevolution:

Shot a couple trial 303 Savage loads today with Leverevolution (LVR) and the Barnes 190FP bullet. I put them over the chrono.

There is no load data for LVR with the 190grs. Hodgdon online lists a 30-30 Win LVR starting and max load for a 170gr Sierra FP as 33.0 and 36.3C (2145 and 2332 fps) in a 24" barrel.

Based on the 170 grain 30-30 data, I loaded up a few 303 Savage with 30.0 and 31.0 grains LVR with the Barnes 190FP in new PPU brass.

I fired two of each from my 1920 1899H 303 Savage at 50 yds. 30.0 grains averaged 1772 fps, 31.0 grains averaged 1823 fps. About a 1.5" group, Lyman 57SA sight. Easy extraction, no signs of any pressure on casing. For comparison, back in 2015, I chrono'd six of the factory Super-X 190 grain silvertips in the same 1899H rifle; they averaged 1791fps.