Originally Posted by roundoak
Have you tried Seafire's load of 40 grains IMR 3031? It has been shown to turn lousy shooters into accurate ones. PM him and get the scoop.


I googled that and found the following quote from Seafire on archive, thus no link.

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out of an older Hornady manual, I picked up a load of 40 grains of IMR 3031..

not what folks traditionally think of with the 7 mm Mauser, especially with that heavy of a bullet...

however out of 3 different rifles chambered in that round with 22 inch barrels, that load gave me MV of 2650 fps, with the 175 grain RN, and also groups sizes were about half an inch...

the two Rugers liked that combo best of all... the 175 SP shot 3/4 inch groups.. but with the RN's they shot 1/2 inch groups...

those Rugers loved IMR 3031! especially a charge of 40 grains, regardless of bullet weight...