Originally Posted by Seafire
Although I am big on using 3031 in the 7 mm Mauser..

I'll concede, you can't go wrong with RL19 or H 1000 with it and the heavier bullets..

with neither powder can you exceed, much less get near, SAAMI max specs for a decent American major manufacturer action...



As Burley Boy caught this, I need to revise this thread to be clearer..

First I had to be brain farting to come up with using 4198, when I was thinking more along the lines of RL 19....so I have corrected it above in red...

That statement of neither would exceed, SAAMI Specs, certainly didn't apply to 4198
RL 19 or H 1000 should apply tho...

My apologies that it is too late to edit the thread now, or even delete it...or I would have for the reasons Burley Boy pointed out...

Thanks to Burley Boy for catching my screw up here... which I consider a big one..

I use a lot of 4198, but with a load such as this, it would be 30 grains of it and that load would be when hunting at what I call 30/30 ranges..
in a timber area....150 yds or less ( or there abouts)...

Normally use 4198 with the lighter bullets ( 100 to 130 grains),.... H 1000 with the heavier bullets 160 gr and up...

Maybe I am getting Alzheimers earlier than expected.... so one more apology to campfire folks...

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