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Junior has a new project has of today,

Remington 700 heavy barrel varmint, 1-14(?)

Any known powders to start with?

I'm thinking bullet weight of 50 grains and greater.

Open to any and all suggestions, TIA.

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It's his rifle and he'll make the final decisions,

But I'm thinking a heavier bullet with high BC would be beneficial,

So lets talk about that also..................

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Go the Hodgdon data and pull up data for the 55 gr Speer sp. I used that exact data , only with Hornady 55 gr Vmax. using Varget, BenchMark, or IMR 4064. My 700 VLS shot all of these loads very well; all loaded to just under max.


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Several hundred 50g Vmax here, and a few lbs of Benchmark,
Could be our starting point right there....

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50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...


Duh

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Originally Posted by ingwe
50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...


Duh


^^^^^^^This



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I'm seeing Large rifle primers in all the load data?

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Originally Posted by Kenneth
I'm seeing Large rifle primers in all the load data?


Probably because if you put in small rifle primers they will fall out.

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Originally Posted by drover
Originally Posted by Kenneth
I'm seeing Large rifle primers in all the load data?


Probably because if you put in small rifle primers they will fall out.

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personal note to self: use Large Rifle primers.

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I got a snork out of that. grin

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That's a good one Kenneth.
Made me laugh.


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Originally Posted by Kenneth
Originally Posted by drover
Originally Posted by Kenneth
I'm seeing Large rifle primers in all the load data?


Probably because if you put in small rifle primers they will fall out.

drover

personal note to self: use Large Rifle primers.



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I like to shoot my 22-250 ammo in my 7mm-08. I heard it works good for elk. That's what them Montana guys do anyways.


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Originally Posted by ingwe
50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...


Duh


Damn, I'm going to have to try that in my Stevens 200. I guess It may not be shooting to it's full potential...:
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Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Originally Posted by ingwe
50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...


Duh


Damn, I'm going to have to try that in my Stevens 200. I guess It may not be shooting to it's full potential...:
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Shhhhhhhh...that load is a secret!

No one has ever heard of it before....


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55 gr Nosler BT and either IMR 4064 or R15.

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Originally Posted by ingwe
50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...


Duh


If it doesn't shoot well with 50-52 gr quality bullet and 38 grs H380, it probably won't shoot well period.

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40 or 50 gr B/tip or B/king and CFE 223 has worked very well for me.


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H4895 has been my favorite for many years.. Used many different ones, but that one always works... I shoot mostly 50 gr. Vmax or Blitzkings.. Have used thousands of Sierra 55 gr. HPBT's... & 52 gr. Speer hollow points... Any time I restock, it is with 50 gr. of the two I mention..


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Originally Posted by ingwe
50 gr bullet...38.0 grains of H380...


Duh



^^^^This right here. My fiance's Ruger Hawkeye loves the 50 gr. X bullet and 35.0 grains of IMR 4895. Sends them down range at a little over 3700 FPS. As soon as I run out of the 4895 I'm moving over to H380 and the 50 gr. TTSX.


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