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What powder for the 358 Winchester is considered to be the most temperature stable? I may hunt in freezing temperatures to summer time temperatures in the mid to upper 90s and would prefer to develop one load for each of the 6 rifles I have chambered in 358 Winchester. Bolt, lever and AR platforms, 16" - 24" barrels.

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Cant speak directly to the 358 but have its cousin - 338 Federal. I concentrated on temp insensitive powders and came up with Benchrest, AR Comp, Re15, IMR 4166, Varget, H4895. I'd throw in Big Game and H322 as well.


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I use H-4895 with 180 Barnes bullets.

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I'd go H4198 with 200-grain bullets, H322 with 250-grain bullets, because they are both known to be temperature tolerant. H4895 should be perfectly acceptable, too. If you want a real answer to your question, I think you'd need to specify a bullet weight and then someone who has fiddled with .358 extensively might be able to give you a truly valid answer.


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The main bullet I plan on using is the Sierra #2850 225gr Spitzer.

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A potential problem is that the temperature stability of a given powder is not constant across different cartridges, and you can pretty much bet the 358 Win. wasn't the cartridge the powder was optimized around.

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I shoot a lot of H4895 in mine.


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Varget gives top velocities with a 225 gr bullet in the 358 win if you can find it.

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Can't go wrong with H4895. I use it in my 358 win and my 35 Whelan.


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Ramshot says TAC is very good for a double based powder. It certainly is capable of some impressive velocities in 358win. Enough so you load it a little under max and still beat the velocity of most other powders and still avoid high pressure on hot summer days. Oh and it meters really good.


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I'll second noKnees. Both TAC and Xterminator shoot well in both my 358 and 356 with excellent velocity. I shot a deer in December up here with my 358 at about 200 yards with the 200 Hornady and TAC with no issues. Ramshot says this about their powders:

Most of our powders are not insensitive, and will show some effect at hot and cold temperatures.

However, we test at -40F and +125F and the deviation in most cases are ca 3% to 5% at these extreme levels. Therefore most shooters do not notice much difference under normal practical hunting conditions.

More elaboration on the subject:

Complete temperature stability can only be achieved with tubular extruded powders designs, either with double base (NG) and/or with other coating technologies.




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Here's a QuickOLAD powder profile, uisng a 20-inch barrel since that is the median of the lengths you mention. Mathman is right, powder's behavior in response to temperature is not linear across the spectrum of cartridges. The first powder in this list that I KNOW to be "temperature tolerant" is H4895 AR-Comp, but the fact of the matter is that BL-C2 or W748 may well play nice in the .358W over a wide range of temps. The .358 is a rather mild cartridge and shouldn't be too persnickety. Whatever the case, QuickLOAD's solutions should always be regarded as a scientific wild ass guess when it comes to actually charging a case.

My first response in this thread is erroneous. I had to reinstall QuickLOAD a week ago and it carries certain default values which affect the results, one being the maximum Loading/Filling ratio. I reset that to 110% because I often find that I can easily get the powder charge under a seated bullet

For my own purposes, when I use this tool to get some idea what powders I might use, I look at velocity, propellant burnt %, and fill ratio---in that order. I most often reject a powder that shows a % burnt of less than 95%.

There are quite a few powders in this output that probably aren't available in the USA, but I think Powder Valley offers some of the Vectan powders (or was it Graf & Sons?). The Lovex products can in some cases be cross referenced to some of the Shooters World powders.


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Cartridge          : .358 Win.
Bullet             : .358, 225, Sierra SPBT 2850
Useable Case Capaci: 47.725 grain H2O = 3.099 cm³
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 2.780 inch = 70.61 mm
Barrel Length      : 20.0 inch = 508.0 mm


67 loads produced a Loading Ratio below user-defined minimum of 75%. These powders have been skipped.
Powder type          Filling/Loading Ratio  Charge    Charge   Vel. Prop.Burnt P max  P muzz  B_Time
                                      %     Grains    Gramm   fps     %       psi     psi    ms
---------------------------------  -----------------------------------------------------------------
Hodgdon BL-C2                      107.1     51.4     3.33    2502    97.0    58740    7670   1.021  
Winchester 748                     104.3     49.4     3.20    2501    98.0    58740    7472   1.017  
Alliant AR-Comp *C *T              108.6     46.2     3.00    2497   100.0    58740    6647   1.016  
Bofors RP11 TZ *CT approximation   108.0     46.2     3.00    2497   100.0    58740    6647   1.016  
Accurate 2495                      110.0     47.3     3.07    2493   100.0    57614    7160   1.055  
Accurate 2520                      107.8     50.0     3.24    2492    98.7    58740    7340   1.030  
Lovex D073.6                       110.0     49.9     3.23    2484    98.6    58101    7328   1.034  
Hodgdon H4895                      108.7     47.8     3.10    2477    96.5    58740    7479   1.031  
Nitrochemie A/S 0300                96.1     43.4     2.81    2472   100.0    58740    6695   1.029  
Ramshot Wild Boar                  106.7     50.2     3.25    2471    95.5    58740    7459   1.025  
Hodgdon H335                        98.9     47.5     3.08    2467    99.2    58740    7139   1.027  
ADI AR 2206H                       108.8     47.9     3.10    2467    95.8    58740    7442   1.033  
Norma 202 *C                       109.8     47.5     3.08    2467    99.2    58740    7136   1.031  
Somchem S321                       103.7     49.1     3.18    2465    97.4    58740    7351   1.033  
PB Clermont PCL 507 *C             105.6     48.5     3.14    2464    97.2    58740    7304   1.029  
ADI AR 2219                         98.6     44.8     2.90    2463    99.7    58740    6931   1.025  
Hodgdon H322                       104.9     44.8     2.90    2463    99.7    58740    6931   1.025  
SNPE Vectan SP 10                   98.5     46.3     3.00    2462    99.1    58740    7096   1.032  
PB Clermont PCL 508 *C (PCL223)     98.4     46.4     3.00    2461    99.1    58740    7086   1.032  
SNPE Vectan SP 9                   109.5     49.7     3.22    2461    95.6    58740    7373   1.027  
SF033 fl, russ. 5,45x39             99.6     44.8     2.90    2456   100.0    58740    6361   1.040  
Vihtavuori N530 *C                 104.4     46.2     2.99    2451    97.3    58740    7186   1.031  
IMR 4895                           110.0     48.4     3.14    2449    95.0    54621    7596   1.056  
PB Clermont PCL 516                109.3     51.2     3.32    2447    92.9    58740    7367   1.028  
Accurate 2460                      102.3     48.4     3.14    2444    98.0    58740    7049   1.046  
Lovex D073.5                       102.6     48.4     3.14    2444    98.0    58740    7049   1.046  
Norma 201 *C                       110.0     47.3     3.07    2444    97.2    58644    7192   1.046  
ReloadSwiss RS 40                  102.2     45.9     2.97    2444    98.4    58740    7021   1.034  
Somchem S341                       107.5     50.9     3.30    2444    95.3    58740    7155   1.027  
IMR 8208 XBR                       106.7     46.9     3.04    2443    97.1    58740    7102   1.033  
Hodgdon CFE223 *C                  110.0     52.8     3.42    2442    92.5    55075    7662   1.045  
Rottweil R901                      108.1     45.2     2.93    2440    99.1    58740    6984   1.057  
IMR 3031                           110.0     45.2     2.93    2436    99.6    51867    7135   1.069  
Ramshot Big Game                   110.0     51.6     3.34    2436    94.1    54691    7507   1.049  
Alliant Reloder-10x *C             102.2     42.4     2.75    2435   100.0    58740    6491   1.044  
Alliant Reloder-12                 104.3     46.8     3.03    2433    99.6    58740    6748   1.033  
ReloadSwiss RS 52                  110.0     50.0     3.24    2430    96.2    51542    7592   1.070  
Lovex D073.4                       100.5     47.4     3.07    2429    97.9    58740    6905   1.045  
SNPE Vectan SP 7                   107.1     50.5     3.28    2427    92.8    58740    7177   1.039  
Accurate 2015                      105.2     44.3     2.87    2424   100.0    58740    6451   1.049  
Accurate 2230                      101.3     48.3     3.13    2422    96.4    58740    6947   1.043  
Vihtavuori N540 *C                 110.0     48.9     3.17    2421    98.6    54850    7160   1.058  
Norma 200 *C                        98.2     42.3     2.74    2419   100.0    58740    6322   1.059  
Ramshot TAC *C                     105.4     50.0     3.24    2417    92.1    58740    7178   1.039  
Alliant Reloder-15 *C              110.0     48.4     3.14    2416    93.9    53507    7423   1.069  
Raufoss RA11                       110.0     48.4     3.14    2416    93.9    53507    7423   1.069  
Bofors RP11 ~approximation         110.0     48.4     3.14    2416    93.9    53507    7423   1.069  
Ramshot X-Terminator *C            102.9     48.3     3.13    2415    95.4    58740    7011   1.041  
ADI AR 2210                         98.7     44.8     2.91    2411    97.9    58740    6809   1.041  
Norma 203B *C                      110.0     48.4     3.14    2406    94.4    52281    7403   1.078  
Bofors RP2 NT *C ~approximation    107.3     46.8     3.03    2406    96.1    58740    6854   1.038  
ADI BM2                             96.5     45.2     2.93    2403    97.9    58740    6744   1.043  
Somchem S335                       108.9     46.9     3.04    2403    99.6    58740    6560   1.049  
Hodgdon Benchmark                  104.8     45.4     2.94    2402    97.7    58740    6749   1.043  
Accurate 2200                       95.7     42.8     2.77    2401    98.7    58740    6624   1.042  
Lovex S060                         107.6     46.1     2.98    2391    95.7    58740    6772   1.043  
IMR 4198                           100.9     39.8     2.58    2390   100.0    58740    5961   1.035  
Rottweil R902                      110.0     46.7     3.02    2389    96.5    54952    6985   1.077  
ADI AR 2207                         96.2     39.6     2.56    2388   100.0    58740    5916   1.049  
ADI AR 2206                        106.8     46.5     3.01    2384    96.2    58740    6699   1.044  
Vihtavuori N130 *C                 104.5     43.0     2.79    2383   100.0    58740    6105   1.049  
Accurate 1680                       87.7     40.3     2.61    2381    99.9    58740    6233   1.045  
Alliant Reloder-7                   95.3     40.6     2.63    2379   100.0    58740    6032   1.054  
Vihtavuori N133 *C                 110.0     44.3     2.87    2374   100.0    56992    6191   1.053  
Kazan Sunar 308W                    99.5     42.8     2.77    2374   100.0    58740    6082   1.051  
Bofors RP1 NT *C ~approximation     96.3     41.1     2.66    2373    99.4    58740    6264   1.040  
Winchester 296                      75.3     35.6     2.31    2372   100.0    58740    5835   1.061  
Lovex S062                         110.0     47.1     3.05    2371    96.0    51885    7049   1.094  
Elcho TR140 - preliminary data     110.0     50.0     3.24    2368    91.7    52914    7082   1.077  
Accurate 5744                       83.5     35.1     2.28    2366   100.0    58740    6003   1.043  
Lovex D060                          85.4     35.1     2.28    2366   100.0    58740    6003   1.043  
Hodgdon H380                       110.0     49.4     3.20    2364    91.1    51450    7225   1.092  
Hodgdon H4198                       96.8     40.0     2.59    2363    99.5    58740    6131   1.043  
ReloadSwiss RS 36                   90.5     38.7     2.51    2361   100.0    58740    5761   1.050  
IMR 4320                           110.0     47.6     3.08    2361    93.5    52035    7023   1.077  
SNPE Vectan SP 11                  110.0     50.0     3.24    2355    92.5    48691    7345   1.103
Bofors RP3                         110.0     48.9     3.17    2354    94.5    47710    7305   1.121
Norma 203 old                      110.0     48.9     3.17    2354    94.5    47710    7305   1.121
ReloadSwiss RS 50                  110.0     50.3     3.26    2352    89.1    53584    6997   1.078  
Accurate 4064                      110.0     47.3     3.07    2348    98.0    46453    7183   1.154
Vihtavuori N120 *C                  98.8     39.7     2.57    2344   100.0    58740    5492   1.055  
ADI AR 2208                        110.0     47.0     3.04    2344    93.0    51906    6940   1.085  
Lovex D063                          80.4     36.9     2.39    2343   100.0    58740    5709   1.045  
Vihtavuori N125 *C                  93.2     38.1     2.47    2338   100.0    58740    5477   1.058  
Hodgdon H4227                       91.1     36.7     2.38    2336   100.0    58740    5519   1.049  
Hodgdon VARGET *T                  110.0     46.8     3.03    2336    92.8    51331    6915   1.090  
Nitrochemie A/S 0200                82.5     36.3     2.35    2325   100.0    58740    5442   1.062  
IMR 4227                            90.3     36.4     2.36    2324   100.0    58740    5482   1.050  
Elcho 17                           110.0     50.8     3.29    2315    90.7    45056    7623   1.136
Alliant Reloder-17 *T              110.0     50.8     3.29    2315    90.7    45056    7623   1.136
ReloadSwiss RS 30                   91.0     35.3     2.29    2312   100.0    58740    5233   1.059  
IMR 4064                           110.0     45.7     2.96    2310    92.8    49645    6762   1.110
Bofors RP7 NT *C ~approximation    110.0     48.8     3.16    2309    87.5    52620    6736   1.082  
Hodgdon H110                        76.7     36.2     2.35    2309   100.0    58740    5398   1.072  
Lovex S053                          91.8     36.2     2.35    2299   100.0    58740    5241   1.064  
Somchem S355                       110.0     47.3     3.07    2298    93.2    45820    7018   1.147
ReloadSwiss RS 60 *T               110.0     50.8     3.29    2298    91.0    44118    7716   1.148
Hodgdon H414                       110.0     51.2     3.32    2293    84.7    46357    7183   1.131
Winchester 760                     110.0     51.2     3.32    2293    84.7    46357    7183   1.131
IMR 4007 SSC                       110.0     49.1     3.18    2292    86.2    50985    6759   1.110  
Rottweil R903                      110.0     47.9     3.10    2286    92.9    43952    7039   1.163
Vihtavuori N140 *C                 110.0     46.5     3.01    2280    95.2    47584    6569   1.129
Hodgdon Lil'Gun                     75.4     34.4     2.23    2278   100.0    58740    5109   1.083  
IMR 4166 Enduron *C*T              110.0     46.3     3.00    2272    87.5    51300    6511   1.110  
IMR 4451 Enduron *C*T              110.0     47.8     3.10    2262    86.3    48664    6632   1.124
Accurate 2700                      110.0     50.5     3.27    2256    85.8    52087    6329   1.110  
Somchem S265                        88.5     35.7     2.32    2254   100.0    58740    4991   1.079  
Bofors RP3 NT *C ~approximation    110.0     48.1     3.12    2254    88.0    47919    6563   1.126
Vihtavuori N135 *C                 110.0     43.9     2.84    2252    98.7    42702    6435   1.177
Vihtavuori N550 *C                 110.0     49.4     3.20    2246    87.6    41515    7148   1.184
Rottweil R910                       78.7     32.0     2.07    2237   100.0    58740    4728   1.078  
ADI AR 2205                         85.3     35.7     2.31    2236   100.0    58740    4929   1.069  
PB Clermont PCL 511                110.0     51.6     3.34    2234    84.1    43006    7052   1.170
Vihtavuori N110 *C                  86.2     32.2     2.08    2226   100.0    58740    4730   1.084  
PB Clermont PCL 512                 75.8     31.9     2.07    2213   100.0    58740    4676   1.086  
Rottweil R907                      110.0     47.5     3.08    2210    84.3    45495    6493   1.168
Bofors RP7                         110.0     47.5     3.08    2210    84.3    45495    6493   1.168
Lovex S040                          78.2     30.7     1.99    2201   100.0    58740    4593   1.077  
Lovex S065                         110.0     47.3     3.07    2187    86.5    42290    6521   1.201
Alliant Reloder-16 *C *T           110.0     47.1     3.05    2174    85.3    39205    6857   1.217
SNPE Vectan BA6½                    95.6     34.5     2.24    2163   100.0    58740    4350   1.094  
Norma URP *C                       110.0     47.9     3.10    2163    85.6    37906    6782   1.235
Bofors RP19 ~approximation         110.0     47.9     3.10    2162    85.5    37870    6777   1.235
ReloadSwiss RS 62                  110.0     50.7     3.29    2160    83.9    37266    6940   1.242
Vihtavuori N150 *C                 110.0     45.7     2.96    2157    92.5    38828    6373   1.230
Lovex S070                         110.0     47.9     3.10    2150    83.2    39388    6478   1.233
Norma 204 *C                       110.0     50.0     3.24    2147    78.2    41448    6419   1.201
Ramshot Hunter                     110.0     50.0     3.24    2146    81.8    38407    6707   1.233
Alliant BLUE DOT                    77.8     27.9     1.81    2146   100.0    58740    4352   1.093  
Accurate 4350                      110.0     48.4     3.14    2138    84.8    35291    6811   1.267
IMR 4350                           110.0     48.1     3.12    2134    81.4    40491    6241   1.214
PB Clermont PCL 518                110.0     50.0     3.24    2123    80.4    37477    6611   1.248
Bofors RP4 NT *C ~approximation    110.0     49.1     3.18    2118    80.6    38335    6367   1.239

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Originally Posted by Darryle
The main bullet I plan on using is the Sierra #2850 225gr Spitzer.

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Great choice daryle. I love em in my 358’s and whelen


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Wow, that is some impressive information, I appreciate it.

Do y'all believe that QuickLoad is worth the investment?

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I'll give my own opinion, Darryl.

It IS worth it just for the educational value alone. When I first got it, I explored the variables that interested me and fiddled with them to see how results were affected. It revealed things to me that I would never have figured out by loading and shooting over a chronograph. I found myself spending an entire evening playing with it completely oblivious to the passage of time.

If you buy it with expectations of never needing published load data again you would be making a mistake. There have been a few times I ventured out into no-man's land because of the lack of data on the components or cartridge I was loading, and using the program as a guard rail of sorts, managed to keep myself out of trouble. I always compare QL solutions to published data if it's available.

There are known deficiencies in the program with some cartridges, but for the most part it is fairly accurate in predictions.

One thing I always do is observe the computed velocity corresponding to the pressure limit I want to stay under, and I do not exceed that velocity (except in cases where I can be confident there is actually some headroom above that chosen pressure limit). As an added caution, I will limit my velocity to that which corresponds to 63000 psi when the SAAMI limit is 65000 psi. I like a little extra margin of safety...but if I see an accuracy sweet spot developing as I approach 63000 psi, I'll go beyond just a bit to see where it is and consider all the things I'm observing as I shoot.

One thing that frustrates me is the lack of certain favorite powders in the QL powder database. There are updates about every two years, and I've been continually disappointed when these powders fail to show up in the update time after time after time. I've bought four or five updates, so I guess I've had the software since about 2010 or so.


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Originally Posted by mathman
A potential problem is that the temperature stability of a given powder is not constant across different cartridges, and you can pretty much bet the 358 Win. wasn't the cartridge the powder was optimized around.

Wonder if temp stable powders for the 308 Win would prove fruitful?

I recall Mule Deer mentioning powder compression tends to help stability. Here's a few links on the subject in general, but not specific to the .358 Win:

Powder Temperature sensitivity, again? With a meander on seating depth free bored rifles.

Temp Stable Powders – “Stop the Insanity"

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Thanks RiverRider and Gringo Loco, I appreciate your input and thanks for the links, I will read them tonight while I am bored to tears at work.

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Originally Posted by Gringo Loco
Originally Posted by mathman
A potential problem is that the temperature stability of a given powder is not constant across different cartridges, and you can pretty much bet the 358 Win. wasn't the cartridge the powder was optimized around.

Wonder if temp stable powders for the 308 Win would prove fruitful?

I recall Mule Deer mentioning powder compression tends to help stability. Here's a few links on the subject in general, but not specific to the .358 Win:

Powder Temperature sensitivity, again? With a meander on seating depth free bored rifles.

Temp Stable Powders – “Stop the Insanity"




When you neck up a cartridge to a larger diameter bullet and the difference is considerable, you generally need to go to a faster burning powder. This is because the volume behind the bullet moving down the bore increases more dramatically when bullet diameter is appreciably greater. The .308 Winchester / .358 Winchester example fits well. If you necked up .270 Winchester to .284, the difference would not be great at all a powder that works well in one would work well in the other (such as is the case between .270 Winchester and .280 Remington).


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I have hunting with the 358 and shot it quite a lot. I wrote a separate thread on my loads for it, so will not repeat it here. My rifle has a 21" #3 barrel. My go to load is with IMR 4198 and a Barnes 200 TSX bullet. This load makes 2575 with a 2.95 COAL. I have tried H4198, H4895, and BLC-2. BLC-2 is too slow. H4895 is acceptable and might prove best with 225 grain bullets. My rifle likes 44 grains of IMR 4198 with the Barnes 200 grain TSX. It would be my go to powder for the 180 TSX too. Keep in mind the longer COAL allows for more powder capacity in my bolt gun. Your choice of the 225 Speer is just fine. However, I have never recovered a single 200 grain TSX from any game I have shot. One shot kills. DRT has been my experience. But I tend to shoot inside 200 yards and mostly inside 100. It is a potent game cartridge. There is no part of overkill which bothers me. Zero tracking.

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49 or 50 of tac, 225 sgk, I’d take anywhere...


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