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Boys, I'm going to start reloading for the 375 in the near future, and am getting the neccesary supplies gathered up.
I'm going to use hornady brass, fed. 215M primers, and a variety of 300 gr. soft/solid bullets. Which powder should I start with? I want the loads around 2400 fps., and I don't want to use a compressed load. I have always liked Hogdon powders, and contemplated H4350 or H4895. For those of you already reloading the 375 are there better poders to look at?
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i'm running H4895 and RE 15 in my .375 AI.
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R15 or H4350 is my two for my 375 Wby
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Those would be my first two choices as well, H4350 for 300's and RL-15 for anything lighter. Though good old IMR4895 will also do quite well with bullets in the 270-grain range.
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Never loaded 300s, but RL15 did superbly for me in 235 and 270gr bullets.
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I've had such good results with RL-15 (even with 300gr bullets) that I've simply not tried anything else.
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+1 with RE 15. I has been very accurate with everything I have tried out of my 375 H&H.
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Re 15 is the powder likely to give the best combination of velocity and accuracy
Winchester 760 and 300 grainers is likely to shoot in more different 375s than about naything else.
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Re 15 is the powder likely to give the best combination of velocity and accuracy
Winchester 760 and 300 grainers is likely to shoot in more different 375s than about naything else. +1 WW760 with 300 gr, R15 or IMR4320 with lighter bullets.
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I was able to get good velocity and accuracy from IMR4064.
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RL 15, H414, Win 760 (same as 414)
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For me,R15 for lighter bullets: 235, 250 and 260 and 270 grs. IMR or AA 4350 (the only 4350 I have) for 300 grs. But with the 260 NP, the best load is with 85 grs AA4350: 2850 f/s. WW cases, F215 primers.
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I like H4350 with 300 grain bullets and H4895 with 270 grain bullets. The only reason I don't use Re15 is that I'm trying to minimize the different powders I use in various cartridges.
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RL15,H4350,and if I were looking to experiment a bit,RL17.
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win 760.73.8 gr will get u2400 fps.top load is 77.9 gr will get u 2500 fps.AS long as ur using hornady bullets.Or as lomg as the diameter is 0.375
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