Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles What powder for 260 and 100gr TTSX?

actually it happened to me and I reported it...

it was right out of Hodgdon's manuals and reloader pamphlets, and they still publish it... and it was with a 95 gr V Max...
the loads were worked up in 1/2 grain increments...

I have only experienced it with THAT bullet, but I experienced it in 5 different rifles.....chambered in 260 Rem..

each time Benchmark pressure spiked...

I use it in plenty of other cartridges, but I don't use it with that 95 grain V Max.. which has never been real accurate in any of my rifles either, one in 8 or one in 9 twists...

I use it frequently with the 120 grain Ballistic Tip and never ever an issue, and these incidents were all using commercial brass.. not military....

Yeah, I did actually notice pressure in the vmax before the ttsx, but never got to loose or popped primers. The ttsx showed no signs even at max loads. That vmax is shaped funny, so that's the only thing I can think of. I'm not buying any more for mine. If I want another varmint or paper bullet I will just get a similar weight in another brand.