I was given new can of this powder,is there any one caliber that you find 760 best for ?
I shoot ,243,7-08.300 Savage,308,35 Whelen,204 Ruger. Thanks for all answers
I would try it in the 243 and 708 and maybe the 35 Whelan.
I shot out 2 barrels in .243 using that powder and it was a top performer in that case.
H414 and WW 760 are identical powders- I use H414 to push 250 gr. Barnes TTSX bullets out of my .375 Ruger, with great results.
I use more W760 than anything else. I load for several 243's and use it in everything from 58 to 95 grain bullets. I also use it in the 6.5 CM and 7-08, along with other powders as well. it will also work in 22-250, 7X57, along with a few others I load for. Some folks don't like it because it can be a little temp sensitive, but I've never had a problem with it.
Great .22-250 and .220 Swift powder.
I have a 7x57 that really likes it.
Have tried it the ones you name and it will work.
Some might not like it but i think it is a good powder.
H414 and WW 760 are identical powders-
I had some of each and mixed them. Going to use it in the 243.
I was given new can of this powder,is there any one caliber that you find 760 best for ?
I shoot ,243,7-08.300 Savage,308,35 Whelen,204 Ruger. Thanks for all answers
Win760 is a top performer in the 7mm/08 particularly with 120gn-140gn bullets. The other cartridges you mentioned are best served with different powders imo.
I have used it in 260 rem 7mm08 and 30-06. Primers can make a big difference in accuracy with 260 don't know about the other 2.
Good luck and shoot straight
Bob
H414 and WW 760 are identical powders
Also A2700
I was given new can of this powder,is there any one caliber that you find 760 best for ?
I shoot ,243,7-08.300 Savage,308,35 Whelen,204 Ruger. Thanks for all answers
It's great in everything you listed except maybe the .204.
I was given new can of this powder,is there any one caliber that you find 760 best for ?
I shoot ,243,7-08.300 Savage,308,35 Whelen,204 Ruger. Thanks for all answers
It's great in everything you listed except maybe the .204.
Yes, I wouldn't try it in the 204, but I've used it a lot in the 308, 7-08, and 243.
I have a 7x57 that really likes it.
Have tried it the ones you name and it will work.
Some might not like it but i think it is a good powder.
Second that...when all else fails in a 7x57, try some W760 with 150-160 grainers. Good accuracy and velocity. If you're a max load type of person, I just recommend developing a load in the heat of the summer. Theory (and my experience) will say if it's safe in the summer it will be safe in the winter, but not always the other way around.
1Longbow, My old Win. M 70 loved it with 270 grain Hornadys! memtb
"Some folks don't like it because it can be a little temp sensitive, but I've never had a problem with it."
I worked up a load with the 165 gr. Nosler Accubond for my 30-06 during Tucson's hot summer. Accuracy was good (.60" average) so I took it to Raton New Mexico. I was a bit concerned about it's reputation for being temp sensitive so hit he NRA's Whittington center to check the sight in. Temp was +14*F and there was no change in point of impact. The next day at 8 AM, temp +6*F one shot and one very dead elk. IIRC, the temp were running around +105*F at the work up so the temp differential from work up to the sight in check and actual kill were substantial.
Paul B.
I was given new can of this powder,is there any one caliber that you find 760 best for ?
I shoot ,243,7-08.300 Savage,308,35 Whelen,204 Ruger. Thanks for all answers
It's great in everything you listed except maybe the .204.
Yes, I wouldn't try it in the 204, but I've used it a lot in the 308, 7-08, and 243.
I've burned 'a few' pounds of it in the 17 Rem, 7-08, and 375 H&H, along with a few other cases. It was my 'go-to' in the 17, and expect it should work well in the 204 as well. W760 is a very good powder if a bit old-fashioned in terms of cleanliness and temp sensitivity.
A friend is fond of 414 in his Bob.
A few years ago i had two spare bags of new WW 338 WM brass, was kind of in a hurry and picked a max book load of 760 and set 250 gr SAF's on top and went to the bags, accuracy was phenomenal and velocities averaged 2751 fps, always nice when that happens, plus WW-760 smells so damn good when it burns.
The only thing I would add to things already said or claimed, though it is a powder that some have sometimes said could be leaned on pretty hard, It does tend to get sporty when you go overboard...as I learned by squirting a primer clean out of a 6.5 Swede case last fall when kicking 129 Interbonds downrange.
At the top end (maybe a little over top end), it can get a little sporty in hot weather (you can turn a 7x57 #1 into a 7mm Mag if you so choose).
It's been some years since I've fooled with 760, but these days I'd work up and chronograph in the summertime and not worry about it otherwise.
Meters awesome and was plenty accurate..........
I've used 760 in the 243 more than all others combined, primarily because I reload for 4 of them. Just about every load I end up using is either max or slightly above, and I've never noticed any pressure concerns at all. I chronograph every load as well, just to make sure they aren't "too fast", if there can be such a thing. One particular load of mine is for the 85 grain Sierra HP, and my load for that is 45.5 grains, and according to my reloading manuals, that's over max. Yet, it shoots extremely good in every 243 I've ever tried it in, and exhibits no pressure signs in any of them. It's an easy powder to meter, and it works for me with a variety of bullet weights in the 243. Now, I don't shoot a bunch, and most of that is in cooler weather, so you can take that for what it's worth. But, I think that in this day and age of such a variety of powders available to us reloaders, good old W760 is hard to beat.
I like it in the 375 H&H with 250g Sierra SBT. Excellent accuracy. Good with other loads as well.
That's all I use in my 7x57. 120 grains to 154 grains.I haven't tried anything heavier. Always accurate
Dan