Help on 338 Win Mag Loads

[Boom]

Trying to reload for a friend who has an X-Bolt. He wants to shoot the 210 Noslers. Here is what I have to work with:

Brass - Once fired Federal and new Nosler
Bullets - Nosler 210 Partitions
Fed 215 Primers (Think I have CCI also)
Redding Die set
Pretty good variety of powders: H1000, RL 19, H4350, IMR 4350, IMR 4831, Varget

Suggestions on loads?
Thanks for any help!

 

[Gene R.]

I have a Ruger that like 210 partitions w/imr4350 I believe it was near book max in 5edtion nosler manual. I always use fed 215 or fed215 match with all my belt rounds WBY and Win.

Gene

 

[Pa Grizz]

I have had the best luck with IMR4350 with the 210's.I had the best speed and groups with 72 grains.That load has taken four moose and they all went straight down.

 

[Tikkamike]

I dont have a load for that bullet but I will say I have tried a lot of powders in the 338 win and the problem I had with most recommended powders was I couldnt get enough in the case. Finally I tried Hunter (spherical powder) and I settled on 77.5 gr behind a 225 TTSX

 

[Shortmagman]

From my experience with the 338 Win Mag. the medium slow burn rate powders seem to work better. RL-19, IMR-4350, H4350 and IMR-4831 all work well with the 210 Nosler Partition. That also means that RL-17 would also be a good choice even though I have not tried that combination yet.

Pa Grizz's load of 72 grains of IMR-4350 should be a very good load, with Fed cases and Fed 215 primers.

 

[Deleted member 46119]

I've rechambered my 338WM to 338/26-Nosler (will Nosler formally chamber it and call it 33-Nosler??? Gosh I hope so and I pray they don't change any body dimensions)

When I was shooting it as a 338WM I was using RL-17 and really having fun.

QL gives a moderate pressure using 71.1 of RL-17 for a an fps of ~2900. Very nice. I'd have to check my logs for what I was doing with the 225s but I was getting ~2750

Powders:
H4350
IMR4350
RL-19
Varget

IMO All great for the 338WM

 

[MagnumManiac]

For what it's worth, my rifle, a Win 70 26" S/S, really likes RL19 with all bullets from 200gr up. Another good powder, but not as fast, is H4350. I found H4831 to be disappointing in both velocity and accuracy.

Cheers.
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