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New to me 338-06 wildcat, looking for some help please
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<blockquote data-quote="dgp3006" data-source="post: 3002577" data-attributes="member: 114731"><p>I have a rifle chambered in a similar cartridge that I have played with off and on for about 20 years. It is a .338/.280 Remington Ackley Improved and has a 23 inch Kreiger barrel. I have used data on loads from the Barnes number 3 manual for the .338 Scovill and a separate article he wrote years ago that might still be on the internet. I also have a poor copy of an article written by Chris Ross for Precision Shooting magazine in 1994 on my cartridge. Additionally, I also have several manuals with standard .338/.06 A Square data that I refer to as well. There seems to be a consensus that powders with burn rates similar to RL15, ww760, H414, Varget, etc. are best for the light for caliber bullets I like to use. Slower powders as the weight of the bullet increases. The water capacity of my case is around 75 grains depending on the weight of the particular piece of Remington brass I use.</p><p>one example of my original work up loads is 60 grains of RL15 with a 210 Nosler Partition. Velocity was 2900 fps and was considered MAX and not to repeated! This was also with Norma brass which is lighter by about 15 grains compared to Remington brass. My original hunting load I settled on was 68.9 grains of H414(discontinued) with a Barnes 185 gr. XLC blue coated bullet was running 2995 fps. However, all load data for the Barnes XLC bullet should not be used for non-coated bullets. I have recently found a load with BLC2 and 175 Cutting Edge and 175 Hammer Hunter's that looks promising. So, not much help but at least some experience with a similar cartridge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dgp3006, post: 3002577, member: 114731"] I have a rifle chambered in a similar cartridge that I have played with off and on for about 20 years. It is a .338/.280 Remington Ackley Improved and has a 23 inch Kreiger barrel. I have used data on loads from the Barnes number 3 manual for the .338 Scovill and a separate article he wrote years ago that might still be on the internet. I also have a poor copy of an article written by Chris Ross for Precision Shooting magazine in 1994 on my cartridge. Additionally, I also have several manuals with standard .338/.06 A Square data that I refer to as well. There seems to be a consensus that powders with burn rates similar to RL15, ww760, H414, Varget, etc. are best for the light for caliber bullets I like to use. Slower powders as the weight of the bullet increases. The water capacity of my case is around 75 grains depending on the weight of the particular piece of Remington brass I use. one example of my original work up loads is 60 grains of RL15 with a 210 Nosler Partition. Velocity was 2900 fps and was considered MAX and not to repeated! This was also with Norma brass which is lighter by about 15 grains compared to Remington brass. My original hunting load I settled on was 68.9 grains of H414(discontinued) with a Barnes 185 gr. XLC blue coated bullet was running 2995 fps. However, all load data for the Barnes XLC bullet should not be used for non-coated bullets. I have recently found a load with BLC2 and 175 Cutting Edge and 175 Hammer Hunter’s that looks promising. So, not much help but at least some experience with a similar cartridge. [/QUOTE]
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