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300 RUM+180g btip+Retumbo
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 99219" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> Just look on the can of REtumbo, it plainly says that 100.5g is MAX for a 180g bullet out of a 300 RUM. So I started at 99g and went to 100g. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>Yes that is what the can sais. I started with a 178 AMAX and 95 of retumbo and locked my bolt in place. Velocity was 3450 FPS. This was not an unussualy hot lot of powder either. This was custom rifle with a tight chamber that doesnt allow for the brass to expand more than .001-.002 of an inch. When you take this expansion out it spikes the pressure. <font color="red"> <strong>90.0 IS MAXIMUM</strong> </font> for my rifle at 3300 FPS in 180 ACCUBOND and 178 AMAX.</p><p></p><p>I am not telling you what to do just please understand that just because the can states you can load 100.5 grains behind a 180 grain bullet doesnt meen it will work for your rifle. Just please be carefull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 99219, member: 1007"] [ QUOTE ] Just look on the can of REtumbo, it plainly says that 100.5g is MAX for a 180g bullet out of a 300 RUM. So I started at 99g and went to 100g. [/ QUOTE ] Yes that is what the can sais. I started with a 178 AMAX and 95 of retumbo and locked my bolt in place. Velocity was 3450 FPS. This was not an unussualy hot lot of powder either. This was custom rifle with a tight chamber that doesnt allow for the brass to expand more than .001-.002 of an inch. When you take this expansion out it spikes the pressure. <font color="red"> [b]90.0 IS MAXIMUM[/b] </font> for my rifle at 3300 FPS in 180 ACCUBOND and 178 AMAX. I am not telling you what to do just please understand that just because the can states you can load 100.5 grains behind a 180 grain bullet doesnt meen it will work for your rifle. Just please be carefull. [/QUOTE]
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